Tap To Play – Inside the New Financial Machine 

This month’s Financial Services issue examines how legal and regulatory frameworks across the GCC are responding to ongoing economic pressures while supporting new investment structures and market growth.

We highlight recent measures addressing financial strain amid geopolitical developments, including regulatory responses in Qatar on cashflow challenges and force majeure claims, alongside Saudi Arabia’s legal framework on force majeure and borrower protections through renegotiation and judicial rebalancing of financing arrangements.

The issue also covers key regional developments shaping financial markets, from Saudi real-estate fund reforms and GCC fund passporting initiatives to the DIFC’s variable capital company regime, as well as evolving approaches to financial risk, security enforcement, director liability, and fraud-related criminal exposure across the region.