The largest international law firm in the Middle East Clyde & Co in Saudi Arabia
Contents
03. Introduction
04. Clyde & Co in Saudi Arabia
06. Local experts
10. Unrivalled expertise
12. Achievements
14. Partners
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Saudi Arabia is undergoing an unprecedented pace of change. Vision 2030 seeks to reshape and boost what is the Arab world’s largest economy. The move to embrace private ownership through privatisation programmes promises to create significant opportunities for both foreign investors and operators in the Kingdom.
This ongoing drive to privatise public assets, deregulate and diversify the economy has resulted in a need to develop a dynamic legal and regulatory platform, with legal counsel and business leaders having to navigate fast- paced changes. As one of the largest international law firms operating in Saudi Arabia, with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, we pride ourselves on being able to help our clients rise above the challenges of doing business in the Kingdom. All of our 35+ locally based legal professionals are seasoned specialists in their areas of law and sectors, having advised over 900 companies, across sectors, setting up or expanding business in Saudi Arabia in the last three years. With an established local presence more than 15 years, we work hard to ensure our advice is practical and commercial.
Our business has been founded on our relationships with clients and we are grateful for their continued support. We wish them continued growth and success in this dynamic market.
If you would like to know more about Clyde & Co, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily Managing Partner Saudi Arabia
Clyde & Co in Saudi Arabia
Clyde & Co is one of the fully integrated international law firms operating in the Kingdom. At the core of our business in Saudi Arabia is Managing Partner Abdulaziz Al- Bosaily, who is considered one of the leading corporate lawyers in Saudi Arabia and has been an integral part of the growing 35+ strong practice of legal professionals since Clyde & Co opened its Riyadh office in 2009. In line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, we are working with clients on their growth strategies including market entry, restructuring, acquisitions, nationalisation issues, distribution and franchising agreements, financing, IP and real estate. We have an excellent track record in managing large and complex disputes, particularly related to the country’s construction projects. Our offering includes dedicated construction, insurance, IP, finance, marine, and employment specialists based on the ground. We are proud of our ability to offer clients the ideal blend of internationally trained local experts.
Offices Riyadh Jeddah
Lawyers in Saudi Arabia 35+
Partners 15
Band 1 ranking Dispute Resolution
Chambers Global 2025
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
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Client highlights PIF launches giga-projects to diversify Saudi economy Advised on multiple giga- projects aimed at diversifying the Saudi economy as part of the Vision 2030 initiative, including construction contracts and consultancy agreements. Multimillion-dollar claims on world’s largest metro system Advised multiple contractors on significant projects over the USD 20 billion Riyadh Metro construction project, including multiple arbitration proceedings. Landmark resort in Al-Ula mountains Advised Royal Commission of Al Ula on the managing contractor contract in relation to the construction of the iconic Sharaan Resort in the historic precinct of Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. Al Arabia’s acquisition of Faden Media Advised Al Arabia, a Saudi listed company, on its SAR 1.05 billion acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Faden Media.
USD 8 billion phosphate megaproject Advised on all claims and disputes related to the design and construction of Saudi Arabian Mining Company’s (Ma’aden’s) USD 8 billion phosphate process train project, including multiple adjudication and arbitration proceedings. Saudi Arabia’s first REIT with guaranteed returns Advised MEFIC Capital on launching its SAR 1+ billion REIT, the Kingdom’s first REIT with guaranteed returns and with the largest public offering. Formation of Tahaluf strategic joint venture Advised Informa on the sale of a stake in its subsidiary, Tahaluf to the Events Investment Fund and Union Company For Exhibitions and Conferences, to create a strategic joint venture, supporting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in diversifying the economy.
Exceptional disputes practice within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and second to none concerning construction and engineering work. Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Dispute Resolution The firm’s service levels are consistently impressive. It is a law firm that stands out for its attention to detail, thorough understanding of our needs and commitment to providing tailored legal solutions.
Chambers Global 2024 Saudi Arabia, Corporate/ Commercial
Local experts
No other firm has the sector specialism and both the local and international expertise that we possess in Saudi Arabia. Our team on the ground brings a genuine understanding of the country’s dynamic market and offers clients the ideal blend of internationally trained local experts.
