About Us
Leading Legal Innovators Driving Saudi Arabia's Transformative Developments
Derayah LLPC (Saudilegal) is one of the leading independent law firms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is consistently recognized by leading international legal publications including Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR1000.
Over the years, the firm has consistently been at the forefront of legal developments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and involved in precedent-setting transactions including, amongst others, advising the Saudi Arabian government on the first privatization, advising the lenders on the first Saudi Arabian Independent Power Project, advising the project company on the development and construction of the first Saudi Arabian Independent Water Project and acting as counsel to the issuer in the first ever Initial Public Offering under the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Regulation.
As a full-service law firm, Derayah LLPC (Saudilegal) has, since its origins in 1978, when Sheikh Abbas Ghazzawi (who at different times was the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Tunisia and Germany) opened his law office in Jeddah, one of the first in the Kingdom, been advising and supporting Saudi Arabian and international governmental and corporate entities and financial institutions in multiple fields. This includes advising on major transactions in the following areas: Projects and Government Contracts, Privatizations, Corporate and Commercial transactions, Banking and Finance, Islamic Finance and Project Finance transactions, Capital Market transactions, Dispute Resolution matters, Bankruptcy and Restructuring transactions as well as Insurance, Intellectual Property, Environmental, Shipping, Real Estate and Employment matters. The firm is also highly experienced in advising on a range of different regulations. This knowledge of current regulations, practices of regulatory bodies and their attitudes is essential when developing and restructuring legislation and developing, financing and implementing projects and other transactions.
Derayah LLPC (Saudilegal) is also the leading litigation practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, consistently top-ranked in Dispute Resolution by major international legal publications. This is also of significance regarding our ability to advise on non-contentious matters.
Our team is fluent in both Arabic and English and we have in-house capabilities of turning around large documents within tight timeframes without compromising quality. We also understand the requirements of our clients as regards regular reporting, preparation of documentation, billing practices, and, generally, tailoring our services to the individual client’s needs. Derayah LLPC (Saudilegal) is also in one of the top categories of the mandatory Saudization programme applicable to all law firms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, known as Nitaqat, with the vast majority of its lawyers being Saudi Arabian nationals.