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Fahad AlEady

Senior Associate
About

Vastly experienced in complex commercial and corporate litigation, Fahad represents local and foreign clients before Saudi Arabian Courts of all levels. With experience in a wide range of Real Estate matters including advising on property transactions and leading due diligences, Fahad is also part of the Real Estate Practice.

EXPERIENCE

Litigation & Arbitration

  • Successfully representing a leading global industrial engineering company specializing in design, manufacturing, maintenance of pumps, rotating equipment, and related systems as claimant in a SAR 25 Million scope of work dispute before the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA).
  • Advising on arbitrators' nomination and other relevant procedural workstreams in arbitration proceedings before Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA).
  • Successfully litigating in enforcing an ICC Arbitral Award before the Enforcement Court.
  • Successfully litigating on behalf of a global Korean construction company in proceedings initiated by sub-contractors following the contract Owner’s default on payment.
  • Representing major state-owned companies before Commercial, Criminal, Enforcement, Appellate Courts as well as the Supreme Court in several cases pertaining to complex shareholder disputes.
  • Revoking a USD 15.9 Million Saudi Appeal Court default judgment on behalf of a leading Korean state-owned EPC company.
  • Successfully defending more than SAR 150 Million in labour related cases brought against several clients before Saudi Arabian Labour Courts.
  • Successfully enforcing a USD 23 Million promissory note on behalf of a non-Saudi registered machinery & equipment company before the Enforcement Court in Khobar.
  • Representing Oil & Gas, Health, Engineering, Tech, Retail, and Energy companies before Commercial, Labour, Criminal, General, Appellate Courts, and the Saudi Supreme Court.
  • Successfully negotiated settlements of significant disputes on behalf of several prominent global companies including state-owned companies.
  • Drafting & submission of thousands of court related submissions including Legal Briefs, Statements of Claim, Statements of Defence, Appeals, Motions to Revoke, and Extraordinary Motions.
  • Working with forensic accountants, engineers, property valuers, and land surveyors appointed by courts and tribunals in complex disputes.

Bankruptcy

  • Filing bankruptcy procedures including Financial Restructuring & Liquidation procedures.
  • Acting on behalf creditors & debtors before Bankruptcy Circuits of Commercial Courts in Financial Restructuring, Liquidation, and Protective Settlement procedures.
  • Representing creditors & debtors before the Bankruptcy Commission, appointed trustees, and several governmental authorities.
  • Representing debtors and debtor shareholders in asset investigations brought by the Saudi Bankruptcy Commission.

Real Estate

  • Leading a due diligence team tasked by a leading UAE state-owned company to conduct due diligence on 200+ properties including greenfield and renovation sites.
  • Acting for a major Chinese state-owned company in retaining ownership of a multi-million-dollar property located in the Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Negotiating lease agreements with landlords and tenants.
  • Conducting due diligence on manual & electronic title deeds as well as headleases & subleases.
  • Converting manual title deeds to electronic title deeds ensuring satisfaction of title deed conversion mandates.
  • Converting 100+ manual property lease agreements to electronic leases via EJAR portal.
  • Drafting traditional & electronic property lease agreements.
Languages
  • English
  • Arabic
Education
  • Prince Mohammed bin Fahad University, LL.B., 2018

Prior Experience

  • Prior joining DLA Piper, Fahad worked for a well-known Saudi-based law firm where he demonstrated a great performance in the litigation practice resulting in landslide victories.

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Saudi Bar Association - Ministry of Justice, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Connect

Phone

+96 613 813 9972
(Work, Al Khobar)
+96 655 443 4536
(Mobile, Al Khobar)
+96 613 813 9961
(Fax, Al Khobar)