"Dubai Legal" discusses investing opportunities in legal work in the post-pandemic stage

As part of its keenness to enhance awareness of legal work developments, the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department held its annual legal conference, under the title: “Legal Work in the Post-Covid-19 Phase: Reality Challenges and Investing in Opportunities” remotely via video communication technology, with the participation of a number of entities. Local and federal government, as well as law firms, legal advice, and jurists working in the state, with the attendance of more than (1,500) participants.

This year’s conference focused on discussing the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the future of legal work, and presented visions seeking to invest opportunities for legal professional excellence in the post-pandemic stage, in light of practical experiences that resulted in employing alternatives to continue the legal sector’s performance of its tasks in achieving justice. , especially in light of the digital transformation that forms part of the legal work system, and the associated challenges and aspirations.

During his opening speech, His Excellency Dr. Louay Mohammed Belhoul, Director General of the Legal Affairs Department of the Government of Dubai, stressed that while many countries are still trying to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the UAE announced that it has overcome the challenges of those exceptional circumstances, and the imposed by it. Societal, health and economic repercussions; For the UAE, as usual, to confirm that it is able to deal with crises and changes in reality according to a comprehensive vision, in which the elements of identifying risks, drawing plans, applying methodologies, reading lessons, and benefiting from experiences in building the future are integrated.

His Excellency said, "Until the changes in reality that shaped this pandemic, their consequences and effects will inevitably extend to the future that will change, and will necessarily be different, and also require us to prepare, visions and plans for the future, especially in the legal work that is related to all groups of society," stressing that the importance of The conference comes from its ability to present conscious visions of the challenges of reality and future aspirations in the legal work system, in an effort to employ all the tools and capabilities that guarantee outstanding professional performance in this vital sector linked to achieving the values ​​of justice and the rule of law.

The Director General of the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department added: What adds importance to this conference is that it coincides with the new start for the next fifty years of the history of this ambitious nation, with the visions of its leaders who chart a comprehensive approach that completes a process of construction and achievements started by the founding fathers five decades ago. 2020 Dubai is an extension of that, with its qualitative addition, opening up wider horizons of investments, and placing all those involved in legal work in front of the responsibility of development, keeping pace and the inevitability of creating opportunities.

The proceedings of the conference began with a working paper presented by Maha Al Gergawi, Senior Vice President of Political Affairs - Expo 2020 Dubai, on “The Role of the Dubai Expo in Building the Future and Strengthening the UAE Vision 2071”, in which she indicated that building the future in the UAE depends on a comprehensive vision reinforced by the challenge. And cemented by national responsibility, Expo 2020 Dubai comes as a new addition to the country’s achievements, reflecting integration in building its pillars and components economically, socially and culturally, and opening up horizons and opportunities in many sectors, including the legal sector.

In turn, Counselor Abdullah Rashid, Head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Department at the Ministry of Justice, participated in a working paper on anti-money laundering obligations for law firms and legal consultancies in the Emirate of Dubai, where he referred to the efforts made by the state in combating money laundering, through a system of special legislation To combat this crime, and to support judicial and supervisory bodies to control financial practices and transactions in line with the State's obligations in this aspect.

In a session entitled, DIFC: A Case Study in the Post-Covid-19 Environment, presented by Jacques Visser, Director of Legal Affairs at the DIFC, during which the center’s efforts and procedures were highlighted during the spread of Covid-19, according to a clear regulatory framework. It is flexible and based on global best practices.

And regarding the digital transformation that has entered many fields and sectors, including the judiciary with all its elements and components from parties associated with the digitization of the courts, Dr. Jumaa Obaid Dhaen Al Falasi, Director of the Lawyers and Legal Consultants Affairs Department, Head of the Information Security Committee of the Legal Affairs Department of the Government of Dubai, spoke in a paper Work on digital justice and the Covid crisis: between development requirements and guarantees of trust and effectiveness.

In the same context, regarding digital transformation and reality variables that predict profound transformations in the practice of the legal profession, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Butti Al Shamsi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Lawyers and Legal Association, participated in a working paper on the future of the legal profession in the post-Covid-19 reality: Challenges and Aspirations.

Dr. Nayla Obaid, co-founder of Obaid Legal Consulting, spoke in a working paper on virtual arbitration: Practices and Standards, in which she addressed the procedural practices that entered remote arbitration, which is one of the modern means imposed by the developments of the new reality.

On the information revolution in legal work, I participated in a working paper entitled (Employing information technology in building virtual legal teams), presented by Patrick Rogers, partner and founder of the Legal Support Office, and the working papers participating in the conference concluded with a session on the authenticity of electronic documents in the scope of civil, commercial and administrative transactions in In light of Dubai's paperless strategy, which presented the legal aspects of these documents, and presented by Counselor Tariq Fayek, Director of Government Litigation Department at the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department.

Believing in the importance of consolidating joint institutional work, which is a cornerstone for the success of government work, the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department honored, on the sidelines of the conference, a number of government agencies from its strategic and key partners who support its aspirations to achieve its vision, strategy and projects in developing legal work in the Emirate, in addition to Honoring a number of external party employees who have shown effective cooperation with the department by providing the requirements for managing files and legal transactions related to the various services provided by the department to these entities; What contributed to enabling the department to carry out its tasks and competencies in an optimal manner, in a manner that meets the aspirations and visions of the Dubai government.

In the same context, the department honored lawyer Zayed Al Shamsi, former president of the Emirates Lawyers and Legal Association, and lawyer Ali Mosbeh Dhahi, former Secretary-General of the Emirates Lawyers and Lawyers Association, and a member of the legal profession protection team, for their fruitful cooperation with the department, during their election on the association’s board of directors, which contributed In strengthening partnership frameworks to achieve the department’s objectives aimed at protecting the profession in accordance with the regulations governing it, and supporting the legal system in the country.

The department also honored lawyers: Youssef bin Hammad and Abdel Moneim bin Suwaidan, for their constructive cooperation with the department, through their membership in the professional conduct committee for lawyers and legal advisors in the department.

In appreciation of the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department for the efforts of its partners in voluntary work, through the smart platform for voluntary legal services, it also honored a number of lawyers and legal advisors who participated in providing voluntary legal advice to members of society, assuring them of the high moral message carried by the legal profession .

His Excellency Ali Al Mutawa, Secretary-General of the Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation, praised the platform through which the department deserved to obtain the Dubai Endowment Mark, for the support it provides for social responsibility through the legal profession and legal advice in the Emirate of Dubai.

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