Michael O'Kane is an attorney with fifteen years' experience in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. He is a former special legal advisor to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in that capacity drafted a legal code, including a disputes resolution code, for the Kingdom's Economic Cities project. He advised the Saudi Railways Commission on licensing and regulating the growing rail sector in the Kingdom and has assisted them in drafting regulations for an administrative tribunal to process disputes. More recently he advised KA-CARE, the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy in drafting a law for the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the Kingdom. He is currently of counsel to the Law Firm of Salah al-Hejailan (Freshfields) in Riyadh. His book, Doing Business in Saudi Arabia is on Amazon's International Law bestseller list. He has also written three other books on Saudi law, Saudi Labor Law, Saudi Securities Law and Saudi Real Estate Law and Practice. He advised the Central Bank of Bahrain on procedures and also edited a handbook on Iraqi law.