Country Focus

Country Focus

Fighting corruption in Saudi Arabia

AlDhabaan & Partners in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP reviews Nazaha powers and recent activities in light of KSA Anti-Bribery Law, while comparing it to the FCPA and UK Bribery Act The Saudi Oversight and...

EFC in the UAE

Keith Hutchison and Michael Morris of Clyde & Co highlight the impact of the recent change to the Bankruptcy Law on debtors and creditors in the United Arab Emirates. On October 22, 2020, the UAE government...

Options, procedures & considerations

An insight into the conditions for recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Israel by Haggai Carmon of Carmon & Carmon. As a basic rule in international law, a judgment rendered in one country is not...

KSA’s public procurement reform

Stephen P. Matthews writes about the new Saudi Arabian Government Tenders and Procurement Law ­­- introduced in line with the goals of Vision 2030. On July 16, 2019, the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers approved the...

A welcome addition

Lebanon’s New Code of Commerce signals the willingness to improve the economy of the country, inspire confidence in the international community and boost foreign investment. Carlo Pianese and Mohamad Al Rifai elaborate.  Over the last several...

Strategic investments in Ethiopia

Gregor Pannike and Dr. Constantin Frank-Fahle consider key legal, regulatory, geopolitical, economic and security aspects vital for sound investment decisions in Ethiopia. RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS Ethiopia’s charismatic 42-year-old Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed from the marginalised Oromo...

Keeping up with KSA

Carlo Pianese and Mohamad Al Rifai discuss the recent legal reforms in line with achieving the Kingdom’s ‘Vision 2030’ transformation plan. In April 2016, His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz announced that the...

UAE’s enhanced banking rules

Zouhdi Yakan and Sameer Goel offer insight into the compilation of provisions under the new Banking Law, aimed at strengthening the Central Bank’s supervisory powers, governance and consumer protection in the country. One of the latest...

Oman’s evolving legislative landscape

Oman has recently seen a spate of legislative change against a backdrop of regional declining oil revenues and a reinforced desire to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbon dependency. Sadaf Buchanan of Dentons elaborates on some...

A new dawn?

A comprehensive insight into the main features of the project company regulation under Kuwait’s Public-Private Partnership Law. The recent developments in Kuwait’s PPP market is expected to reinvigorate interest in its faltering PPP program. The Kuwait...

Previous Editions