Search Results for: Middle East
New ACCA Middle East team on hand to boost the accountancy profession in the region
June 12th, 2015
To support the development of the accountancy profession and the growing needs of its expanding customer base in the Middle East, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has transformed its regional team to meet the demand. Lindsay Degouve ...
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards: Winners 2015
May 18th, 2015
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards have firmly established themselves as a highlight of the region’s legal calendar. The awards, which are now in their fourth year, celebrate legal excellence in the Middle East and are open to in-house legal ...
China and Middle East will drive oil demand: OPEC
March 16th, 2015
Almost half of this year’s oil demand growth is likely to come from China and the Middle East, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Monday. In its monthly report, Opec forecast that global oil demand growth ...
Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year 2014
March 2nd, 2015
Dentons was awarded the Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year by EMEA Finance, whose Middle East Banking Awards winners for 2014 were announced recently. This is the fifth occasion on which Dentons has won this prestigious industry ...
Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East
August 20th, 2014
The violence and cutthroat politics of the Middle East, combined with declining oil and gas production levels, has triggered a subtle but significant shift away from what has long been the center of the energy industry to other regions ...
Moody’s: Middle East investment grade companies face $91 billion in refinancing needs
July 23rd, 2014
According to Moody’s Investors Service, Middle East investment grade companies face refinancing needs of about $91 billion from bank and bond debt due to mature over the next four years. This accounts for approximately eight per cent of total ...
Tel Aviv acquires the first Bitcoin ATM in Middle East
June 11th, 2014
The first Bitcoin ATM will be launched in the Middle East and more precisely in Tel Aviv . Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that allows for transactions between users without any third party or middle man. The “cash-out ...
Clifford Chance, Eversheds and Allen & Overy triumph at Middle East awards
May 16th, 2014
Clifford Chance (CC), Eversheds and Allen & Overy (A&O) were the main law firm winners at the third annual Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards last night (15 May), which saw CC named International Law Firm of the Year, while ...
Middle-East private wealth to reach $7.2 trillion by 2018
October 29th, 2015
This is approximately a 3.6 per cent share of total global wealth The private wealth in the Middle-East region will reach $7.2 trillion by the end of 2018, according to a report. The report issued by the Boston Consulting ...
How natural gas could be a geopolitical game-changer in the Mideast
May 15th, 2017
It’s a discovery that could easily shake up the geopolitical order in the Middle East. Deep under the eastern Mediterranean lies the largest natural gas basin ever found on Europe’s doorstep. But the gas fields often coincide with disputed ...