Amsterdam Partner Ilse van Gasteren responds to challenges by turning them into strategies. She shares some practical tips which include taking her own advice.
Key trends and recent developments in the UAE business and legal landscape suggest continued growth in commercial opportunities for investors and corporates looking to enter and expand in the UAE. In 2018, the UAE Cabinet passed a landmark decision allowing 100% foreign ownership of companies onshore. This marks a major change from the current regime, …
Microsoft’s Fischlin walks GC through her journey from fashion houses in Switzerland to tech giants in the UAE, and the value of entering uncharted professional waters.
McAlister, general counsel at GE Global Growth Organization, discusses the strategy of setting up shop in the Middle East.
The UAE shares its legal history with much of the Middle East. How then, has the country been able to advance leagues beyond its neighbours to become one of the world’s most attractive business destinations?
2018 has witnessed many developments, reforms and initiatives towards promoting growth in the private sector and attracting foreign investment into Saudi Arabia. In line with Vision 2030, the government is working towards improving the Kingdom’s rankings in the World Bank’s Doing Business report. The 2018 Doing Business report cites Saudi Arabia for its reforms in …
Al-Oufi, general counsel at TAQNIA, considers the impact of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan and the impact it stands to have on the Kingdom, TAQNIA, as well as the broader legal profession.
Johnson shares with GC the story of his transition from London to Riyadh, and how he’s found life as a general counsel operating out of the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in its own clearly defined vision for the future, and an increasing number of in-house counsel have found themselves in a position to help facilitate the Kingdom’s goals.
As part of its effort to diversify its economy away from a reliance on petroleum, the State of Qatar has initiated numerous market liberalisation programmes to make foreign investment into the country more attractive. While these programmes were at various stages of implementation, the imposition of the blockade by some neighbouring countries has ultimately driven …
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