Your legal partner from contract to execution.
Lawaeh advises companies, government entities and foreign investors in Saudi Arabia across the whole life of a business: investment, partnership, contracting, delivery and operation — then compliance, or the resolution of a dispute.
We serve organisations only — not individuals. Nothing on this site is legal advice until an engagement letter is signed.
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Scope first. Advice second.
Five practices, each delivered as a defined product.
Every engagement begins with a written scope, a named deliverable and an agreed fee model — so you know what you are buying before work starts.
Foreign Investment, Partnerships & Acquisitions
Saudi Market Entry & Settlement ProgrammeStructuring entry into Saudi Arabia, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and acquisitions.
02Governance, Compliance, Data & Technology Contracting
Corporate Legal DepartmentBoard authorities, policies, contract management, personal data protection and the legal side of technology and AI.
03Government Contracts, Privatisation & PPP
Tender & Contract Risk ReviewTender and contract risk for bidders; contract documents and contractual governance for government entities.
04Projects, Construction & Infrastructure
Project Legal ProtectionContract control during delivery: notices, variations, delay, payment, taking-over and claims.
05Commercial & Administrative Disputes and Arbitration
Dispute Assessment & Recovery PlanDisputes between companies, partners, in projects, supply and government contracts — assessed as a business decision.
Built for investors deciding to enter Saudi Arabia.
The updated Investment Law replaced the foreign-investment licence with registration. The commercial questions did not go away: who owns, who decides, how the company is funded, and what happens on deadlock, default or exit.
Activity check
Your activity, measured against the excluded-activities list and any sector licences.
Structure
Subsidiary, branch, joint venture or acquisition — chosen for how you will operate.
Registration & set-up
A step-by-step entry roadmap with documents, owners and order of steps.
After entry
Governance, contracts, employment and data protection from day one.
See the entry path, step by step How ready are you to enter Saudi Arabia? Company compliance checklist
How we think about legal work.
A defined question, a defined deliverable, a defined fee.
Law in service of a commercial outcome — never the reverse.
Rights are protected by records kept during delivery, not reconstructed after.
No sensitive document is reviewed before a conflict check.
From first message to signed engagement.
- 01Intake
A short, non-confidential description of the matter and the parties.
- 02Conflict check
Before we read anything sensitive, we confirm we can act.
- 03Written proposal
Scope, deliverables, timing, exclusions and fee model.
- 04Engagement letter
The lawyer–client relationship begins only on signature.
- 05Delivery & review
Work delivered against the scope, then a closing review.
Notes on the rules that move business in Saudi Arabia.
From licence to registration: what Saudi Arabia's updated Investment Law changes
The licence is gone; the questions of structure, activity and sector approval are not.
Read moreGovernance & dataPersonal data in Saudi Arabia: what the PDPL asks of organisations
In force since September 2023: breach notification, transfers abroad and accountability.
Read moreContractsThe Civil Transactions Law and the contracts you already have
Good faith, hardship and retroactive reach: why existing contracts deserve a second look.
Read moreTell us the decision in front of you.
Send a short, non-confidential description. We run a conflict check, then reply with a proposed scope and the next step.