About

Responsible for the development of the King Abdullah Economic City megaproject announced by Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 2005, the Emaar Economic City legal team oversees a truly momentous project encompassing the creation of a port, industrial zone, resort and residential area for a projected population of approximately two million people. To keep it on track to meet this demanding objective, it relies upon a core of highly qualified and respected in-house counsel to safeguard the project.

Heading the team is Hani Gharwabi, formerly an in-house lawyer for Saudi Aramco, who possesses an almost unparalleled knowledge of the development over two separate periods with Emaar Economic City totalling more than five years; he has added external affairs, economic city authority relations, corporate compliance, capital market authority relations, and central translation responsibilities to his legal ones over the course of this time. Alongside him, director of legal Ahmed Umer and associate director of legal Faisal Alghosn were mentioned by sources as having made vital contributions to the team’s efforts over recent years.