Investment funds: A guide to marketing foreign funds in the Middle East
We are pleased to provide this guide to marketing foreign funds in the Middle East, meaning the countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The guide is aimed at providing a summary of the regulations which apply to marketing the funds as of July 2021.
Our Charles Russell Speechlys funds team - based in the GCC region, the UK and Luxembourg - monitor these regulations, and you are welcome to contact us for more details in the context of you and your colleagues looking to market-specific funds to investors in the region.
We plan to update this guide every six months. To access the guide, please click here.
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Patrick Gearon FCIArb
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Gareth Mills
The Technology Disputes Law Review: Bahrain
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Business Crime Law and Regulations UAE 2023
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Financial Crime Challenges as We Enter Internet 3.0
The developing “crypto economy” will become a significant part of the real economy in a very short time.
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Charles Russell Speechlys sponsors the Gulf Data Centre Association
“We are excited to be supporting the newly formed Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA). "
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Patrick Gearon FCIArb
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Charles Russell Speechlys contribute exclusively to Lexology GTDT, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, DIFC 2023.
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Charles Russell Speechlys exclusively contribute to the Lexology GTDT, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Abu Dhabi chapter.
Lesley O’Leary
Lesley O'Leary writes for The Law Society Gazette on law firm strategy
‘You need to have a frank discussion about the things that matter to clients’
Gareth Mills
Technology Disputes Bahrain
Gareth Mills writes for Lexology GTDT on Technology Disputes in Bahrain
Thanos Karvelis
ICLG - International Arbitration 2022
Practical cross-border insights into international arbitration work
Simon Green
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Chris Haywood
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A future-ready framework?