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Find out moreWe are excited to share the latest edition of the Law Update, beautifully and appropriately titled “Sustainable Horizons: The Saudi Arabian Vision.” Giving special honor to the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, this update focuses on a collection of both informative and inspiring articles.
For those in construction, you can learn about how the tendering environment impacts risk-pricing for contractors, the updates on the legal framework of the construction industry and how contractors can protect themselves against financial difficulties.
There is good news too from the kingdom’s banking sector, from which the practice of “Open Banking” is being pushed for! But what is open banking? We’re answering that too.
Also . . . Are there any women trail blazers in Saudi Arabia you can name? We’ll help you with that. We cover how the Middle East has been making strides in empowering women in the entrepreneurial space,most notably in STEM fields.
Read the full editionWillem is a Senior Consultant in the Corporate Commercial group and has over 17 years of transactional and commercial advisory experience. He leads the Commercial team and has practiced UAE law for over 15 years. Willem is also ranked in Who’s Who Legal for his franchising experience. He regularly acts for local and international blue-chip clients, both listed and unlisted, on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and commercial matters.
Willem’s multi-sector areas of expertise are commercial and business advisory, franchising, distribution/agency arrangements, consultancy arrangements, introduction and commission arrangements, terms and conditions of procurement and sale, manufacturing and supply arrangements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements as well as services arrangements.
Willem’s particular strengths are the depth of his knowledge of the local UAE market and legal landscape and his ability to negotiate and draft complex commercial and transactional agreements, including full suite franchise agreements. He is also known for providing pragmatic strategic and actionable advice to his clients on all matters related to direct and indirect corporate expansion and product commercialisation into the UAE, in general, and the Emirate of Dubai, in particular.
2005 – LLB Bachelor of Law Degree, University of South Africa
1996 – B.Com (Law) Bachelor of Commerce Degree, University of Stellenbosch
2005 – Member of the Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape Town Bar
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