Oil & Gas Essentials Training Day - Dubai

On 19 October 2016, Clyde & Co presented to an audience of oil and gas clients on legal issues relevant to entering into frontier markets, including Iran. A variety of legal risks and tips on how to manage them were identified. We have provided below a summary of the key points from the seminar.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR FRONTIER MARKET ENTRY

Foreign direct investment

Jonathan Silver, Clyde & Co's MENA managing partner, led a session on establishing new businesses in frontier markets. Jonathan discussed the increased risk of investing in emerging markets and some of the critical issues that need to be addressed, including:

• type and location of corporate entities;
• foreign ownership restrictions;