Tamimi Talks

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

Family wealth makes up a significant part of the Middle East economy and trusts are frequently at the heart of successful wealth management structures. In this episode of Tamimi Talks Richard Catling, Partner, and Patrick Dillon-Malone, Senior Counsel at Al Tamimi & Company discuss building trusts in the region and how the recent advisory judgement of the DIFC Court of appeal has given greater clarity in their usage in the UAE and the wider region, particularly for holding structures and family succession planning, making the UAE an attractive and transparent succession planning environment. 

In this episode, our lawyers Sara Koleilat-Aranjo, Partner and John Gaffney, Senior Counsel, Arbitration discuss the improvements to international arbitration in Africa. Sara and John specifically address the updates to The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (‘OHADA’) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (‘COMESA’). They share insights on the emergence of Africa as a focus for international arbitration and the opportunities involving commercial arbitration, international arbitration, and investment treaty arbitration.

Want to learn more? Read our dedicated Africa focus Law Update magazine that offers a broad range of topics, including breaking legal news, changes in legislation, and regulatory reforms. Click here.

In this episode, Ehab Taha, Partner, and Head of Corporate Commercial, Egypt, discusses why private equity is an important source of foreign direct investment in developing countries and the opportunities that Africa represents as a target market for investment. Ehab addresses the concerns private equity and fund managers have about legal risks that may impact the overall risk portfolio when investing in Africa and gives us insights into how investors looking at Africa can tackle their concerns. 

Want to learn more? Read our dedicated Africa focus Law Update magazine that offers a broad range of topics, including breaking legal news, changes in legislation, and regulatory reforms. Click here.