Authorisation & Regulatory Perimeter
Analysis of the activity, the map of approvals, and the application file.
Practice circle
Financial Regulation & Competition
Authorisation of financial institutions, regulatory compliance, and competition across all sectors.
Regulatory perimeter advice, authorisation and ongoing regulatory compliance for capital market institutions, financial services businesses and fintech businesses according to their activities, together with competition advice and merger control approvals.
Whom we act for
Banks, capital market institutions, finance companies and fintechs, and parties to deals subject to merger control.
What leaves our desk
Licence file, policy register, merger notification, memorandum of reply to the authority.
Contractual forms
Registration and regulatory compliance.
How we work on the file
The perimeter
Whether the activity needs a licence, from whom, and on what terms.
The application
The map of approvals, the application file, and follow-through to decision.
Compliance
Policies, reviews and remediation once authorised.
Engagement
Responses to regulators’ requests, and merger-control filings.
Services
Regulatory Compliance
Policies, reviews, remediation and regulatory responses — including fintech, sanctions and anti-money laundering.
Competition & Merger Control
Analysis of the transaction, the approval file, and review of agreements and practices.
Regulatory Engagement
Information requests from regulators, and the responses to them.
Sectors served with this circle
- Financial institutions
- Energy and infrastructure
Dates for this circle
G20 Leaders’ Summit
Miami
Trade, tariffs and the rules of cross-border investment, set at the top table where the Kingdom sits.
New Government Tenders and Procurement Law in force
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Every contractor and supplier to government bids under the new rules from this day.
Relevant authorities
- Saudi Central Bank
- Capital Market Authority
- Insurance Authority
- General Authority for Competition
Key contact
Start a matter in this circle
Two lines are enough to begin. We reply within one working day.