Dear Friends and Clients, In the 17 years of our activity in the UAE we are experiencing the highest volume of economic emigration from Europe. Up to 5 entrepreneurs a day contact us for advice on existing options to leave Europe and start a new business in the Middle East. These entrepreneurs come from a …
Dear Friends and Clients, The digitalization of business continues. More and more services are offered online, which is probably also a result of the two-year pandemic with many people being forced to work from home. Abu Dhabi even offers an “Investor Journey” program to guide investment-friendly newcomers through the jungle of administration and bureaucracy. Our …
Dear Friends and Clients, It is interesting to read that Arab youth have already chosen the UAE as their favorite country for 11 years. Ultimately, it is the youth, who will shape our future and on whom we must build when in our advanced years we can only look back rather than forward. Is it …
Dear Friends and Clients, The economic forecasts are for fair weather. The COVID pent-up demand is yielding results, with growth forecasts in the Middle and the Far East of 3 to 7%. There is also some movement in the political stagnation. While in Myanmar the junta still holds the country by force of arms for …
Dear Friends and Clients, I spent the last few weeks in Europe and sounded out the sensitivities a bit. Central and southern Europeans showed different positions on the economic and political outlook. While the Central Europeans look ahead with fear and see the conflict on the eastern edge of Europe as a threat to the …
Merger and acquisition transactions in H1 2022 in the UAE summed up to $12 billion, an increase of 88 % over the same period in 2021 (Refinitiv’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Investment Banking Report 2022). Within the region, UAE ranked first in terms of deal volume with 303 transactions as reported in May 2022. …
Dear Friends and Clients, The world keeps turning. We don’t want to hear about millions of refugees, the death of thousands of civilians, the destruction of entire cities. Or about political opportunism of some decision makers. We prefer to report on the new achievements of our countries, leadership in M&A, billions in direct investments, and …
Dear Friends and Clients, The rosy future lies ahead of us? Are we sure of that after the last 2 1/2 years and what is still to come? We have left some things behind us, at least the fear of pandemics or the belief in trustworthy governments or reliable statesmen. Even the belief in a …
Dear Friends and Clients, This newsletter was ready to be sent out on 23 February. Then came the 24th. With that, all usually reported topics sank into obscurity. Decades of peace and safety in most European countries suddenly came to an end. Today there is a war in Europe and the world has changed. We …
The UAE approved several reforms of the country’s legal system which came after thorough coordination between hundreds of experts at both local and federal entities with consultations from over 100 members from the private sector. The draft of the new laws and legislative amendments came during the “Year of the 50th” which aims to strengthen …
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