The Ministry of Commerce has issued a draft set of rules to regulate the licensing of independent consulting professionals, in the fields of hospitality, education, financial, economic and administrative consulting, as well as translation. Read the full brief... FIND OUT MORE

A new Pharmaceutical Establishments Law came into force on 24 August 2020. A key change is that the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) will now licence foreign owned entities to open and operate businesses trading and distributing... FIND OUT MORE

Immediate steps should be taken to register commercial lease agreements on the EJAR lease registration portal (administered under the Ministry of Housing), further to a recent announcement by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs that it will... FIND OUT MORE