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Fahad AlDehais AlMalki is the Managing and Founding Partner of SuhailPartners LLP.
Fahad is a Chambers and Partners Capital Markets, Corporate and Commercial ranked lawyer. He was the fourth lawyer to be selected to join the Capital Markets Authority’s Advisory Committee, but the first lawyer to chair it in his second term through fellow committee members and capital market leaders (CMA AC – 2019/20–2020/21).
In June 2020, Fahad was selected by the Saudi Bar Association to be on its Advisory Committee to advise on redrafting the Saudi Law for Practising Law, and critical proposals and amendments were passed by the government in early 2022.
Fahad advises on Saudi Arabia regulatory and reform, and is an adviser to several government ministries, departments and entities on projects related to Vision 2030. He is also a practising litigator, and has appeared and continues to appear in cases worth in excess of SAR 37 billion.
Fahad’s key practice is corporate advisory, wherein he focuses primarily on capital markets, as well as public and private M&A. The total capital market offerings he has advised on exceeds SAR 7 billion.
He began his career with the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) (2003–2008) and, over the years, has received high-level recognition and acclaim. He has been named on four consecutive years by Chambers and Partners as a “Ranked Lawyer” in the region, distinguishing him in two significant categories: Capital Markets (2024), as well as Corporate/Commercial (2021–2024). Moreover, he was Finance Monthly’s Capital Market Lawyer of the Year for 2020 and 2022. These accolades reaffirm his steadfast dedication to excellence, and his unwavering commitment to delivering top-tier legal services to his valued clients.
Representative Experience
Capital Markets
● Advised on a number of prime market IPOs, in financing, mortgage lending, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and others;
● Advised and continues advising on numerous prime market rights offerings;
● Advised and continues advising on the first transfer from the secondary market to the main one along with the following four under the new rules;
● Advised and continues advising on the Nomu IPO and direct listing of a number of entities.
M&A
● Advising Umm AlQura Cement in the acquisition of their full listed shares by the listed Medina Cement Company;
● Advised Solutions by stc on an innovative PPP project with Jeddah Principality through a JV with its investment arm;
● Adviser to Amana Cooperative Insurance Company on the proposed full acquisition of another listed insurance company (Enaya – all listed companies);
● Advised Chubb Arabia on the proposed full acquisition over AlAhlia Cooperative Insurance (all listed companies);
● Adviser to Fawaz AlHokair and Arabian Centers on the announced acquisition over a stake in VogaCloset;
● Adviser to AlAhlia Cooperative Insurance on its merger into Gulf Union Listed Insurance Company.
