Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Advising the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA) on the fulfilment of its m
ate under the National Investment Strategy (NIS).
Advising the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MoH)
its Vision Realization Office on the implementation of the corporatization of MoH's publicly held assets.
Advising KFSH&RC in the preparation of its transformation from a publicly owned entity into an independent, not-for-profit foundation.
Advising King Saud University on its transformation into an autonomous, not-for-profit university.
Advising in connection with the Riyadh Metro Project, Package 3 (lines 4, 5
6),
on a wide variety of matters arising out of the project contracts
their implementation.
Advised various clients in undertaking real estate investments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Represented a Saudi company in a multinational joint venture in negotiations with the Ministry of Education for the selection as the primary consultant
project manager on the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Public Education Development Project (Tatweer Project).
The lead Saudi lawyer in advising Eastern Petrochemical Company (SHARQ), a SABIC affiliate, on a US$3.7 billion expansion project.
Advising SHARQ on a wide range of intra-group
third-party corporate
commercial arrangements.
Represented Dabbagh Group in its SR451 million acquisition of the entire share capital of Saudi Arabian Lubricating 011 Company (Petrolube) from Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Mobil Investments SA.
Represented the Saudi Central Bank in respect of banking secrecy regulation.
Assisted a client in a SAMA investigation.
Advising major insurance companies with respect to Saudi regulatory matters, leading the team that assisted four major insurance companies to incorporate in the Kingdom,
subsequently list on the Tadawul stock exchange.
Advising ORIX Corporation in relation to its indirect holding in The Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance And Reinsurance Company (Medgulf) JSC, a joint stock company listed on the Tadawul,
cooperative insurance company licensed by SAMA.
Represented the Capital Market Authority (CMA) in connection with the modernization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's system of securities regulation
its admission to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Assisted a client in setting up an investment bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
in obtaining the requisite licenses from the CMA.
Represented an entity under incorporation in connection with obtaining its CMA license
structuring
establishing a brokerage house.
Assisted a client in connection with the establishment of a joint venture asset management firm, including the firm's application to the CMA for a securities business license.
Represented a client in the formation of an equity fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia licensed by the CMA.
Represented several foreign companies in establishing joint ventures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
in purchasing interests in joint ventures.
Represented the Ministry of Communications
Information Technology (MCIT) on the drafting of privacy
data protection legislation.
Assisted a client on regulatory matters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pertaining to submissions made to the MCIT in relation to interconnection issues with other operators
the application of asymmetrical tariffs between the operators.
Represented a Saudi telecommunications company regarding proposed changes to telecommunications legislation under a public consultation document issued by the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC). This document concerned mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcy of telecommunications companies, accounting procedures
tariff regulations.
Represented the government of Saudi Arabia in connection with compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) requirements
obligations.
The lead Saudi lawyer in advising the government of Saudi Arabia in connection with the 'Gas Initiative' to open its natural gas industry to private investors.
Represented the government of Saudi Arabia in connection with the establishment of a regulatory system for the electricity
water sectors.
Represented the government of Saudi Arabia with respect to the establishment of a new regime of taxation.
Represented the government of Saudi Arabia with respect to the establishment of legal framework for international charities.
Represented the government of Saudi Arabia with respect to drafting of implementing regulations
rules for nonprofit technical
vocational training programs.
Advising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the auditing
the implementation of the biometric visa services agreement by VFS Tasheel International.
The above representations were h
led by Mr. Al-Thebity prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm.
