The participants will gain better understanding of:

• What Has Changed, and What Has Not: A clear sense of which developments matter most to day-to-day commercial dealings, and which familiar principles continue largely as before.
• Sources of Law and Public Policy in the UAE: How courts decide disputes where the legislation is silent and which categories of rule sit outside what parties can vary by agreement; however their contract is drafted.
• Pre-Contract Obligations and Negotiating with Confidence: How expectations of good faith, disclosure and confidentiality during negotiations affect what businesses share and promise, and how they can step away fr om a deal.
• Contractual Framework and Classification of Contracts: Why standard terms of business may be treated differently from negotiated contracts, and why unclear drafting can work against the business that r elies on it.
• Force Majeure and Exceptional Circumstances: The practical difference between events that prevent performance and changed circumstances that make it excessively burdensome, implications of each event, and what businesses should r ecord and communicate.
• Assessment of Damages and Quantum Questions: How compensation are assessed and agreed damages clauses work in practice, including when a court may adjust the agreed amount, and what this means for commer cial risk.
• Impact on Existing Business and Contracts: which existing contracts may be impacted by the New Law; what standard terms and internal templates should be reviewed to accommodate the new statutory framework.
• Key Changes on Certain Business sectors: Illustrations from construction, real estate, healthcare and distribution, followed by a practical checklist for identifying contracts, templates and practices worth reviewing.