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Regional Disruption, Force Majeure, And Delay Analysis: Preserving Program Integrity And Project Records
Explore critical insights across multiple sectors including Middle East construction challenges amid regional conflict, the intersection of financial reporting valuations and tax compliance, large-scale financial remediation strategies for overdraft fee disputes, and strategic healthcare real estate investment forecasting for 2026. These analyses examine how geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory scrutiny, and evolving market dynamics shape business decisions and operational strategies.
Worldwide Strategy
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Ankura Consulting Group LLC
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Economic Analysis

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Making Mature Fields Deliver In The Middle East
National oil companies across the Gulf Cooperation Council face a critical strategic decision as their giant legacy fields enter decline. Should they replicate expensive greenfield operating models, or design new frameworks specifically built for mature assets? This analysis examines three distinct operating model archetypes and reveals how GCC NOCs can achieve both low production costs and lean G&A through deliberate functional decomposition.
United Arab Emirates Energy
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AlixPartners
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Technology

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Saudi Arabia Copyright Law Implementing Regulations: Key Clarifications And Remaining Questions
Saudi Arabia's new Copyright Law Implementing Regulations, published on 31 July 2026, provide crucial clarity on neighbouring rights, online enforcement mechanisms, software licensing terms, AI training exceptions, and border enforcement procedures. While resolving many practical questions for rights holders and businesses, the framework leaves certain areas—including AI-generated content ownership and collective management society governance—open for future development.
Saudi Arabia IP
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Gowling WLG
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Saudi Arabia Launches TAHAQAQ To Modernise Customs Trademark Enforcement
The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property has launched TAHAQAQ, a digital platform that transforms how trademark rights are enforced at customs checkpoints. This technology-driven system enables brand owners to register their trademarks electronically and receive real-time alerts when suspicious shipments are detected, marking a shift from reactive to proactive intellectual property protection in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia IP
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United Trademark & Patent Services
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Government Policy & Public Finance

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Commentary On The Amendments To The Advocacy Law Issued Under Law No. 19 Of 2025
The State of Qatar has introduced significant amendments to its Advocacy Law through Law No. 19 of 2025, fundamentally reshaping the legal profession's regulatory framework. These reforms expand the competencies of State Lawyers, modernize registration requirements, ease restrictions on commercial activities, and introduce new rules on advertising and fee structures.
Qatar Commercial
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Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
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The Reality Of UAE-Saudi Tensions: More Aligned Than Not, For Now
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE have escalated in recent months, manifesting in blocked financial transfers, delayed trade shipments, and diverging strategic visions for the Middle East. While both Gulf powers remain aligned on key objectives, their competition for economic dominance and conflicting approaches to regional conflicts reveal a growing rift that could reshape US strategy, global energy markets, and multinational business operations in the region.
United Arab Emirates International
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Steptoe LLP
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Investment Strategy

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Fund Structuring In DIFC And ADGM
The United Arab Emirates has become one of the leading jurisdictions for investment funds structuring across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Much of this growth has been driven by the development of two internationally recognised financial centres, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), both of which provide dedicated regulatory frameworks for licensed fund managers, asset managers and investment platforms.
United Arab Emirates Finance
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The Sovereign Group
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