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How can Term Sheets be Helpful for Entrepreneurs and Investors?

Since entrepreneurs usually need capital to expand their start-ups, they resort to investors to provide such needs. By allowing foreign investment, the entrepreneur chooses to reduce his/her share of a bigger company, rather than keeping a big share of a small company. The relation between entrepreneurs and investors can be both rewarding and risky, yet the term sheets come to regulate such relations. Term sheets act as a guide to the agreements between entrepreneurs and investors in terms of defining profits and risk.

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Queen’s Gambit to Acquire SWVL

There is a 99.9 % chance that you heard of SWVL! SWVL is transformative mass transit and shared mobility solutions company based in Dubai with a $26 million gross revenue in 2020. And recently an American company called Queen’s Gambit bought about 35 % of SWVLs shares for $445 million. This acquisition led to SWVL transformation from a private company to a joint-stock company (a publicly listed company on the American Nasdaq Stock Market).

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سمك، بلاستيك، تمر هندي: نهر النيل الأعلى تلوثا

في الركب العالمي الحالي الساعي للحفاظ على البيئة من الأخطار التي لا تنفك أن تداهمها، كان من نصيب نهر النيل أن تجرى عليه أول دراسة من نوعها في إحصاء التلوث في مياه أطول أنهار العالم. ففي الدراسة تم إجراؤها من خلال الصحيفة الالكترونية MDPI و الشبكة الإخبارية Sky News على عينة من السمك من نهر النيل، و التي كانت تحتوي على 43 سمكة، تم اكتشاف أن قرابة الخمسة و سبعون في المائة 75% من هذه الأسماك تحتوي على مواد بلاسيتيكة صغيرة أو Microplastics (MPs)، و هي مواد تدخل في جوف السمك و تظل مختلطة به كونها غير متحللة، و أن أقصى عدد لتلك الجزيئات قد وصل إلى 20 قطعة في السمكة الواحدة!

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Common Law or Civil Law – A Comparison.

The common law and the civil law systems are two very distinct legal systems. To understand the complex nature of the two, it is necessary to consider its historical roots that have now been developed over the years leading to its incorporation across the world. The common law system was established in England stemming from disputes in local areas each applying different laws and remedies for resolution.

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Drag-along and Tag-Along: An Introduction to the Concepts

In corporate life, a shareholders' agreement is an essential bond between a company's shareholders. It is a contract that sets out the terms and requirements for board and shareholder meetings, shareholder duties, entitlements, and rights to information. The agreement, to the contrary of the company's articles of association, is undisclosed and confidential, which is the primary difference between both documents.

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