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One of the most talked about business events globally in recent memory is the upcoming IPO of Saudi Aramco, perhaps unsurprisingly for a company whose value is often estimated in the trillions of dollars. The legal groundwork for such a deal, given the size of the business and the fact that it has been a state-owned entity for many years, is highly complex and demanding of the Aramco legal team’s abilities. Heading up the legal function for this mega-company is Nabeel Al Mansour, who was made general counsel and corporate secretary in May 2016. He presides over a team that has increased massively in both size and expertise in recent years, achieving a triple-figure headcount in 2015 amid a significant expansion group-wide. Al Mansour progressed to his current position after only a year as deputy general counsel and three years as an associate general counsel while with Aramco, during which he was involved in oil concession agreements with Chevron and an expansion of the company’s gas business. His rapid rise to the top, indicative of the esteem in which he is held by the executive management of the company, means that Al Mansour is the ideal individual to lead the legal support of this phenomenally important organisation into a new chapter in its history.