Corporate Governance
Introduction
Board governance, shareholder arrangements and family governance for companies, holding groups and business families.
Governance is where ownership, control and accountability meet. We design governance frameworks from incorporation onwards, including bylaws, board charters, committees and delegation of authority, and keep them working as companies grow, merge, list or restructure.
Our Governance, Risk & Compliance department works with holding groups and business families on institutional maturity, conflicts of interest and related party transactions, aligned with Capital Market Authority regulations, OECD principles and Saudi Vision 2030.
Across the lifecycle
How we help
Formation
Designing governance frameworks from incorporation, including bylaws and board charters.
Contracts
Committee and independent adviser contracts, and shareholder agreements.
Operations
Operational compliance programmes and periodic internal controls.
Gaps & challenges
Diagnosing gaps in institutional maturity and addressing conflicts of interest and related party transactions.
Agreements
Committee charters, disclosure policies and delegation of authority agreements.
M&A
Aligning governance frameworks between merging entities.
Financing
Pre-listing governance and readiness for institutional investment.
Restructuring
Redesigning the governance structure during restructuring or financial distress.
Disputes, litigation, settlement & arbitration
Representing boards and shareholders in governance disputes, amicably and before the courts and arbitral tribunals.
Future outlook
Embedding ESG standards and disclosure requirements within institutional frameworks.
Selected experience
Experience at scale, disclosed with care.
- Legal counselLegal counsel to a Saudi holding group with more than 512 subsidiariesLegal counsel to the whole group on governance, contracts between group entities and transactions for one of the Kingdom's largest holding structures.
- Legal counselLegal counsel to a Saudi holding group with more than 50 subsidiariesOngoing counsel on group structure, governance and legal risk across the holding company and its subsidiaries.
- Governance adviserGovernance frameworks and policies for more than 150 companiesDesigning and maintaining governance for companies under governance, including more than 250 governance and compliance policies.
- Retained legal adviserMore than 3,000 consultations for a single client in 2025A continuous advisory mandate covering the everyday legal questions of a single client throughout the year.
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