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Find out moreWelcome to this edition of Law Update, where we focus on the ever-evolving landscape of financial services regulation across the region. As the financial markets in the region continue to grow and diversify, this issue provides timely insights into the key regulatory developments shaping banking, investment, insolvency, and emerging technologies.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
Ahmed is a highly regarded corporate lawyer, with extensive experience in corporate commercial matters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). His practice covers a number of sectors, including corporate structuring, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Ahmed is often the lead lawyer on complex (cross-border) transactions and regularly advises clients on general commercial matters (including reviewing and drafting complex commercial agreements, in particular to ensure compliance with the laws of KSA). He also has experience in the banking and finance sector and understands the legal framework having practiced in Riyadh since 2013. Ahmed has since been recognised by established legal directories as a “good and client friendly practitioner”.
Ahmed’s clients include some of the largest multinational corporations (from big technology and finance companies to those in oil and gas, construction and engineering) and he understands the business model and objectives of each client in any transaction.
Prior to his role in the Middle East, Ahmed practiced in the United Kingdom and Australia.
2007 – Juris Doctor – Bond University (Australia)
2004 – Bachelor of Science with specialisation in Biochemistry and Microbiology
2009 – Supreme Court of Queensland (Australia)
Member of the Queensland Law Society
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