The largest of the Pacific Island nations, Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of New Guinea and hundreds of nearby islands. A mountainous and forested terrain has led to astonishing cultural and linguistic diversity, even as it inhibited development.
Chapter | Legal Framework from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
Interviews & Viewpoints | Khaled Asfour, Managing Partner, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates and Legal Consultants, on new laws protecting lenders from The Report: Jordan 2012
As a lawyer practising in Jordan and involved in project finance transactions, I often advise on structuring security packages to protect lenders’ interests. Lenders are also interested in understanding what happens when the business they are financing faces insolvency risks. The laws governing these issues in Jordan have been problematic and...
Articles & Analysis | Encouraging foreign investors: Various incentives help foreign companies operate within the kingdom from The Report: Jordan 2012
TYPES OF COMPANIES: The Companies Law of 1997 gives the investor several types of companies through which it can make its investment. The most popular are: limited liability companies (LLC), private shareholding companies (PSC) and public shareholding companies (PLC). A foreign investor may also have the...
Amid the regional turbulence caused by the Arab Spring, Jordan has navigated a steady course. This is a key advantage that the kingdom offers to foreign investors, who continue to regard the country as a strong base for targeting growth markets in the region and who are stepping up their involvement in core domestic industries such as energy, health care and information technology.