In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been trying to present itself as an ideal place for foreign investment. The Saudi Crown Princes ambitious plan to wean the kingdoms economy off oil is not imaginable without foreign investment.
Summits like 'Davos in the Desert' - held in Riyadh in October 2019 was in fact the kingdoms desperate effort to lure foreign investors. But the stakes are high in the kingdom where the royal family is still above the law. Any legal dispute with Al Saud princes may put a businessmans trade and life in ruins. This is exactly what happened to Gary Arnold, a British entrepreneur who introduced English fish and chips to Saudi Arabia.