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Partners
Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily Corporate, Riyadh abdulaziz.albosaily@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2110 Sara Aalamri
Ben Cowling Projects & Construction, Riyadh ben.cowling@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2111
Peter Greatrex Real Estate, Riyadh peter.greatrex@clydeco.com +966 54 811 0242 Nathaniel Horrocks-Burns Projects and Construction, Riyadh nathaniel.horrocks-burns@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2146 Shahd Makhafah Corporate, Riyadh shahd.makhafah@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2158
Dispute Resolution, Jeddah sara.aalamri@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2162
Ahmed Alhudaithi Dispute resolution, Riyadh ahmed.alhudaithi@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2148 Mohammed Almarzouki Corporate, Jeddah mohammed.almarzouki@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2143 Saud Alsaab Insurance & Reinsurance, Riyadh saud.alsaab@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2132
Brendan Molck Projects & Construction, Riyadh brendan.molck@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2142
Talal Al-Othman Dispute Resolution, Riyadh talal.alothman@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2137
Alain Sfeir Corporate, Riyadh alain.sfeir@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2112 Alan Wood Corporate, Riyadh alan.wood@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2100
Lamisse Bajunaid Intellectual Property & Technology, Jeddah lamisse.bajunaid@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2147
Will Cadwaladr Projects & Construction, Riyadh will.cadwaladr@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2145
Achievements
For those students who aspire to qualify as UK solicitors looking to practise in Saudi Arabia, the firm offers the MEA training contract .
We’re committed to employing local talent, as evidenced by our office with 64% Saudi nationals .
We work closely with the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) to promote the newly launched arbitration centre providing confidence for international investors in KSA.
Our Riyadh office has more than 15 female Saudi legal professionals. We have been running an internship for female students from the Prince Sultan University since 2011. Students must spend 7 months within a law firm in order to qualify. The cooperative training programme gives female law students experience in an international law firm and in their law qualification.
We support several charities with either pro-bono legal assistance or fundraising support, including SOS Children’s Villages , the Tasami Centre for Social Initiatives , and the Badir Program , an initiative by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology to support technology-based opportunities and entrepreneurship.
Our senior team of partners is supported by more than 35 other locally-based legal professionals.
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Unrivalled expertise
Clyde & Co has the largest presence and is one of the most experienced international law firms in the Middle East with 55+ partners and over 350 staff, providing a full-service offering of local specialists across most business sectors and practice areas.
Sectors Aviation Education Energy & Natural Resources Healthcare Hospitality Infrastructure Insurance & Reinsurance Marine Retail & Consumer Trade & Commodities
Services Commercial Commercial Disputes Corporate Corporate Insurance Cyber Risk Data Protection & Privacy Employment & Immigration Family Businesses Finance Global Recoveries Insolvency & Reorganisation Intellectual Property International Arbitration Projects & Construction Real Estate Regulatory & Investigations Technology, Outsourcing & Data
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Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Global
15+
6 Offices
60+ Offices & associated offices
years operating in the Kingdom One of the largest international law firms operating in Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi Cairo Doha Dubai
Jeddah Riyadh
15 Partners
55+ Partners
6 Continents
35+ Legal professionals
190+ Legal professionals
490 Partners
50+ Total staff
350+ Total staff
3,200 Legal professionals
Achievements
Innovation & investment
Key accolades Law Firm of the Year MENA II Awards 2025 International Law Firm of the Year The Law’s Finest 2024 Law Firm of the Year Middle East Insurance Industry Awards 2024 Litigation Firm of the Year Legalcommunity MENA Awards 2024 Pro Bono Firm of the Year IFLR Middle East Awards 2024
Law Firm of the Year LexisNexis Middle East Legal Awards 2024 International Law Firm of the Year LexisNexis Women in Law Awards 2024 Shipping and Transport Firm of the Year Legal 500 Middle East and North Africa Awards 2024 Middle East Law Firm of the Year - Dispute Resolution Chambers Middle East Awards 2024 Insurance Law Firm of the Year MENA IR Awards 2024
Launched Law at Work, which provides on-demand employment law support for GCC employers. The online portal provides automated employment contracts and documentation to support clients across the employment lifecycle and an online Q&A facility enabling clients to tap directly into our expertise. Developed innovative pricing models, including sharing risk with our clients undertaking large-scale projects. Created One, a globally, locally tailored, cyber risk solution providing support on all cyber and related issues, from breach readiness audits to breach response, and through to successful resolution. Held modernization focus groups for Legal Counsel to foster ideas on future proofing their business. Invested in systems to prepare for future growth/efficiency, including creating the firm’s first innovation board.
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Corporate Responsibility
Pro Bono In the last 12 months, we provided 1,300+ hours in pro- bono legal support to local charities, non-profits and individuals, valued over USD 1 million. Our lawyers can each annually undertake 50+ hours pro-bono - one of the highest pro-bono allowances of any firm in the region. Diversity
Training Our MEA Training Contract gives the opportunity to MEA students to qualify as English-qualified solicitors, accommodating 13 trainees since 2013. Community projects – Manzil – Beekeepers Association – Global Clyde & Co Art Award Charity partnerships – Lighthouse Club
Clyde & Co has done an excellent job building up Saudi capabilities in the firm, and also developing expertise in the new
Saudi commercial legal frameworks.
Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Commercial, Corporate and M&A
29% female partners in the Middle East. More than 35 different nationalities represented.
– Mission to Seafarers – SOS Children Villages
Partners
Aviation
Zoe Tite zoe.tite@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4592 Dubai
Abhi Jalan abhi.jalan@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4537 Dubai
Alain Sfeir alain.sfeir@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2112 Riyadh Philip O’Riordan philip.oriordan@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4580 Dubai Jonathan Silver jonathan.silver@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4000 Dubai Elias Matni elias.matni@clydeco.com +974 4494 1017 Doha Shahd Makhafah shahd.makhafah@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2158 Riyadh
Corporate
Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily abdulaziz.albosaily@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2110 Riyadh Mohammed Almarzouki mohammed.almarzouki@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2143 Jeddah Mohamed Barakat mohamed.barakat@clydeco.com +201 27 771 1144 Cairo/Dubai Roshanak Bassiri Gharb roshanak.bassirigharb@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4842 Dubai Sameh Dahroug sameh.dahroug@clydeco.com +201 22 186 0888 Cairo Mostafa Elsakaa mostafa.elsakaa@clydeco.com +201 00 410 7927 Cairo
Benjamin Smith ben.smith@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4512 Dubai Alan Wood alan.wood@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4109 Riyadh
Naji Hawayek naji.hawayek@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4619 Dubai Rachel Fox rachel.fox@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4623 Dubai
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Clyde & Co is one of the most experienced international law firms in the region. Our 55+ partners are based full-time across 6 offices and provide a full-service commercial offering in every area of law.
Dispute Resolution
Talal Al-Othman talal.alothman@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2137 Riyadh Sara Aalamri sara.aalamri@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2162 Jeddah Ahmed Alhudaithi ahmed.alhudaithi@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2148 Riyadh Susie Abdel-Nabi susie.abdel-nabi@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4611 Dubai Patrick Dillon-Malone patrick.dillon-malone@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4548 Dubai Mark Beswetherick mark.beswetherick@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4650 Dubai
David Leckie david.leckie@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4279 Dubai Alexandra Lester alexandra.lester@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4356 Dubai Leonard Soudagar leonard.soudagar@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4311 Dubai Sherif Maher sherif.maher@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4352 Cairo/Dubai Ben Brown ben.brown@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4692 Dubai Emma Higham emma.higham@clydeco.com +974 5 507 0776 Doha Sara Khoja sara.khoja@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4689 Dubai
Employment
Keith Hutchison keith.hutchison@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4676 Abu Dhabi Rebecca Kelly rebecca.kelly@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4174 Dubai
Intellectual Property & Technology
Financial Services & Corporate Insurance
Peter Hodgins peter.hodgins@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4111 Dubai Tom Bicknell tom.bicknell@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4530 Dubai
Joycia Young joycia.young@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4589 Dubai Lamisse Bajunaid lamisse.bajunaid@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2147 Jeddah
Projects & Construction
Insurance & Reinsurance
Mark Blanksby mark.blanksby@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4553 Dubai Will Cadwaladr will.cadwaladr@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2145 Riyadh Andrew Archer andrew.archer@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4677 Dubai Ben Cowling ben.cowling@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2111 Riyadh
Wayne Jones wayne.jones@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4106 Dubai Michael Morris michael.morris@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4833 Dubai Alfred Thornton alfred.thornton@clydeco.com +971 2 494 3502 Abu Dhabi Michael Ducker michael.ducker@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4277 Dubai Saud Alsaab saud.alsaab@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2132 Riyadh Olivia Darlington olivia.darlington@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4133 Dubai
Nathaniel Horrocks-Burns nathaniel.horrocks-burns@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2146 Riyadh
Michael Grose michael.grose@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4544 Dubai
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Alexa Hall alexa.hall@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4872 Dubai Brendan Molck brendan.molck@clydeco.com +966 11 253 2142 Riyadh Jeremy Munce jeremy.munce@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4648 Dubai Jonathan Parker jonathan.parker@clydeco.com +974 4 494 1032 Doha Peter Greatrex peter.greatrex@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4613 Riyadh Janeen Pickering janeen.pickering@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4665 Dubai Alexis Waller alexis.waller@clydeco.com +971 4 384 4612 Dubai
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