Aya AlHumaid* assists in advising clients on a broad range of corporate and capital markets transactions.

Aya’s practice focuses on assisting issuers and investment banks on capital market transactions including initial public offerings (IPOs) and other security offerings. She advises on:

  • Capital markets
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate

While completing her LLM at New York University, she assisted Professor Edward Rock in drafting the First Restatement of Corporate Governance for the American Law Institute and conducted extensive research in the area of corporate governance.

Aya was involved in several pro bono placements, including a placement with Advice UK, where she assisted in providing free legal advice to underprivileged clients. She also has experience as a pro bono researcher at UN Women.

*On secondment to the London office

Aya’s experience** includes advising:

  • Umm AlQura for Development & Construction Company on its US$523 million IPO on Tadawul
  • Vertical Aerospace on its upsized US$90 million public offering on the NYSE
  • Jahez International, the Saudi leading online food delivery platform, in relation to its proposed IPO and listing of its ordinary shares on the Saudi Parallel Market, Nomu, and their subsequent transfer to the Main Market of the Saudi Exchange
  • Saudi Aramco on its SAR46.31 billion secondary public offering on Tadawul
  • The underwriters on the SAR4.95 billion IPO of Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef) on Tadawul
  • Almoosa Health Company on its SAR1.69 billion IPO on Tadawul
  • The underwriters on the SAR831.2 million IPO of MBC Group on Tadawul
  • Rasan Information Technology Company on its SAR831.3 million IPO on Tadawul
  • The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) on its SAR2 billion rights issue
  • Alsaif Gallery on its SAR1.2 billion IPO on Tadawul
  • Alamar Foods Company on its SAR1.22 billion IPO on Tadawul
  • Al-Dawaa Medical Services Company on its SAR1.861 billion IPO on Tadawul
  • Elm, a digital security firm owned by the Public Investment Fund, in relation to its proposed IPO
  • The underwriters in relation to Nayifat Finance Company’s SAR1.19 billion IPO on Tadawul
  • The underwriter in the SAR1.44 billion IPO of Retal Urban Development Company on Tadawul
  • Several issuers in their upcoming IPOs on Tadawul in various industries ranging from technology to healthcare

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

Bar Qualification

  • New York
  • Saudi Arabia

Education

  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2020
  • LL.B., King's College London, 2019

Languages Spoken

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French