Majed is a senior associate in Clyde & Co’s corporate group and is based in the Riyadh office. He advises local and international clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JVs), foreign direct investment (FDI), regulatory matters, PPP and government sponsored projects, and general corporate advisory matters in Saudi Arabia.
Majed is a senior associate in Clyde & Co’s corporate group and is based in the Riyadh office. He advises local and international clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JVs), foreign direct investment (FDI), regulatory matters, PPP and government sponsored projects, and general corporate advisory matters in Saudi Arabia.
Majed has advised on a number of corporate and commercial transactions, working with clients operating in the energy and natural resources, retail and consumer, and trade and commodities sectors.
Majed is a licensed lawyer in Saudi Arabia and a qualified attorney in the State of New York. He graduated with a Master of Laws degree (LLM) from DePaul University College of Law, US, a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Iowa College of Law, US, and a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) in Islamic Law from Al-Iman Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Majed worked at a large-sized law firm, and a governmental investigatory entity, both in Saudi Arabia.
Majed is fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience
Advising Arabian Contracting Services Company (Al Arabia), a Saudi listed company, on its SAR 1.05 billion acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Faden Media and Advertising Company (Faden Media).
Advising on a major hotel-operating company on a variety of corporate and commercial matters.
Advising on due diligence, efficiently reviewing documents, identifying potential risks.
Advising on various types of commercial transactions and corporate matters.
Advising on complex M&A transactions involving multiple parties, including the reviewing, drafting, and negotiating of transactional documents.
Advising an insurance publicly listed JSC on capital market, commercial, corporate and SAMA matters.
Advising a publicly listed JSC on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption matters.
Advising LLCs and JSCs on matters in relation to the Companies Law and Regulations.
Advising on government-tendered projects including advising on the Government and Procurement Tenders Law, the Non-Oil Revenue Regulations, and the Private Sector Participation Law.
Advising on the establishment of a government sponsored fund.
Saudi Arabia Merger Control Update: Changes to the GAC Merger Review Guidelines in respect of the financial threshold for submitting an Economic Concentration notification to GAC