Parties doing business in Saudi Arabia often select binding arbitration in the Kingdom, a preferred neutral foreign jurisdiction or another GCC state as the method for dispute resolution. In 2012 an arbitration law was enacted in Saudi Arabia confirming the right of parties to agree to settle their disputes through arbitration if the dispute...
Since its formation in July 2004, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) has taken various measures to improve corporate governance and disclosure standards for Saudi Arabian public companies, which has also resulted in the improvement of such standards among private companies that may seek to be publicly listed in the future.
What have the Saudi authorities done to deepen the local financial sector in recent years?
Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains limited. What more can be done to support these companies?
The Saudi Arabian banking sector has a significant growth opportunity in the form of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. The nation’s SMEs account for around 90% of registered businesses and 60% of total employment, according to a recent report by Aljazira Capital, and as a result they occupy a central position in the Kingdom’s...
The effect of recently introduced mortgage legislation has become one of the more salient industry concerns in 2015. First promulgated in March 2013, many market observers thought the law a long overdue formalisation of a rapidly growing segment. Real estate lending had been steadily rising as a percentage of the consumer credit total for some...
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