Biography

Moatez is a corporate attorney with almost four years of experience advising on complex transactions, corporate restructurings, and foreign investment strategies. He is skilled in crafting unassailable agreements for high-stakes transactions and possesses particular expertise in navigating local statutes, Islamic jurisprudence, and international regulations, ensuring each deal is fortified against all contingencies. He is both a qualified legal practitioner, and a professionally accredited attorney recognized by the Saudi Bar Association. Regularly invited to speak at leading forums—most notably at King Abdulaziz University—where he helps light the path for tomorrow’s legal thinkers.

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Recent Experience

  • Assisted a foreign investor in reviewing the ownership structure of a SAR 1 billion hotel project in Makkah and Madinah, covering transactions from 1993 to 2025. Developed a comprehensive timeline, outlined legal pathways, and mapped the full investment journey, including analysis of key management actions, historical correspondences, executed agreements, and their evolving status over time.
  • Advised on a high-profile commercial dispute involving a SAR 500 million claim by heirs of the counterparty, stemming from historical shareholder arrangements. The matter required an in-depth legal analysis across all three iterations of the Saudi Companies Law (1385H, 1437H, and 1443H), as well as the Commercial Register Law and other applicable regulations. The findings of which supported achieving a settlement for less than 20% of the original claim amount.
  • Establishing a joint venture between a prominent Saudi entity and a major international Class A Turkish construction company, overseeing the full formation, structuring, and strategic legal advisory process.
  • Structuring and implementing a multi-entity commercial project fully financed by Chinese capital, including entry strategy formulation, operational framework development, and governance alignment among several foreign-owned entities in Saudi Arabia.
  • Advising on a government-backed development project by evaluating guarantee mechanisms, reviewing SME support arrangements, and analysing existing agreements to provide tailored legal pathways.
  • Provided legal support to a leading energy and industrial sector company listed among Aramco’s approved suppliers, including drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and cross-border collaboration frameworks across operations extending to China, Russia, Turkistan, and the UAE.
  • Led legal due diligence, transaction document review, and corporate restructuring for a prominent and diversified family investment group, including advising on strategic acquisitions and overseeing the liquidation of affiliated entities.
  • Supporting a healthcare institution with regulatory compliance and governance restructuring, including amending constitutional documents to align with local regulatory frameworks.
  • Advised on the establishment of a foreign branch for a global niche engineering firm, overseeing the regulatory approval process and securing all necessary licenses to enable commercial operations and participation in the government procurement project for which it was established.
  • Advised a leading foreign auditing firm on establishing a joint venture between UAE-based auditors and a licensed Saudi auditor.
  • Led the full process of drafting, finalizing and registering a commercial agency agreement between a leading Saudi commercial agent and a niche perfume brand based in the Netherlands and the UAE.

Language(s)

  • Arabic
  • English

Education

2024 – Qualified Attorney , Saudi Arabia.
2023 – Masters of General Law, King Abdulaziz University
2020 – Bachelors of Law, King Abdulaziz UniversityMar

Admission

  • March 2024 – Qualified Attorney , Saudi Arabia.
  • July 2024 – Professionally Accredited Attorney, Saudi Arabia.
  • March 2022 – Membership – Saudi Bar Association

Practice(s)