Regulation and Governance
Oman’s regulatory landscape has expanded rapidly in recent years, mirroring global trends and ushering in an era of heightened regulatory and shareholder scrutiny. AMJ’s senior lawyers assist clients in understanding and managing compliance with sector-specific regulations, listing rules and best-practice corporate governance standards. Our expertise extends to directors’ liabilities, insider trading, anti–money laundering, employment and labour relations, health and safety, environmental compliance and trade sanctions. We are acutely aware of the challenges clients may face when navigating complex laws and, at times, conflicting stakeholder expectations.
Our lawyers are also regularly engaged by ministries and government departments to advise on, review and draft legislation underpinning Oman’s programme of economic and infrastructure development, and to accommodate increasingly sophisticated financial market activity. We have played an instrumental role in shaping the legal and regulatory frameworks for public–private partnerships, restructurings and privatisations of government entities.
Our work includes advising the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on company law reform; the Capital Market Authority and Muscat Securities Market on corporate governance, capital markets regulation and Islamic finance frameworks; and the Central Bank of Oman on banking law reform.
Our role as a trusted adviser to government and regulatory authorities ensures that our lawyers maintain close relationships with key institutions. This insight provides a valuable advantage to clients seeking to identify and address regulatory complexity or uncertainty in Oman’s fast-evolving legal environment.
