Abdullah A. Alsaeed

Abdullah’s representative experience** includes advising:

Regulatory

• The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) on drafting the Cooperative Health Insurance Law and its internal regulations
• The Ministry of Sports on drafting various sports regulations
• NCP on various PPP projects
• Saudi Port Authority (Mawani) on the negotiation of three new container terminal concessions (BOT) for Jeddah Islamic Port and King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam
• The Saudi Arabia Capital Markets Authority on various regulations, including drafting Mergers & Acquisitions Regulations 
• A government transportation authority on updating major sector regulations, including drafting the Public Roads Regulations
• The Local Content and Government Procurement Authority on drafting the Local Content and SMEs Rules
• The Ministry of Investment on drafting the Investment Law 
• Several authorities, including the King Salman Park Foundation, the Sports Boulevard Foundation, and others on drafting bylaws
• Government entities regarding several regulatory reform projects, resulting in new regulatory frameworks and legislation

Disputes, Restructuring, and White Collar Investigations

• The Creditors Committee in relation to the financial restructuring procedure for Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi & Bros. Company and its general partners under the Insolvency Law, which at SAR32 billion (US$8.3 billion) is the second-largest debt restructuring in the MENA region
• Al-Rajhi Bank — the largest Islamic bank in the world — as creditor, in connection with the debt restructuring of Hidada Contracting Co. Ltd — a leading construction company in Saudi Arabia — pursuant to the Saudi Bankruptcy Law
• The Creditors Committee on the financial restructuring of Balsharaf
• A Saudi listed company in the commercial court in connection with the company’s ownership rights in its subsidiary
• A US public company in relation to a dispute concerning a representation in a huge government project in Saudi Arabia
• A Saudi financial institution in relation to numerous disputes concerning margin loan transactions
• A listed petrochemicals company in a number of commercial and administrative disputes and corporate governance litigations against the board of a subsidiary in commercial court
• A company specializing in maintaining and operating airplanes in a dispute with a contractor
• A multi-billion-dollar investment company in Saudi Arabia in an arbitration with a consultant
• A Saudi public company in relation to a dispute concerning its trademark
• A US public company in relation to a Serious Fraud Office investigation in Saudi Arabia
• A company in a market manipulation case
• Several multinational life sciences companies in support of internal and government-facing anti-corruption investigations
• A number of Saudi listed companies in support of government facing anti-corruption investigations

**Firm experience prior to April 2023 includes work completed both at Latham and the Law Firm of Salman M. Al-Sudairi.