As the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fully integrated global petroleum and chemicals enterprise Saudi Aramco has a nation’s future resting on its actions. A recent...

The product of efforts to privatise the business units of Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudia Airlines Catering has now carved out an impressive niche in its own...

In the crisis year of 2008, many sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in the Gulf region were taking a wait-and-see approach to investment. The Saudi Arabian government, however, announced it would...

Based in Jordan, Samsung Electronics’ Levant office has operations in Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. Managing the legal affairs in such a diverse and, Jordan aside, geopolitically unstable group...

Samsung C&T, the construction and trading division of the wider Samsung Group, has been operating in the Middle East for nearly 20 years, dealing in building, civil infrastructure and power...

Established in 2008, Samena Capital is an investment group focusing on the so-called “SAMENA region” (Subcontinent, Asia, Middle East and North Africa). Based in the Dubai International Finance Centre and...

Qatar National Bank has 128 people in its overall group legal team with 42 based in Egypt and 53 in Turkey. The head office in Qatar has a 17 strong...

With control of around $250bn worth of assets, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) ranks as one of the ten largest sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in the world. Established in 2005...

Over the last two years the legal department at the Qatar Railways Company has expanded to include specialised lawyers in the maintenance and operations of railway systems. Qatar Rail was...

Qatar’s state owned oil and gas champion operates all exploration, production, transport, and storage activities in the Gulf state, with subsidiaries manufacturing vinyl, fertilisers and other petrochemical-derived products. Qatar petroleum...