Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (JD Supra Israel)

On 28 August 2020, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa, President of the United Arab Emirates (the UAE), issued Federal Decree Law Number 4 of 2020, abolishing a ban on business and trade dealings with Israel that had stood since 1972. In doing so, the UAE has become the first Gulf nation to normalise its relations with Israel and only the third Arab nation to do so, alongside Egypt and Jordan.