Other Briefings
Saudi Arabia’s Logistics Strategy Keeping Gulf Trade Moving
Saudi Arabia is using crisis-driven logistics strategies to maintain trade flows and strengthen its position as a regional hub, particularly by leveraging alternative corridors beyond the Strait of Hormuz. For businesses, this shift is creating new opportunities in logistics, infrastructure, and supply chain services, while requiring more flexible and regionally integrated operational models.
Qatar’s Evolving Real Estate Market: What Foreign Investors and Developers Need to Know
Qatar’s real estate market is becoming more investor-friendly through stronger regulation, digital registration, and clearer ownership structures, including freehold zones and long-term usufruct rights for foreigners.
UAE Exits from OPEC: What It Means for Oil Markets and Energy Investors
The UAE announced its exit from OPEC marks a shift toward market-driven production, increasing short-term price volatility and reducing the predictability of coordinated supply management. For businesses, this means reassessing sourcing strategies, pricing assumptions, and risk exposure as global oil markets become more flexible, competitive, and geopolitically sensitive.
Hormuz Disruptions: Managing Construction Project Risk and Commercial Exposure
Rising disruptions affecting the Strait of Hormuz, are increasing costs, delaying projects, and reshaping risk allocation in construction contracts. Stakeholders must move beyond force majeure and adopt a strategic approach, combining contractual analysis, renegotiation, and practical mitigation measures, to preserve project viability and manage legal and commercial exposure.
UAE Corporate Compliance in 2026: Key Risks, Regulatory Changes, and What Businesses Need to Do
This article outlines the key compliance obligations businesses must manage in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, covering licensing, workforce, tax, governance, and AML requirements. It highlights the growing complexity of the regulatory environment and the need for companies to adopt a proactive, structured approach to compliance.
Oman’s Health Technology Industry Landscape and Outlook: Business and Investment Opportunities
Oman’s health technology sector is entering a structured growth phase under the 2026–2030 policy cycle, driven by digital health reforms, telehealth regulation, and expanding infrastructure.
UAE Dubai South Free Zone Rolls Out New Incentives: What Investors Need to Know
UAE free zone Dubai South has introduced new incentives, including support for company formation and fee relief measures, to reduce operational costs for free zone businesses. The move reflects intensifying competition among UAE free zones and signals a favorable entry window for foreign investors.
Türkiye IP Rights and Art Law: A Guide for Cross-Border Transactions
Türkiye has a fast‑growing art market and a distinctive IP framework granting strong moral and a resale rights.
Saudi Arabia Tightens Hajj Visa Enforcement: Fines, Entry Bans, and Stricter Controls Ahead of 2026 Pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia is tightening Hajj regulations for 2026 by restricting access to permit holders only and imposing heavy fines, deportation, and entry bans on violators. The measures aim to improve crowd control, safety, and oversight by targeting both unauthorized pilgrims and the networks facilitating them.
UAE Central Bank Updates Guidance on Anti-Money Laundering and More: Compliance Takeaways
The UAE’s updated anti-money laundering guidance and more, shifting financial institutions toward real-time, technology-driven compliance, significantly increasing operational costs and regulatory scrutiny across the sector.
