Gulf
The Combar Gulf Committee was established in 2021 to develop the links which already exist between the English and Welsh commercial and arbitration bar and the legal community in the Gulf States.
3rd Gulf Meeting in Dubai – February 2024
The 2025 3rd Gulf Round table, will be held in Dubai on Thursday 6th February 2024 at the Capital Club.
The meeting will follow a similar format to the successful events held in February 2023 and 2024, which both involved an afternoon of panel sessions, with speakers from a range of jurisdictions, followed by drinks. Chief Justice Wayne Martin of the DIFC Courts has kindly agreed to be our Judicial Guest of Honour.
Further information about registration and pricing will follow soon but in the meantime please do save the date.
The panellists have now all been confirmed and the programme will be published in due course. For any administrative questions please contact admin@combar.com.
2nd Gulf Meeting in Dubai – February 2024
The 2nd Gulf Round table was held in Dubai on Thursday 29th February 2024 at the Capital Club. Justice Michael Black, a DIFC Judge in the Court of Appeal and Judge in Charge of the Digital Economy Court (DEC) was our guest of honour and gave a keynote speach.
The meeting involved an afternoon of panel sessions, with speakers from a range of jurisdictions, followed by drinks. The programme may be found here.
Juniors were encouraged to attend and those under 7 years were encouraged to investigate the Young Barristers’ Committees’ International Grant Programme, which offers to pay two thirds of Juniors’ total attendance costs.
Registration is now closed. For any administrative questions please email: admin@combar.com.
Inaugural Gulf Meeting in Dubai – February 2023
The inaugural COMBAR Gulf Meeting took place in Dubai, on Thursday 23 February 2023. It was hosted at The Capital Club in the DIFC and was generously sponsored by FTI Consulting.
The meeting involved an afternoon of seminars, with an emphasis on collegiate discussion between professionals across a number of jurisdictions, followed by a drinks reception in the evening. The programme may be found here.
Anyone wishing to make contact with the Gulf Committee or to find out more about its work is invited to contact the Combar Administrator or the Chair, George Spalton KC (4 New Square).