Through our pioneering approach, we continue to help shape the legal landscape within Saudi Arabia.  Through consistently maintaining the highest standards of quality, innovation and subject matter expertise, evidenced by winning the IFLR Law Firm of the Year : Saudi Arabia consecutively for the past four years, our firm continues to foray into new areas and this has culminated in the firm achieving a number of firsts, including:

• The first book-built IPO in Saudi Arabia;
• The first Saudi Medium Term Program;
• The development of a creative mechanism to compensate non-participating shareholders in the context of a Saudi IPO - a market-first for Saudi Arabia;
• The first substantial award by a Saudi court to a claimant in relation to loss of profits resulting from a trademark infringement;
• The first privatisation in the privatisation program of the non-core divisions of Saudi Arabian Airlines by the Saudi Arabian Government;
• Documenting the first total return swap providing access to foreign investors into the listed Saudi Arabian shares;
• The first project finance without conventional commercial lending but Islamic finance;
• US Exim's first Saudi project financing;
• The first bond issued by Saudi issuer to be cleared and settled through the Saudi Arabian Exchange;
• Structuring and documenting the first sukuk in the world with underlying assets being real estate in the holy city of Makkah. 

Operating at the forefront of the legal profession, our firm has been involved in a number of transactions which remain the largest and most complex transactions within Saudi Arabia to date. We remain the firm of reference for Saudi projects successfully closed in 2008.

Corporate & Equity Capital Markets:

The Corporate & Equity Capital Markets practice continues to be the pre-eminent practice of its kind in Saudi Arabia (See Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Chambers and Partners). This practice specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity offerings, private equity/venture capital, funds, privatizations, corporate restructurings, real estate, financial services regulatory advice, foreign investment advice and general corporate and commercial advice.

We act for both banks and corporates and have a prestigious client base that is second to none in Saudi Arabia. We regularly represent large local, regional and international commercial companies, banks, financial institutions, government agencies and investment entities, etc.  (more…..)

Banking & Finance:

We have the leading Banking & Finance practice in Saudi Arabia (See Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Chambers and Partners and Which lawyer).  We believe that we been involved in more multi-billion dollar conventional and Islamic financings than any other law firm in Saudi Arabia, which provides us with unparalleled experience in this area.

The Banking & Finance practice advises on the full range of banking and project finance transactions including limited recourse project finance, Islamic finance, secured and unsecured bilateral and syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition finance, rescheduling and restructuring, loan transfers, participation and acquisitions and disposals.  We have been mandated by arrangers of bond issues, Sukuk issues and on several international securitisations of Saudi assets.  (more…..)

Dispute Resolution:

Our Dispute Resolution practice represents clients before courts and judicial committees, as well in arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

This practice has an excellent track record of successful representation of clients in banking, commercial, civil and intellectual property (both in enforcing intellectual property rights and defending against claims of intellectual property right infringement) in matters before the various courts including Shariah Courts, Grievances Board, the Banking Dispute Settlement Committee and the Commercial Notes Dispute Settlement Office as well as in labour disputes before The Committee for Settlement of Labour Disputes (See Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners).