Bahrain

In an ongoing attempt to ease dispute resolutions, arbitration has become a core practice in the kingdom. Bahrain is the first country in the world to have a free arbitration zone and to introduce the concept of statutory arbitration for commercial and financial disputes, as stated by the President of the American Arbitration Association (AAA...

Bahrain is a regional financial hub for investment and business in the GCC. This holds true due to the efforts set forth by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MoICT), and its minister, Zayed R. Al Zayani, in cooperation with other ministries. The MoICT has taken steps to encourage and create lucrative opportunities for foreign...

Bahrain has gone through a series of economic challenges in the past five years. A primary source of these is the downturn in the real estate market. In an effort to combat the negative effects of the downturn on investors, three significant laws have been issued since 2014 regulating the dealings of all parties involved in the real estate...

In 2007 the six-member GCC agreed in principle to try out a VAT on a collective basis. It is important to remember that oil was trading at above $140 per barrel in early 2008. Some nine years later, when oil was trading at around $30 per barrel, or 72% less than in 2007, the GCC states faced calls from international bodies including the IMF to...

The two main general frameworks governing the preparation and presentation of the financial statements are the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

The UK’s decision to leave the EU caught the financial markets by surprise and drove them to a period of real uncertainty. The unexpected results led to a broad sell-off across continents and asset classes. Because the UK is the fifth-largest economy in the world, it is critical that the Brexit process be carried out in an efficient and timely...