In this episode of Tamimi Talks our experts, Matthew Heaton - Partner, and Muhammad Mitha - Senior Associate, discuss the rise of the fintech industry across the Middle East and North Africa. They provide insights into what's fueled fintech growth across the region, market trends and why there is increased demand for fintech solutions from the younger tech-savvy population across the region. 

If you would like to know more about the evolution of fintech read Matthew and Muhammad's article here. To gain further insights on the legal landscape read our publication Law Update here.

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, Richard Catling, Partner, Family Business at Al Tamimi & Company is joined by Marcel Minger, Director, and Fadi Kikano, Managing Officer at KENDRIS. The three experts provide insights into private wealth structuring and discuss a European perspective on the history of private wealth management and stewardship in Europe and how private wealth services are managed in the Middle East.

KENDRIS is a leading Swiss partner for family office, trust and fiduciary services, Swiss and international tax and legal advice, accounting, outsourcing, aviation advisory and art management.

Read more about the opportunities for wealth structuring here. For further insights and expert commentary be sure to read our monthly legal publication Law Update, here.  

This episode of Tamimi Talks features Andrew Fawcett, Senior Counsel, and Hassan Eltahir, Senior Counsel, at Al Tamimi & Company. They delve into the laws relating to space, and discuss space law in the UAE and how Al Tamimi & Company worked with the UAE space agency to implement space law in the Emirates. 

Read more about Space Law here and gain more fascinating insights by reading our legal publication, Law Update here

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, Martin Hayward, Head of Digital and Data, and Andrew Thompson, Head of Real Estate, discuss the emergence of data centres in the in the Middle East and North Africa. They discuss trends, hyperscalers (the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Alibaba), and the role the real estate and construction sector is playing in housing data centres. 

Read more on this subject in this months Law Update magazine here

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, our colleagues in Oman - Fatma Al Zadjali, Associate and Ahmed Al Barwani, Head of Office, discuss foreign ownership of real estate in Oman. Talking points include; 

You can read more about this and gain valuable insights in this months Law Update - here 

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, Richard Catling, Partner and Ingy Darwish, Senior Associate, at Al Tamimi & Co discuss what is the recipe for a successful family business and how it should be directed, managed and controlled. They provide insights on how corporate governance gives families the tools for an effective business operation and conflicts resolution. Richard and Ingy also provide tips on what are the optimum points to consider when running and modern family business.  

Read more about family business structures and legislation in the latest Law Update - here

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, Richard Catling, Partner, and Nawal Abdelhadi, Senior Associate, at Al Tamimi & Co, discuss the UAE being at the forefront of legislative development. They specially explore recent legislation in the UAE and what it means for family businesses. They provide insights on infrastructure, succession planning and asset protection and how this will be impacted by legislation on family businesses.

To read more article around the family business theme, please click here

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, our Head of Marketing, Sharon Missah, is joined by Minal Sapra, Paralegal; Digital & Data and Zil-Ur- Rehman, Associate; Digital & Data, at AL Tamimi & Company. They discuss what marketing strategies companies are adopting to ensure they highlight the right environmental credentials of their products to consumers.  You will hear global and regional perspectives and examples of what Green Marketing is an how it is being regulated. 

To read Minal and Zil's full Green Marketing article click here 

In this episode our Senior Associate Francis Patalong is joined by Marc Cirera, Founder of Companies for Good - a social enterprise that helps businesses organise successful team-building activities, support their communities, protect the planet and make organisaitons more sustainable. 

Francis and Mark discuss the main challenges when embarking in employee CSR engagement, the benefits of working in a sustainable, responsible and ethical way and how this can in turn attract talent and grow your customer base. 

Read more about Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa in our monthly magazine Law Update here

AI a threat to law firms?

In this episode of Tamimi Talks, Muhammad Mahmood, Associate at Al Tamimi & Company, is joined by Professor Richard Susskind, a renowned author, speaker, and independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments, to discuss artificial intelligence and the potential of automation where human lawyers play a lesser role in the delivery of legal services. 

Richard Susskind's main area of expertise is the future of professional service and, in particular, the way in which IT and the Internet are changing the work of lawyers.

Read Muhammad's full AI article here and learn more about Richard here