Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 24

14-June-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

Regional Law Firms Form Middle East Regional Alliance

A group of regional law firms has formed the Middle East Legal Alliance (MELA) with the participation of a Cypriot law firm, and with the aim of using Cyprus as a bridge between the European Union and the Middle East. The southern part of Cyprus joined the EU on 1 May this year along with 9 other countries, following the failure of a UN-brokered peace settlement to end...