{"id":2170,"date":"2026-07-24T18:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2170"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:51:20","slug":"sushhestvennye-pravovye-izmeneniya-v-oae-za-ii-kvartal-2026-goda","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/news\/sushhestvennye-pravovye-izmeneniya-v-oae-za-ii-kvartal-2026-goda\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Legal Changes in the UAE in Q2 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-198cb9d5-444a-4d6d-839e-5b3620ad99c4\">The second quarter of 2026 saw the introduction of a number of significant legislative reforms in the United Arab Emirates affecting contract law, corporate regulation, investment projects, the real estate sector, virtual assets and data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most notable development was the entry into force of the new UAE Civil Code \u2014 the country&#8217;s first comprehensive overhaul of its civil legislation in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-198cb9d5-444a-4d6d-839e-5b3620ad99c4\">In this legal update, Asari Legal&#8217;s experts analyse the key legislative and judicial developments, assess their implications for international businesses, and provide practical guidance for companies, investors and business owners operating in the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This publication covers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>how the new UAE Civil Code reshapes the rules governing the formation and performance of contracts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the key developments in corporate regulation; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>recent changes to the regulation of virtual assets and personal data;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reforms affecting the real estate sector and construction projects;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>business support measures introduced in response to regional instability; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the impact of recent international agreements on Russian investors and companies doing business with the UAE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.asari.legal\/s\/tamtyokMxFLLfZY\/download\/Legal%20Alert_Material%20Legal%20Changes%20in%20the%20UAE%20in%20Q2%202026.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cloud.asari.legal\/s\/tamtyokMxFLLfZY\/download\/Legal%20Alert_Material%20Legal%20Changes%20in%20the%20UAE%20in%20Q2%202026.pdf\">Download the publication<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prepared by <a href=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/maria-rybitskaya\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/maria-rybitskaya\/\">Maria Rybitskaya<\/a>, Partner and Head of Tax Practice;<a href=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/ivan-laskov-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/ivan-laskov-2\/\"> Ivan Laskov<\/a>, Partner; and <a href=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/alexander-semeshin\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/team\/alexander-semeshin\/\">Alexander Semeshin<\/a>, Counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2171,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[2],"class_list":["post-2170","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asari.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}