Jordan Legal Framework Sector Research Highlights

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Khaled Asfour, Managing Partner, Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint:Khaled Asfour Jordan is becoming a major investment destination in the region, and the government has strived to promote and encourage investments by granting investors an array of incentives for doing business within Jordanian territories. Investors focus largely on the costs associated with carrying out their commercial activities in Jordan. A major cost that often seems to emerge…

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Reforms to boost consumer and environmental protection in Jordan
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Types of Companies The Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 (Companies Law) offers investors several types of companies for incorporation and investment in Jordan, the most common of which are the Limited Liability Companies (LLC), Private Shareholding Companies (PSC) and Public Shareholding Companies (PLC). Each of these companies are managed and represented by a board of directors consisting of…

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The Report: Jordan 2018: Legal Framework
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This chapter contains an overview of the legal framework in which local and foreign investors operate in Jordan including an outline of workers’ rights and employer regulations and a summary of the types of company for investment. This chapter contains a viewpoint from Khaled Asfour, Managing Partner, Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants.…

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The Report: Jordan 2018
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The country has made progress in key areas, reducing its fiscal deficit from 10.3% of GDP in 2014, to 3.2% in 2016 and an estimated 2.5% in 2017. Real GDP growth has also seen improvement, rising from a 25-year low of 2% in 2016 to 2.2% the following year. Moving forward the focus is set to shift towards green and digital expansion in line with the country’s new mid-term economic agenda, the Jor

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The Report: Jordan 2016: Legal Framework
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This chapter contains an overview of the legal framework in which local and foreign investors operate in Jordan, including an outline of sectors in which foreign ownership is restricted and a look at recently promulgated legislation for public private partnerships. This chapter contains a viewpoint from Khaled Asfour, Managing Partner, Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants.…

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Khaled Asfour, Managing Partner, Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants, on the Public-Private Partnership Law: Viewpoint
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The development of sectors such as transport and energy is dependent on the use of modern technology, which is found mainly in the private sector. This is also dependent on the availability of guaranteed and continuous financing, which the public sector alone cannot sustain. Therefore, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are indeed essential to the economic growth of Jordan. Jordan has achieved an…

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Jordan's legal reforms aim to streamline business and encourage public-private partnerships
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Investment Law The Investment Law No. 30 of 2014 (the Investment Law) sets out the legal framework to enhance, support and incentivise investments in Jordan. It also aims to unify legislation pertaining to investments in general, regardless of whether such investments are in development zones, free zones or other jurisdictions. Investment Commission The Investment Law established the Investment…

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New investment law to provide economic boost for Jordan
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The government of Jordan’s continuous efforts to enhance, support and incentivise investments have been boosted recently by the enactment of Investment Law No. 30 of 2014 (the New Investment Law), which sets out a legal framework that accommodates investors’ requirements and promises to provide an economic fillip. Smoothing The Path The New Investment Law is aimed at improving the investment…

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The Report: Jordan2015: Legal Framework
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This chapter contains an overview of the legal framework within which local and international investors operate in Jordan including a look at the new investment law, a rundown of the revised incentives being offered, as well as an examination of the recent tax reforms that have been put in place.…

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The Report: Jordan 2016
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Jordan’s GDP is forecast to grow by 2.5% in 2015, and this is a positive indicator moving forward as the government aims to attract billions in inward investment as part of its current 10-year economic development strategy. Industry and mining continue to form central pillars of the country’s economy with the large mining sector – particularly of potash and phosphate – helping to fuel a gr

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