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Foreign Direct Investment in Qatar: A Guide The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. - John Maynard Keynes. Foreign direct investment in Qatar has shown an upward trend during the past years. The country's political stability,…
Read moreQatar's Commercial Companies Law Qatar possesses a business-stimulating environment that instigates investors to invest in different business entities. Setting up a business in Qatar was not restricted to any specific kind of business. The region has expanded itself to encourage various company incorporations in Qatar. As per the law, a…
Read moreUnderstanding Censorship Across the GCC Censorship is one method of the government to control media. Censorship is characterized as concealment or forbiddance of speech or composing that is considered subversive of the benefit of everyone. It happens in all manifestations of power in some degree, yet in present day times…
Read moreFamily Law in GCC A Family is formed by considering several factors like the social, political, and monetary. Similarly, there is a legal design in framing a family. In a net shell a family law covers two fundamental fields one is the relationship between spouses and the other is the…
Read moreA closer look at Electronic Privacy Laws in the GCC The cooperation council for the Arab State of the Gulf is commonly known as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It is a regional, intergovernmental, political and economic union that consists of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf except Iraq. The…
Read moreEconomic and Fraud Provisions in the Middle East “There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open…
Read moreGCC VAT Agreement Introduction Globally the VAT system has been around for a long time. However, for the most part, Arab countries have been operating tax-free in that respect. Over 160 countries around the world have adopted the indirect tax method to reduce the fiscal deficit and facilitate a steady…
Read moreTransfer Pricing Regulations in the Middle East The Transfer Pricing is a common mechanism which the countries use to transfer the tax base. The transfer is often from countries with high taxation to countries with low taxation. Transfer Pricing deprives states of their fair share of taxes from global corporations. In…
Read moreRail Infrasructure Projects in the GCC Rail Projects are always an ambitious and expensive affair every country hopes for, not to mention the long time periods required to complete and establish such projects as operational. While providing extensive environmental benefits, reducing the pollution created by cars and other heavy operational…
Read moreInitial Public Offering - Qatar Introduction Qatar Exchange Company was established in 2009 replacing the Doha Securities Market. The exchange is monitored by Qatar Financial Market Authority (QFMA) and is a platform for trading various securities in the form of IPOs and other financial instruments. The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)…
Read moreIntellectual Property Rights: Exhaustion of Ownership and Parallel Imports Introduction Parallel Imports The term parallel import denotes importation of goods legitimately acquired from the owner of the goods subsequently sold in an unauthorized manner through unauthorized trade channels. These goods may also be referred to as grey market goods, since, despite…
Read moreРуководство по Патентам на Ближнем Востоке «Патентное ведомство находится в прямом родстве с изобретениями.» Введение Старший преподаватель Массачусетского технологического института Джо Хадзима определяет патент следующим образом: «Патент является исключительным правом, выданным страной изобретателю, позволяющим ему исключать других из производства, использования или продажи своего изобретения в данной стране в течение срока…
Read moreAGENCY LAWS IN THE GCC COUNTRIES Introduction The extension of the multinational partnership is either setting up its subsidiary in remote purview or to tie up with the local organization in a foreign jurisdiction. United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the distant locals where international organizations are going into…
Read moreThe word 'efficiency' may not mean much for those of you who were absent during economics class in school. It is a term around which the whole concept of economic studies in based. Investopedia[i] defines 'efficiency' as the allocation of resources in an optimal manner to serve a company…
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