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• The Family Business Advisory Group brochure

  
  

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• Succession Planning: Conflict Resolution

  Passing the baton from one generation to another does not come without its challenges. In most cases, succession planning within a family owned business (FOB) brings with it long-standing unresolved emotional issues. This article explores the topic of conflict resolution in succession planning.

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• In Dubai, Kevin Spacey gets into the business of show, The National 12 February 2011

  Walid Chiniara is quoted in an article regarding the areas changed approach to charity.

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• Making way for the next generation, The National 5 February 2011

  Walid Chiniara is quoted in an article regarding succession planning.

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• Gulf’s family firms face critical transition period, The National 16 January 2011

  Walid Chiniara is quoted in an article regarding changes to business approaches in the Middle East and Gulf.

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• Corporate approach to the gift of giving, The National, 2 May 2010

  Walid Chiniara is quoted in an article regarding the increase of interest in philanthropy from rich families from the Middle East and Gulf.

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• Emperor’s Clothes Chapter 1: IPO

  Article first published by Campden on 30 April 2009, under the title: Why the IPO advocate should be resisted by families.
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• UAE Confidential: trust and disclosure in gulf family structures

  This paper was distributed at the November 2009 Private Client Forum, held in Como, Italy.

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• Trusts: A Middle Eastern Perspective

  An edited version of this paper was published in the May 2009 issue of Asian Counsel Magazine.

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• Grand Designs

  Family Office structures are becoming increasingly popular in the Gulf region.  Developments in other regions suggest that the requirements of such structures are evolving, and advisors must also now innovate the architecture of traditional family office design to ensure that they do not become a drain on family wealth. In this article FBG – Family Business Advisory Group, put this approach in perspective for the local UAE market.

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• Gulf Family Fortunes

  The attached article featured in the June 2009 issue of the Offshore Investment Magazine.

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• Succession Planning– the Human Elements

  One of the hot topics of 2008 has been corporate governance in the GCC. Gurus of the subject have been touring the region introducing families in business to best practice solutions for their enterprises.  Institutions have been created to foster corporate governance theory and promote dialogue on the subject with the intention of boosting competitiveness using ‘the four pillars of good governance: Transparency, Accountability, Fairness, Responsibility’.

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