Regional Risk Spotlight: Riyadh-Based Attorney Robert Thoms Talks Formal and Informal Anti-Corruption Control in Saudi Arabia

With the price of oil down precipitously, Saudi Arabia finds itself in a time of economic change. While the country has recently enacted a significant number of laws and regulations targeting corruption, secrecy around enforcement leaves many companies unsure of what is expected of them. Such confusion is particularly concerning for multinationals doing business with the country’s three largest companies, all of which are at least partially state-owned. The Anti-Corruption Report recently spoke with Riyadh-based attorney Robert Thoms, a senior attorney at The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan, to discuss Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption climate and the many ways the country controls corruption both inside and outside of the legal system. See previously “Regional Risk Spotlight: John Vincent Lonsberg of Baker Botts Helps Untangle the U.A.E.’s Web of Anti-Corruption Laws” (Oct. 21, 2015).

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