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Increase in Saudization Ratio for Engineering Positions

On May 20, 2024, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (“MHRSD”) in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and Housing announced their goal of increasing the Saudization ratio in the...more

ZATCA Amends the Real Estate Transactions Tax (“RETT”) Implementing Regulations

On May 3, 2024, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (“ZATCA”) issued amendments to the Real Estate Transaction Tax (“RETT”) Implementing Regulations. The RETT Implementing Regulations were first introduced on October 4,...more

UAE Introduces Substantial Amendments to Promotion Rules for Foreign Funds

The Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates (“SCA”) recently adopted certain changes to the rules governing the distribution of foreign funds in the UAE, pursuant to which several methods for...more

Checklist for Non-U.S. Fund Managers Making a Private Fund Offering in the U.S.

The United States represents a large source of potential capitalthat non-U.S. fund managers often find impossible to ignore. To assist non-U.S. fund managers, we have prepared a checklist that sets out key considerations for...more

Energy Newsletter - January 2019

Clean Water Agencies Propose to Redefine and Limit “Waters of the United States” - The United States EPA and the United States Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to redefine—and significantly limit—the scope of “Waters...more

Lending to SMEs Through the ADGM Made Easy

Recently, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, announced the launch of a new regulatory framework (the Framework) for operators of Private Financing Platforms (PFPs). PFPs will...more

Measure - Spring 2018

Welcome to the Spring 2018 issue of measure, King & Spalding’s Middle East periodic newsletter. Following a host of legal developments in the region over recent months, we look at the following in this issue: ..Noting that...more

Initial Coin Offerings in the United Arab Emirates

Background - Against the backdrop of the increasing prominence of cryptocurrencies globally, initial coin offerings or ICOs are becoming commensurately popular as a capital raising method. ICOs, essentially a method of...more

Establishment of the Parallel Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange

Background - On 21 December 2016, the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia (the CMA) approved the Parallel Market Listing Rules (the Rules), thereby establishing the Parallel Market, an alternative market to the Main...more

Loss of Foreign Fund Private Placement Exemptions in the UAE

In August 2016, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the federal securities regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adopted new investment funds regulations (the 2016 Fund Regulations), which repealed...more

Energy Newsletter - September 2016

Implementing Islamic Financing for Renewable Energy Projects - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has recently seen a surge of interest in developing renewable energy, in particular solar energy projects. Led...more

Proposed New Regulations on Arrangement and Promotion Activity in the UAE

In early August 2016, the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority (the SCA) issued draft new regulations (the Proposed Regulations) on arrangement and promotion activity in the UAE. Only an Arabic version of the Proposed...more

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