Katrina Wilson

Level Up: Unlocking Financial Potential In The Middle East

Welcome to this edition of Law Update, where we focus on the ever-evolving landscape of financial services regulation across the region. As the financial markets in the region continue to grow and diversify, this issue provides timely insights into the key regulatory developments shaping banking, investment, insolvency, and emerging technologies.

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Eyes
On 2025

Legal Updates in
Middle East & North Africa

2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.

Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.

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Biography

Katrina is a Senior Counsel in the Employment & Incentives Team, based in Qatar. She advises employers on all aspects of the employment relationship life cycle. From private (local and multinational), government and semi-government sector employers, to those companies set up under the QFC, QSTP and QFZA regimes.

Katrina is a lawyer with international legal and business experience gained in private practice and in house. She has extensive knowledge of Qatar’s laws and how things operate, having been based in Qatar for over 20 years. Katrina has particular expertise in the following sectors: Education, Hospitality/Real Estate and Pharmaceutical.

She has spoken at various seminars organised by Embassies in Qatar aimed at foreign companies intending to do business in Qatar and in-house training. She is on the Board of Governors of Doha English Speaking School, sitting on the main Board and the following Sub-Committees: HR, Governance and Complaints.

Recent Experience

Advising multinational companies on staff mobilisation and demobilisation in Qatar.
Advising one of Qatar’s leading global mobility and business support services providers.
Advising on employment matters, including due diligence preparation/reviews and employee transfers, for both sell side and buy side of transactions.
Drafting and advising on contracts of employment and staff handbooks/policies.
Advising on terminations of employment and settlements in Qatar, the wider Middle East and Turkey.
Advising on grievances, investigations and disciplinary hearings.
Working in-house with HR on the employee aspects of a business transformation throughout MEA.
Dealing in-house with worldwide employment issues including the satisfactory settlement of a trade union dispute.