Analysis at the intersection of law and geopolitics.

Geopolitical Risk

8 min read

Sanctions Exposure in US-MENA Transactions: What Counsel Must Know Before Closing

The sanctions landscape governing US-MENA transactions has grown materially more complex over the past three years. This briefing outlines the key exposure points that legal counsel and compliance teams must address before any cross-border deal closes.

Due Diligence

6 min read

The Due Diligence Gap in MENA Acquisitions: Why Standard Frameworks Fall Short

Conventional due diligence frameworks were designed for environments with robust public records, transparent corporate registries, and predictable regulatory behavior. In MENA-region acquisitions, these assumptions frequently do not hold.

Geopolitical Risk

7 min read

Geopolitical Risk Is a Legal Problem: Why Corporate Counsel Must Expand Their Mandate

For most of the past century, geopolitical risk was treated as a business problem — something for the C-suite and risk managers to assess, with legal counsel engaged only after a political event had already created a legal consequence. That model is no longer adequate.

Fraud Detection

9 min read

Detecting Financial Fraud in Cross-Border Transactions: Patterns, Indicators, and Legal Responses

Financial fraud in cross-border transactions rarely announces itself. It is detected — when it is detected at all — through the patient analysis of patterns that individually appear unremarkable but collectively reveal a deliberate scheme.