Egypt’s New Tax Laws: Opening Doors for Business
19 February 2025 - Dr. Christian Steiner
19 February 2025 - Dr. Christian Steiner
7 February 2023 - Dr. Christian Steiner
I. What you should know about arbitration in the Middle East and North Africa: It is every entrepreneur’s nightmare when quarrels with a business partner end up in court. The risk of this happening is greater when there is a clash of very different business cultures, and even more so in a volatile economic and political …
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17 March 2022 - Dr. Christian Steiner
Unless a commercial agent or a simple branch office is suitable for the needs of entering the Moroccan market, there is a wide range of companies available to us there, familiar from continental European law. Moroccan company law provides for the following company forms: – the joint-stock company (regulated by Law No. 17-95) on the …
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20 May 2021 - Dr. Christian Steiner
By establishing a branch in Morocco, a foreign company can expand its business without the need to create a company under Moroccan law. The term branch refers to a stable entity that belongs to a parent company and has a certain degree of management and direction autonomy, but does not have legal personality.
11 April 2021 - Dr. Christian Steiner
If you want to expand your business and enter the Moroccan market, you should first decide whether to set up a subsidiary (independent legal entity) or a branch (without its own legal personality).
16 March 2021 - Dr. Christian Steiner
The Iraqi Parliament ratified its accession to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards on 4 March 2021 (Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the New York Convention). The law will enter into force upon publication in the Official Gazette. International arbitral awards now easier …
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16 October 2020 - Dr. Christian Steiner
Real estate purchase in Morocco. Legal framework for the acquisition of real estate in Morocco by foreigners.
20 February 2020 - Dr. Christian Steiner
Speaking of the rule of law and doing business, the Maghreb countries Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are not those that many would usually think of in particularly outstanding terms. Rather would the Nordic countries or Singapore spring to mind, and, in fact, they do lead most relevant rankings. Frankly, reaching those countries’ levels of efficiency …
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4 February 2019 - Dr. Christian Steiner
Those who approach management tasks in Morocco with the same care as they would in Europe are not exposed to any particular risks. The greatest risk for a foreign managing director is to underestimate the linguistic and cultural challenges.