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Signed, Listed, Contested: How Freshfields covers both ends of a commercial relationship

Terms of Engagement: How White & Case shapes the deals behind major regional investments

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: How Baker McKenzie helps multinationals rewrite the deals that got them into the region

New Name, Old Foundations: How A&O Shearman’s predecessors helped build the institutions behind the UAE economy

Before the Capital Moves: How Clifford Chance turns solar parks, blue bonds and buyouts into deals investors can sign

All in the Family: How Habib Al Mulla and Partners is giving continuity a legal form

Beshara’s role is not to substitute executive authority for medical judgement. It is to establish the conditions in which highly specialized professionals can exercise that judgement effectively, with the resources, systems and organizational support required to deliver excellent care.

Antoine Kanaan, Co-founder and CEO of HAQQ, traces how building legal AI led him from protecting confidential files to preserving institutional authority over the decisions built from them.

As Chairman of ADGM, H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi represents a financial centre whose appeal rests on the institutions behind the investment: its legal framework, regulatory oversight and independent courts.

Cloud Control: How Deloitte is bringing governance into the region’s AI and digital transformation conversation

The launch forms part of Precision Media's efforts to expand its retail advertising and measurement capabilities across the Middle East and Africa

EY’s MENA practice treats the region’s capital markets as a test of trust, asking whether a company’s account of itself can stand up to scrutiny from people outside the business.

Lost in Translation No More: How Al Tamimi & Company is teaching legal AI to speak the region’s language

A key focus of his leadership is the integration of artificial intelligence across Burjeel’s clinical and operational ecosystem

As healthcare has become more precise, personalised, and dependent on coordinated specialist expertise, Beshara’s visionary approach is evident in American Hospital Dubai’s membership of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

Working towards empowering healthcare professionals with scientific knowledge and clinical expertise, Dr Thor points out that physician education is fundamental to the advancement of longevity medicine.

The clinic pairs state-of-the-art technology with traditional craftsmanship and applies both to a philosophy grounded in nature.

Under Dr Moideen’s direction, the Thumbay Group healthcare network has treated more than 19 million patients representing over 175 nationalities.

Ahead of the Next-Gen Medicine & Longevity Congress 2026, Dr. Jaffer Khan, Founder and CEO of AEON Clinic and Aesthetics International and Chairman of the Congress, explains why longevity is evolving from a wellness trend into an investment category — and why Dubai could become one of its most important global hubs.

The author is CEO of Zelo, an IHC subsidiary providing private credit and SME financing.

The industrial sector employs more than 1.7 million people across GCC member states.

GDP at current prices reached approximately AED505 billion, representing a 0.2% increase year-on-year.

Architects of Trust turns our attention to that work, and to the people and institutions doing it across the Middle East. Their contribution can be difficult to capture in a headline. A well-designed agreement may prove its value years after it is signed. Sound governance may be most consequential in a decision a company chooses not to make.

McKinsey & Company advises the Middle East’s family businesses, sovereign wealth funds and Islamic banks on strategy, organizational performance and implementation, bringing the inner workings of institutions into the trust conversation.

KPMG member firms provide trusted insight, advice, and analysis to help clients tackle today’s critical challenges. With skilled professionals, global reach, and advanced technology, KPMG delivers high-quality services to leading organizations worldwide.

Planes, Terminals and Fine Print: How Clyde & Co works where commercial ambition meets real-world risk