The first implementation phase of the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is effective next year, which raises questions of compliance and steps that businesses need to take immediately. Jayne Newton and Peter Somekh...
Many companies in the UAE are still under the false impression that UK and US anti-corruption laws do not apply to them. The following article busts the myth by exploring the impact of these laws on...
Companies undertake electronic document reviews when defending themselves in disputes, conducting investigations and when responding to regulators. The foundation of any review is the forensic collection of company data. How do companies ensure that they get...
The draft Real Estate Investor Protection Law or Tanweer law aims to boost the real estate market of the region by safeguarding investor rights. Will it live up to expectations? Sean Yates of Eversheds illuminates the...
Kerri L. Lefebvre and Stephen V. Scali of Conyers Dill & Pearman share their expertise on why Mauritius is an ‘ideal investment platform’ for the MENA region. A ttendees at the recent African Global Business Forum...
Kuwait is positioning itself as an important market for privately developed infrastructure in the region. All eyes are currently on the Az-Zour North IWPP, Kuwait’s first project under its Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme, which may...
In the light of the unrest in Bahrain, the country has taken a step forward with the New Labour Law. Qays H. Zu’bi, senior partner of Zu’bi & Partners analyses and highlights various clauses of the...
As businesses operate on an increasingly global scale, so does the risk of being caught out by another jurisdiction’s laws and coming under the spotlight of their regulators. Rebecca Kelly and Laura Chicken of Clyde &...
Content creation is a growing business in the Middle East. Not just filmmaking, which is the high end category of content creation, but animation, television, on-line content and even branded short form content are all being...
With its growing trend in the GCC, Michael Kortbawi and Nadim Bardawil of Bin Shabib & Associates (BSA) LLP define Bancassurance and propose amendments that can revolutionize the insurance industry. Bancassurance allows banks to sell insurance...
