Newsletter April 2022

Three years since the new Saudi Competition Law and its Executive Regulations entering into force, we have seen two guidelines and increased enforcement of the regime including fining of domestic and foreign companies for infringement. Furthermore, in June 2021 Kuwait followed the example of Saudi Arabia and introduced turnover thresholds for its merger control regime. Nicolas Bremer will provide an update on regulatory reforms and practical experience with the new regimes.

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MENA Business GmbH, in cooperation with the AHK Saudi Arabia, is organizing a webinar for German service providers and companies in the leisure industry and leisure infrastructure on the target market Saudi Arabia on behalf of the BMWK. It is a project-related funding measure as part of the market development program. The target group are mainly small and medium-sized German companies (SMEs).

The webinar provides comprehensive, first-hand information on market developments, the legal framework and potential business opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The compact format of the event provides industry-specific data and facts on the target market as well as field reports from German companies that are already active there. Interested companies can register with MENA Business GmbH until May 16, 2022.

Read more about the webinar and how to sign up here

GESALaw and Meyer-Reumann & Partners are delighted to invite you to a business roundtable on Public Procurement & Intellectual Property in Saudi Arabia at the GESALO Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Christine Baltzer-Zacharias, senior lawyer at Meyer-Reumann & Partners, will provide her expertise and give an overview of the public procurement law enacted in 2019 & intellectual property rights in Saudi-Arabia.
 

The following topics will be covered:

On the practice of public procurement in Saudi Arabia
In what ways does the Public Procurement Law enacted in 2019 promote economic development and advance the interests of investors through efficiency, equality and transparency.

Intellectual property in Saudi Arabia - an overview
In the field of intellectual property, Saudi Arabia offers protection to the foreign investor comparable to other GCC countries

If you would like to participate, please contact Saida Nassrat

GESALO and Dussmann are inviting young female management talents to hone their leadership skills at a one-day seminar on Wednesday, June 8,2022. Together, participants will explore international business culture, engineering tools in facility management and other topics that play an important role in developing a career in international business.

What makes a CV stand out? What do young executives need to know when applying for executive positions with global companies? What are the special challenges that female managers face in the international business world?

GESALO, the official representation of the German Industry, and Dussmann Ajlan & Brothers LLC, a facility management specialist and member of the German Dussmann Group, are inviting young female management talents to hone their leadership skills at a one-day seminar. The seminar will cover topics that play an important role in developing a career in international business:

• Management skills
• Intercultural competence
• The special challenges facing female managers
• European process management
• A roundtable exchange with Dussmann Group executives

Female Saudi nationals with a B.A. or M.A in engineering or sciences, 2-3 years’ work experience and fluency in English and Arabic are invited to apply by May 15, 2022 

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Partipants will receive a certificate at the end of the seminar.