Ahmed AlHesayani* assists Saudi Arabian and international clients on a broad range of corporate, regulatory, and litigation matters.

He focuses on:

  • Regulatory
  • Litigation
  • Real estate
  • Capital markets

*On secondment to the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP

Ahmed’s experience includes advising:

Regulatory

  • The Capital Market Authority (CMA) in issuing the executive regulations of the New Companies Code, including all of the required phases*
  • The Ministry of Culture on activating the regulatory authorities for the cultural commission*
  • The National Development Fund on drafting its bylaws and the sub-funds bylaws*
  • The Red Sea Authority on drafting its bylaw, internal policies, and the Maritime Law*
  • The Royal Commission for Riyadh City on drafting internal policies and the bylaws of its new charitable entities (King Salman Park, Sports Boulevard, and KFSHRC)*
  • The Ministry of Sports on drafting the Woman Sports Regulations*
  • The Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services on governing the transport and logistics sector*
  • Various governmental bodies on the Government Tenders and Procurement Law (GTPL)*
  • The National Commission for Education, Culture, and Science on drafting its bylaws and the governance of the permanent delegate of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)*
  • The Local Content and Government Procurement Authority on local content regulations, local content preferences, know-how transfer, and the Economic Participation Policy development

Real Estate

  • NEOM on various real estate matters*
  • The Historical Jeddah District on different real estate matters*

Privatization

  • The National Centre for Privatization and other governmental bodies on various PPP projects*

Litigation

  • Various governmental bodies on the dispute resolution options with international clients*

Capital Markets

  • Almoosa Health Company on its initial public offering on the Saudi Stock Exchange

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham 

Bar Qualification

  • Saudi Arabia

Education

  • Bachelor of Law (Hons), King Saud University
  • LLM, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Arabic