IR Global MENA 2020 – Feedback from our host Thomas Paoletti

The IR Global MENA Regional Meeting recently took place in Dubai on 18th-19th February 2020. IR Global member, Thomas Paoletti of Paoletti Law Group, kindly hosted this meeting and has recently shared his thoughts on this event.

Paoletti Law Group has hosted the IR Global Mena Event in Dubai and approximately 25 IR Global Members participated from different countries.

A welcome drink was sponsored by Thomas Paoletti at H Hotel Bar and few members immediately entered into the challenging spirit playing a pool game, while the other was interacting and try to introduce themselves before joining the Islamica 500 dinner.

The visit to the DIFC was welcomed by Ms Ayesha Bin Kalban, one of the Judges of the small tribunal court, who has given a very insightful introduction on how to secure the business in the region securing a jurisdiction clause under the DIFC Court in any contractual arrangement.

A very high profile panellists entertained the members on Islamic Finance and Halal rules and regulations moderated by Laurent Marlière (IR Global Strategic Partner, IsFin) and we would like to thank Sohail Zubairi from DIEDC, Faysal Khan form FAB, Thomas Guerrero form Marketing Halal Center and Bashar Al-Natoor from Global Head of Islamic Finance for sharing such informative information’s.

A lunch break was offered at Capital Club.

For the afternoon session, we had the pleasure to meet Mr Massimo Falcioni, CEO of Ethiad Credit Insurance, a UAE governmental entity, who gave us an overall description of the business opportunities in the region. The last session was dedicated amongst the members on how we can cooperate in the future and strength the relationship.

For the evening we enjoyed a pleasant gourmet dinner on the cruise on Dubai Creek along the two banks of the old Dubai with the performance of two musicians.

Looking forward to meeting you again!

Thomas Paoletti

Paoletti Law Group