Finance of International Trade in the Gulf

Ahmed A. Moh'd Saeed Al-Suwaidi is a Lawyer and Legal Consultant in the United Arab Emirates, educated at the United Arab Emirates, educated at the United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Shari'a Law. He obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in International Business Legal Studies in 1987 from the University of Exeter (UK), where he continued his master's degree in Philosophy and later converted the same to Ph.D. in 1989. He was conferred a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the same University in 1991. He works in the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as a Legal Adviser and also practises in his private law firm. He specialises in international business, commercial, insurance, banking and oil industry law.

Historical development of the Banking System in the Gulf Arab States; developments of the legal systems of the Gulf Arab States; documnentary letters of credit; finance of international trade under the Islamic banking system; legal relaitonships between the parties to the Murabaha; finance of internaitnal trade in practice; the problems which the Islamic banks face in investing funds in their respective countries; fraud in international trade as it affects the Gulf Arab States; countertrade; Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT).