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Quarterly Focus: The growth and growing pains of Middle East funding

Quarterly Focus: The growth and growing pains of Middle East funding

Litigation Finance Insider
May 25, 2026

Dippy Singh of CDR examines the Middle East’s fast-growing but still uneven third-party funding market, where arbitration, construction and energy disputes, DIFC and ADGM frameworks, and Saudi Vision 2030 are driving adoption, while onshore regulatory uncertainty, Sharia-related concerns, enforcement risk and limited asset transparency continue to shape funder appetite and deal structuring.