An established business owner
Needs standing counsel, governance that structures decisions, and contracts that are not read against them.
- Ahkam Al Tamyoz
- Corporate & Investment
Corporate & Investment
From an idea for an entity to a company that operates, complies and raises capital.
A dedicated section for business owners and investors. Not a list of services, but the path an entity travels: formation, then governance, then operational compliance, then growth or exit — and what usually breaks at each stage.
Who this is for
A foreign investor
Needs an investment licence, a compliant entity, and a compliance map before the first operational transaction.
A family business
Needs a charter and a succession plan separating ownership from management before the generational handover.
An entity preparing to raise
Needs an ownership structure and documents that withstand investor due diligence.
Entity lifecycle
Four stages, each with a recurring failure point we address before it occurs.
01
Formation
Choosing the legal form and building the documents
- Legal form selected on ownership, funding and exit
- Articles of association and bylaws
- Shareholders' agreement: control, exit, deadlock, valuation
- Commercial registration and downstream statutory registrations
Failure point: choosing the administratively easiest form rather than the structurally right one, then restructuring at higher cost at the first investor.
02
Governance
Who decides, within what limit, by what procedure
- Delegation of authority matrix and financial approval limits
- Board and committee charters and minute book
- Conflict of interest and disclosure policies
- Family charter and succession plan
Failure point: decisions taken outside authority, later challengeable by a partner, an heir or an investor.
03
Operational compliance
An obligations register with owners and deadlines
- Sector obligations and operating licences
- Labour law and Saudisation compliance
- Personal data protection compliance
- Standardised operating contract templates
- Periodic legal audit
Failure point: obligations held by people rather than by a register, so a breach surfaces at inspection rather than before it.
04
Growth or exit
Preparing the entity for a transaction
- Vendor-side due diligence with findings closed in advance
- Acquisition or partner-entry structuring
- Joint venture and distribution agreements
- Liquidation and statutory dissolution where required
Failure point: legacy regulatory findings surfacing in diligence, depressing valuation or stalling the deal.
Foreign investor market-entry path
The typical route from decision to operation. Durations are indicative and vary by activity, sector and authority.
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Step 1
Regulatory study
Define the activity, its regulatory limits, permitted ownership and required sector licences before any formation cost is incurred.
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Step 2
Investment licence
Prepare and file the licence application with the Ministry of Investment and minimise rounds of clarification.
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Step 3
Entity formation
Select the legal form, draft the documents, complete commercial registration and downstream registrations.
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Step 4
Operational enablement
National address, statutory subscriptions, bank account opening, labour and Saudisation file, and tax registration.
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Step 5
Ongoing compliance
A first-year obligations map with deadlines and owners, plus operating contract templates.
Next step
Start with a conversation, not a case file.
A first consultation establishes your legal position precisely: what you are owed, what you owe, and which route is worth taking. We build from there.