Incorporation & Market Entry
Choice of vehicle, the map of requirements, constitutional documents and the start-up plan — including foreign investor entry and the regional headquarters route.
Practice circle
Corporate & M&A
Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and market entry for foreign investors.
Private and public M&A, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements, solvent group reorganisations, business establishment and foreign investment market entry, including MISA registration, regional headquarters arrangements and required approvals.
Whom we act for
Buyers and sellers, boards and their committees, family companies, foreign groups and their law firms.
What leaves our desk
Deal structure, deal documents, shareholders' agreement, closing list.
Contractual forms
The regional headquarters package.
How we work on the file
Assessment and structure
The legal case for the deal, and the right structure and vehicle before anything is signed.
Due diligence
On the company or asset: for each issue, the fact, its source, its effect and its remedy.
Documents and negotiation
The purchase or shareholders’ agreement, its negotiation, and the conditions to completion.
Approvals and completion
Competition, investment and registration approvals, closing, and what follows it.
Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal structure, due diligence, transaction documents, negotiation and conditions to completion.
Joint Ventures & Shareholders’ Agreements
Ownership, management, rights and exit arrangements.
Corporate Reorganisations
Separations, combinations and intra-group transfers, with the documents that implement them.
Ongoing Corporate Advisory
Entity resolutions, contracts and day-to-day matters, under a retainer of defined scope.
Legal Due Diligence
On a company, an asset or a counterparty: for each issue, the fact, its source, its legal effect and its remedy.
Tax & Zakat in Transactions and Structuring
The zakat and tax effect of a deal or a group structure, and its allocation in the transaction documents — alongside tax advisers where a filing is needed.
Employment & Incentives in Transactions and Groups
Transfer of employees in transactions, senior executive contracts, incentive plans and localisation requirements.
Sectors served with this circle
- Energy and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Private wealth and family offices
- Sports
- Media and entertainment
Dates for this circle
Future Investment Initiative, tenth edition
Riyadh
Where investment agreements with the Kingdom are announced; many become transactions within months.
G20 Leaders’ Summit
Miami
Trade, tariffs and the rules of cross-border investment, set at the top table where the Kingdom sits.
Expo 2030 Riyadh
Riyadh
Construction, hospitality and service contracts run to its opening day.
Relevant authorities
- Ministry of Investment
- Ministry of Commerce
- General Authority for Competition
- Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development
Key contact
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