1st GCC LAW & ARBITRATION WEEK

Inaugural event that aims to bring together
legal professionals, arbitrators,scholars, and industry leaders
from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.


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1st GCC LAW & ARBITRATION WEEK

The GCC Commercial Arbitration Center is organizing the "First GCC Law and Arbitration Week" from January 26-30, 2025.

The week will witness the participation of more than 1,000 prominent figures from the leadership of business, investment, economy, and law, as well as senior executives and influential decision-makers in major business sectors both locally and internationally in the fields of energy, transportation, housing, real estate development, urbanization, and major engineering projects.

This leading event will also feature more than 1,000 participants from the largest engineering, accounting, financial, and legal consultancy firms, as well as legal leaders from both the public and private sectors, and prominent experts in the field of judiciary, law, arbitration, and dispute resolution both in the GCC and globally.

Several ministries and specialized authorities in the fields of finance, business, investment, economy, and energy will participate to discuss the most important legislations and laws related to investment and major business projects, along with the challenges and policies that pertain to enhancing trade, investment, and economy in the GCC and globally in the sectors of transportation, logistics services, supply chains, maritime law and real estate development in the GCC countries.

We welcome you to join us in this unique event, the first of its kind, which brings together businessmen and investors from the GCC countries and the G20 countries along with the government sector and experts in administration and law, representing an important step towards developing the business and investment environment in the region to achieve sustainable economic development.
EVENT ORGANIZERS

G.C.C COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION CENTRE

Their Majesties and Highnesses, the esteemed leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, endorsed the establishment of the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre and operational framework during the fourteenth Riyadh Summit, convened from 7 to 9 Rajab in the year 1414, equivalent to 20 to 22 December 1993. This decision followed a comprehensive assessment of the General Secretariat's proposal concerning the Centre, along with the commendation of the Commercial Cooperation Committee at its nineteenth assembly in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in September 1993.
Additionally, the esteemed Ministers of Justice expressed their support for the Centre's establishment during their fifth meeting that same month, further reinforced by the endorsement of the Financial and Economic Cooperation Committee and the Ministerial Council during their ninth session.