Jurisdiction & Language Coverage
Countries, legal systems, and languages supported across the Lawis platform.
Lawis is built specifically for the legal landscape of the GCC and North Africa. The legal database and AI capabilities are optimized for the jurisdictions and languages most relevant to legal professionals in these regions.
Covered jurisdictions
United Arab Emirates
Federal legislation, Emirate-level laws, and specialized jurisdiction laws including:
- UAE Federal Laws (Labor, Commercial Companies, Civil, Penal, etc.)
- Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) laws and regulations
- Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) regulations
- Free zone specific regulations
- Ministerial decisions and Cabinet resolutions
Morocco
One of the most comprehensive collections in the database:
- 16,000+ laws and statutes (dahirs, lois)
- 35,000+ court decisions (jurisprudence)
- Ministerial decrees and circulars
- Labor Code, Civil Code, Code of Commerce, Penal Code
Saudi Arabia
- Royal Decrees and Council of Ministers resolutions
- Ministerial decisions from key sectors (labor, commerce, finance)
- SAMA and CMA regulations (financial sector)
Burkina Faso
- OHADA uniform acts (applicable across 17 African states)
- National legislation and ministerial orders
Switzerland
- Federal legislation (CO, OR, ZGB)
- Selected cantonal laws
Language support
The Legal Engine is multilingual — you can ask questions and receive answers in:
- French — full coverage for Morocco, Burkina Faso, Switzerland
- Arabic — UAE and Morocco documents, Arabic Q&A
- English — UAE (DIFC, ADGM, free zones), GCC multinationals
The engine automatically detects the language of your question and responds in the same language, regardless of the source document's language. If a French legal provision is most relevant to an English question, the AI will translate and cite the relevant excerpt.
Changing jurisdiction context
In the AI Chat, use the Country selector in the message input to switch jurisdiction context. This focuses the engine's retrieval on the selected country's legal database, improving relevance and reducing results from other jurisdictions.
Your preferred jurisdiction is also saved in your App Preferences (accessible from Settings) so you don't need to set it for every conversation.
Lawis is continuously expanding its legal database. Additional GCC jurisdictions (Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain) are being added. Contact us at saad.lachhab@lawis.ai if you need coverage for a specific jurisdiction.