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...
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 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 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...
Ali Al Zarooni, chariman of Horizons & Co, takes an in-depth look at the process and application of the Extradition Law in the United Arab Emirates. Extradition in the UAE is governed by Federal Law No....
Dino Wilkinson of Clyde & Co lists five questions organisations should ask about Bahrain’s new national data protection law. The Kingdom of Bahrain has become the second country in the GCC to issue a national data...
The State of Qatar has officially made permanent residency an option for a limited number of foreigners, Mohamed Awooda of Dentons elaborates on the features of the new law. His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin...
Gün + Partners assesses the legal developments taking place in Turkey to increase the quality and speed of the country’s judicial system. Over the past year, several Turkish laws have been amended to help improve the...
TLG’s Althea Rozario highlights the current status and significant features of Intellectual Property Rights protection in the jurisdictions of Jordan and Iraq. The concept of protecting Intellectual Property Rights dates to ancient Greece, which then evolved...
Egypt has eased rules on exiting its commercial markets. BonelliErede analyses the new rules on restructuring, bankruptcy and bankruptcy-avoiding settlement, introduced in a bid to spur investment. On February 19, 2018, Egypt introduced new rules on...
