The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan in association with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Litigation

Corporate

Government Affairs

Managing Attorney

Head, Litigation Department

Admitted to legal practice by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Riyadh Saudi Arabia (1995).

Admitted to legal practice after the promulgation of the new regulation concerning legal practice as approved by the Ministry of Justice, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2003).

Hussam Salah Al Hejailan is working in the Riyadh office of LFSH as managing attorney and head of the firm’s litigation section. In that capacity he has acquired excellent expertise in the field of litigation management, experience and pre-eminent knowledge. Based on this experience in different kind of legal areas including but not limited to employment law, corporate, finance and governmental issues, he advises the international section of LFSH in its work of contract drafting and legal consultancy services. Hussam also works in the field of state legislative and regulatory legal matters as well as law firm coordination and management. He has also international commercial transaction experience, with an emphasis on corporate and project finance, international joint ventures and distribution agreements and other commercial law issues. He has over the years, worked on the following:

1. He was head of the LFSH legal team that advised the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, Economic Cities Agency for two years on the regulatory framework for Economic Cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

2. Assisted in a study related to Saudi Arabian economic and business development conducted by the International Monetary Fund;

3. Worked on several high commercial and governmental litigation matters; and

4. Attended several conferences in relation to arbitration, insurance, office management, family companies and investment forums.

Arabic

English

Deputy Chairman, ICC Saudi Arabia

Member, Lawyers Committee at the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, two terms (2005-2012)

Member, Who’s Who International under membership no. 91669

Board member, Aon Saudi Arabia

Board member, Danya Marketing

LL.B. LawKing Saud University, Riyadh (1996)

Georgetown University Law CentreFoundation of American Law and Legal Education (1997)

Master of Law (LL.M)University of Virginia School of Law (1999)