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Ali Abedi draws on his extensive international experience to advise well-known international clients on a host of privatisation and joint venture transactions. His work has encompassed matters in the healthcare, oil and gas, and aviation sectors.

— Chambers Global 2022

Ali Abedi 

Mr. Abedi worked for six years with White & Case in New York, where he specialized in asset- and project finance and cross-border joint ventures. Since his return to Saudi Arabia in 1994 he has practised within his areas of specialisation in a Saudi context.

BORN: 1963

NATIONALITY: Saudi

EDUCATION: University of London, Queen Mary College, Bachelor of Laws, 1985; New York University, Master of Laws, 1987

ADMITTED: Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple, 1988; New York Bar, 1989; Saudi Arabia, 2001

MEMBER: Middle Temple, International Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS: (Co-author) "Banking Laws of Saudi Arabia",

New York Law Journal, 1990

PRACTICE: Project Finance, Banking

Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal handles project finance and banking mandates with particular emphasis on cross-border project finance transactions. The team's expertise ranges from desalination plants to sewage treatment plants. Practice head Ali Abedi specialises in asset and project finance, and cross-border joint ventures.— Legal 500 EMEA 2020

“Ali is excellent; he is definitely one of the top lawyers in Saudi. Very responsive and commercially focussed." — IFLR 1000