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Negotiating the middle ground
It wasn’t easy. When The Lawyer set out to research the top independent law firms operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) we were confronted with a whole series of problems. Phone numbers didn’t work; emails bounced back; websites didn’t exist. It didn’t deter us. Today we unveil our first-ever Doing Business in […]
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How to access the Arab market: advice from the lawyers who know
The Middle Eastern market is lucrative, but for international firms business nuances are tricky. To guide you through, The Lawyer has researched the region and the legal players to collaborate with. Here’s a taster of our findings According to the World Bank, six of the 20 countries with the largest gross domestic product per capita […]