Dear Friends and Clients, In the meantime, we have opened our “Eastern European Desk” in our Ras al Khaimah office. It is headed by Mrs. Katya Kisser, LLM, born in Ukraine. She is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German. Furthermore, we have entered into a cooperation with the Ukrainian Business Council, according to which …
Dear Friends and Clients, In the meantime, the Covid ghost has lost some of its terror and showed its true face. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but if you follow clever people, at least part of the reason for the scare is probably different from the mere healthcare for the population. In my 70 years …
Dear Friends and Clients, This time you will find in our newsletter the main incentives offered by individual Emirates and especially the Freezones. We have also taken up some areas of law that can contribute to your decision making. A lot is written and reported about restructuring, cost reduction, reduction of wages etc. As an …
Dear Friends and Clients, In this newsletter we deliberately omit information about the sanctions in the Covid19 area. You will certainly be inundated with such information and we do not want to contribute to scare tactics. On the contrary. We want to show you how life goes on despite all adversity and how chances can …
Dear Friends and Clients, The heat is over, you can enjoy the starry sky again in the evening and have business talks outdoors. Dubai has always been a pioneer in the UAE in facilitating company start-ups and visa procurement. Now there is a “Virtual Company License” which is reported in detail in the newsletter. However, …
Dear Friends and Clients, We have arrived at the end of the second decade of this century (and millennium). But I do not want to write a review about past times here, there are sufficient of those in the media. The question is rather which path we are on and where it leads us to, …
Dear Friends and Clients, We expats in the Middle East have gotten a thick skin by now. Nothing can shake us so easily. The sabre rattling in the immediate neighbourhood leaves us as cool as some economic challenges. Most of us have made a living here and are not willing to give it up just like …
Dear Friends and Clients, We are happy to announce that we have created a new email domain that matches our corporate identity. From now on we ask to use instead of the old domain “SLG@strohallegalgroup.com“, to please use the new: SLGlaw.cc If you don’t know the lawyer or staff in charge please write to office@SLGlaw.cc. The …
Dear Friends and Clients, The (office) party is over. It marked our 14th year in this country and we welcomed over 40 guests who enjoyed themselves along with the relaxing atmosphere in the garden of our office villa. The outstanding and forward-looking speeches by the Austrian Commercial Counsellor, Mr. Bandera, and the financial expert, Gordian …
Dear Friends and Clients, This summer newsletter summarizes the essential information of the last 3 months. There is not much happening in Arabia in the summer heat – at least as far as business is concerned. So we did not want to bore you and therefore are publishing this newsletter for a 3-month- period. This …