All articles by Gary Watts

Challenges and problems for Middle Eastern Family business posed by inheritance laws and family divisions

Middle Eastern families in business are challenged by generational change, due to the combined effects of inheritance laws, companies laws, large families and rivalry amongst heirs, challenges which are usually recognized when it is too late. Internal threats to 'Middle Eastern' families in business Many Middle Eastern family businesses have been remarkably successful and have become true financial and business powerhouses. Paradoxically, even the most successful families often have dangerous fault lines within, and they fail to recognise...

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External threads to middle eastern families in business

Common flaws in family business legal structures in the Middle East and the resulting risks Middle Eastern family business legal structures often reflect serious and potentially catastrophic weaknesses through  failure to shield and protect the founder and the core assets from serious business and legal risks. There is a strange paradox associated with Middle Eastern businesses. On the one hand, family businesses are the real strength and spine of the Middle Eastern economies. Alongside sovereign enterprises, family businesses dominate the...

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