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Our offering Contents About Decision support Dispute Our team Z&Co. & advisory Regulatory Resolution Transactions CV's 01 02 03 04 05 06 25+ lawyers About Z&Co. Z&Co. is unique amongst Saudi Arabian law firms in having a true full service Saudi law offering carried on from within its local practice that covers litigation, regulatory and transactions/advisory matters to international law firm standards. Its head office in Riyadh, along with a smaller presence in Jeddah, together employ over 25 lawyers, including Saudi nationals at the junior, senior and partner levels. Overview dispute resolution We are a Saudi law firm offering market- We conduct pioneering work in our leading commercial advice on core legal regulatory product area, including advisory services including transactions; drafting new laws and regulations with transactions dispute resolution; decision-support substantial economic impact. In this field, and advisory for both government and we benefit from the complementary private sector clients; and regulatory skills held by our team of Saudi and projects (drafting laws and regulations). internationally-qualified lawyers, former members of the judiciary and Shariah For our transactions offering, we work experts. We particularly benefit from as one team with Linklaters, with senior the support of Linklaters offices around Core legal Linklaters lawyers based permanently the globe in conducting comparative advisory in our offices in Riyadh. This enables assessments, so that our locally-based services us to deliver provide best-practice internationally-qualified lawyers can international expertise coupled with extract global best-practice for new KSA detailed local knowledge and practice. laws and regulations. Our litigation lawyers are in and out of Our day-to-day decision-support and court on a daily basis, benefiting from advisory offering aims to share the load decision- close interactions with the judiciary in with in-house legal functions, whether support and the Commercial Courts, General Courts in the private sector or government entities. We can support in all aspects of advisory and Administrative Courts, to bring up- regulatory general legal support, including contract to-the minute experience to our dispute- projects resolution practice. We also manage reviews and drafting; compliance issues; a range of cases at specialised judicial amendments to company registrations panels, including the Committee for or corporate documentation; Resolution of Securities Disputes and the communications with regulators and Banking Disputes Committee. government entities; licensing matters; and employment issues, among other things. A global partnership Z&Co. has a formal agreement with Linklaters The combined global approach, commitment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to offer to excellence and in-depth understanding of the on-the-ground support to clients operating legal and commercial landscape of KSA means or executing deals in KSA. The arrangement that Linklaters and Z&Co. have established a includes two senior Linklaters lawyers being leading position for delivering complex and based permanently in Z&Co.’s offices in Riyadh. innovative advice which has helped our clients successfully pursue opportunities, realise The agreement follows the two firms having investments and manage risk in KSA for a worked in close partnership for several years number of years. on international and cross-border matters, with a particular focus on transactions in Projects, Working as one team, Linklaters and Z&Co. Project Finance, Corporate/M&A, Capital provide the highest quality legal advice to the Markets and Banking & Islamic Finance. world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments. We support clients in The relationship between the two firms navigating their most challenging and often enables them to provide clients with a unique critical business situations, and in doing so, we combination of international and local have developed an excellence in doing business experience, knowhow and on the ground across borders. resources in KSA. Decision support & advisory We are experienced in advising both government and private sector entities on the conduct of their affairs and governance requirements. We further ensure that our advice focuses not just on the strict legal and regulatory position, but also on the commercial goals and business implications of our client. By adopting modern technology for professional use, we strive to communicate with clients in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the wider commercial issues they face. Government We know that government authorities are often engaged in the most dynamic and challenging areas of regulation, with developing mandates and inter-related projects combining to create a complex mesh of regulation to be navigated by government legal functions. We provide dedicated legal function support to government authorities, to provide day-to-day support in matters such as drafting bylaws, regulations and policies; reviewing and drafting contracts with the private sector; drafting MOUs and communications with other public entities; addressing ad hoc queries in relation to the authority’s mandates and powers; and providing general support in relation to all issues that are directed to the authority’s legal function. Our approach involves Providing the right Supporting you in Staying pro-active – Understanding your team to achieve the all circumstances Maintaining a positive you directly benefit needs – our team right result for you – we from the everyday working atmosphere – from our pro-active offers a targeted, carefully choose our to the exceptional – we want you to enjoy approach. We offer bespoke service teams to get the right whether your needs working with our team advice provided that gets right to the blend of international fall within day-to-day particularly given the in the format of core of any issue by experience, local depth matters or longer- fully-integrated nature concise executive placing an emphasis and commercial sense, term challenges, of our support. This presentations; access on your regulatory meaning that you have our dedicated team is an essential detail to customized mandate and the best legal team for is committed to for both our clients on-line training; commercial objectives your specific situation – helping you navigate and our lawyers, and a dedicated app; in the assessment and therefore the best the intricacies and one which we never and regular insights of any issue. chance of success. challenges that arise. underestimate. into the market. Private sector The combined Linklaters and Z&Co. team for constitutional documents from the presence in the team of KSA lawyers with are able to deliver a top quality execution Ministry of Commerce. Additional consent extensive experience of dealing with KSA of transactions with both international from specialist governmental authorities regulatory and governmental authorities, standards of service and a deep knowledge may also be required depending upon the former judges and Sharia scholars means of the key KSA law issues. proposed business to be carried on in KSA. that our service offering is unique in the corporate legal space in KSA. Investing in the KSA market requires an In addition, there is often uncertainty as appreciation of the complex and often to applicable legal principles because Our corporate/M&A practice covers local and time consuming regulatory processes legislation may not cover relevant issues international investors and businesses in KSA involved in completing seemingly straight and the gap will be filled by the application as well as activities by KSA clients abroad. forward corporate matters, such as foreign of Sharia. There are different schools of Our clients range from large multinational investment approval from the Ministry of thought and opinions on Sharia and judges corporations and financial institutions to Investment of Saudi Arabia and agreement have wide discretion in applying it. The family businesses and individuals. We represent clients on the full range of relevant matters including: Transactions Foreign Private equity Public and Company Corporate Corporate Commercial Joint ventures with the investment and venture private M&A incorporations restructurings governance contracts Government approval capital Regulatory We work hand-in-hand with a wide range government ministries and authorities to support in achieving their ambitious mandates set in line with Vision2030. Highlights of our Regulatory Practice Our government advisory practice group has worked on ground- Advising the PIF and SAR in relation breaking and high profile projects to the execution of the Haramain with real economic impact. High-Speed Railway project In drafting new laws and Advising the Ministry of Finance on the Advising the Royal Commission for Advising the Ministry of Transport regulations, we provide detailed Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Mecca City and the Holy Sites (RCMC) on lease of their lands. strategic project support built on and Local Content Regulations, on its new Regulations, approved by international comparative exercises issued under the new Government Royal Order and benchmarks utilising our Tenders and Procurement Law Drafting "Violations Lists" for a partnership with Linklaters to extract government ministry, summarizing international best practice. all violations and penalties applicable to companies and establishments operating in a particular sector.