Kuwait is considering a new law that will enforce a quota system for emigrants in the Country. As per Kuwait Times, this law is to be introduced in the forthcoming National Assembly term

Kuwait has its regulations on the matter, and the punishments are severe as expected.

In the last 12 months alone, the State of Kuwait has issued requests for qualifications for a multitude of large-scale infrastructure projects, the costs of which are likely to be in the tens of billions of dinars.

Kuwait is a nation that receives significant global attention for many reasons. It is highly wealthy, having among the largest oil reserves in the world

On 5 November 2018, the Chairman of the Amiri Rules and Regulations Committee Counselor Mohammad Fuhaid Al-Zuabi presented the guidelines ...

Money laundering crimes initially arise from generating illegal financial profits through arms trafficking, drug trafficking, smuggling, embezzlement, bribery, electronic fraud, and other legally criminalized financial gains

The Kuwait National Rail Road was less advanced although a feasibility study was being prepared in respect of this project.

Since the Kuwaiti legislator revised the country's competition law in 2021, the Competition Protection Authority (CPA) issued several fines for behavioral antitrust violations.

Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 67 of 2026 fundamentally restructures Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, shifting it from a heavily regulated public entity to a commercially managed enterprise with board-led governance and streamlined contracting powers. The amendments remove prior-oversight constraints, prohibit local agency intermediation, and position KPC as a quasi-holding company with expanded authority over subsidiaries, financing, and procurement. What do these reforms mean for international counterparties, lende

In a jurisdiction whose laws feature various restrictions on foreign ownership (including, but not limited to, restrictions on ownership of real estate pursuant to Law No. 74 of 1979 Regulating the Ownership...

The new Kuwait public-private partnership (PPP) law, Law No. 116 of 2014 (New PPP Law) came into full force and effect last week.

Kuwait's competition landscape has transformed dramatically since Law 72/2020 introduced modern merger control requirements. The Kuwaiti Competition Protection Authority now actively reviews transactions, enforces filing obligations, and imposes meaningful penalties, creating new compliance challenges for investors and multinational companies operating in the Middle East and Africa region.

On 10 March 2025, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") issued its Final Award in the arbitration between French-Syrian media entrepreneur Bachar Kiwan and the State of Kuwait.

The business and economic landscape of Kuwait just changed.