Omar Ali Al-Qazlan

Mr. Al-Qazlan’s representative experience includes advising:

Regulatory

• The Ministry of Planning and Economy in merging the Public Pension Agency into the General Organization for Social Insurance*
• The Small & Medium Enterprises General Authority in establishing the Small & Medium Enterprises Bank and in drafting the Bank’s bylaws and internal regulations*
• The Ministry of Finance with drafting State budget regulations*
• The State Properties General Authority with drafting the implementing regulations for the Law of Government Entities Leasing of Properties*
• NEOM Company with developing special economic zone regulations*
• A State-owned company with establishing a university*
• A major listed company in establishing a non-for-profit civil foundation pursuant to a Royal Decree*
• A number of government entities and authorities (such as King Salman Park Foundation, the National Development Fund, and the Tourism Development Found) in various corporate, governance and compliance matters*
• Researching various Saudi Arabian laws, such as companies’ law, capital markets law, labor law, and others*

Disputes and Restructuring

• A major listed bank in banking and securities lawsuits*
• A major petrochemicals company in a number of commercial disputes*
• A major listed petrochemicals company with several disputes with relation to its homeownership program for employees*
• Served as the arbitration tribunal’s secretary in a commercial dispute between two major software companies*
• A major retail company in several commercial disputes with vendors and clients*
• A major listed oil and gas company with several securities disputes*
• Public companies in connection with white collar matters*
• Public and private companies in connection with administrative matters

Corporate and Capital Markets

• A listed bank in its merger with another listed bank*
• The General Organization for Social Insurance with restructuring and establishing its multibillion properties management agents*
• A major listed oil and gas company with several corporate governance and capital market compliance matters*
• Various public, private, and State-owned companies in governance and compliance matters*
• A major listed petrochemicals company in its IPO*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham