<p>On Wednesday 17 April and Tuesday 23 April Al Tamimi &amp; Company hosted breakfast seminars on <em>Qatar&rsquo;s New Companies Law and Updated Banking Law.</em><br /><br />The seminars examined the new Companies Law which has introduced new concepts and principles aiming to shape the way entities operate in Qatar, encourage investment and provide comfort to investors and organisations looking to expand their operations in the State.&nbsp; The seminars also gave an overview of the new law governing the central Bank of Qatar and the banking industry in the State and provided a useful gap analysis of the changes and clarified the impact.<br /><br />Al Tamimi &amp; Co Speakers:</p>
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<li><strong>Mohamed Khodeir</strong>, Partner and Head of Qatar Office</li>
<li><strong>Rafiq Jaffer</strong>, Head of Banking &amp; Finance Qatar</li>
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<p><br />In addition, <strong>Samer Qudah</strong>, Partner and Regional Head of Corporate Structuring provided a UAE update at the Dubai seminar.&nbsp; <br /><br />Whilst the Doha seminar was pleased to welcome <strong>Dr Mahmoud Abdullatif</strong> from <strong>The Ministry of Business &amp; Trade</strong> as a guest speaker.</p>