Clyde & Co.

Clyde & Co has agreed to co-sponsor a pro-Iran business conference, the 3rd Europe-Iran Forum (the “Forum”) in Zürich on May 3-4, 2016. (Europe-Iran Forum Website, “The Conference that Sets the Standard”). (http://europeiranforum3.com/)

States on its website: “We have established a dedicated multi-disciplinary legal team, which includes Farsi speakers, to support this growing market. The Iran desk is led out of our Dubai office. We work closely with prominent Iranian law firms and key industry figures in the local market to enhance our institutional knowledge of Iran’s legal system, business processes and culture, which enables us to provide our clients with local law advice where necessary.” (https://www.clydeco.com/services/iran-desk)

Clyde & Co LLP (“Clyde & Co”)  co-sponsored the FT Iran Summit 2016 (“the Summit”) in London on March 9, 2016. The Summit is purportedly designed to “educate” international companies about the benefits of doing business in Iran and to induce them to re-enter the Iranian market. According to its official website, the Summit is being co-sponsored by Clyde & Co for the purpose of “examining the opportunities and challenges surrounding Iran’s reintegration into the global economy” and to explore “what steps should investors take as they navigate through a changing business landscape….” (Financial Times, “FT Iran Summit 2016”). (https://live.ft.com/Events/2016/FT-Iran-Summit-2016)