Reed Smith is delighted to be legal sponsors of Legal Week's Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East on 11 May at the Ritz-Carlton, Jumeirah Beach Residence.

The full-day conference will attract more than 200 senior in-house counsel to discuss the most essential issues set to impact businesses and legal functions in the Middle East.

Reed Smith Partner Tania De Swart and Senior Associate Sai Pidatala will be hosting a workshop entitled ‘Trade & export: dealing with your agents and distributors’. During this session they will outline the complexities of managing the relationship with intermediaries, and discuss how general counsel can develop more effective means of making the most out of third-party suppliers. Joining the discussion will be Dr. Ashraf Mahate, head of export market intelligence, department of economic development, Government of Dubai, and Samer Shoukry, trade compliance director, EMEA, Dell.

For further information, please visit the Legal Week website.