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Practical writing on the legal questions our clients raise most.
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How to Set Up a Company in Saudi Arabia
A practical walk-through of company formation: choosing a legal form, the articles, the commercial register and the registrations that follow.
Your Rights Under an Employment Contract
What an employment contract must contain, what cannot be agreed away, and how end-of-service entitlements are calculated.
A Guide to Commercial Arbitration
When arbitration beats litigation, how to draft the clause, and how awards are enforced.
Common Real Estate Disputes
The property disputes we see most — transfer, leasing, hidden defects — and how to avoid them.
A Guide to Personal Status Matters
A practical look at divorce, custody, maintenance and inheritance, and the documents you will need.
How to Protect Your Trade Mark
The steps to register a mark, how long protection lasts, and what to do about infringement.
Why we write these guides
Most of the files that reach us could have been avoided by one piece of information at the right moment: that an objection has a deadline, that an open-ended clause is unenforceable, that paying before transfer of title is dangerous, that extra work on a verbal instruction cannot be proved. These guides are written for that moment — before signature, before escalation, before the deadline passes.
Each one explains the procedure as it actually runs in Saudi Arabia: the competent authority, the statutory periods, the documents required, and the errors that recur. None of them replaces advice on your specific situation, because the details are what change the outcome.
What each guide contains
- The procedural route in the right order, not a recital of the rules.
- The statutory deadlines whose expiry extinguishes the right.
- The documents actually asked for, and which carry the most evidential weight.
- The errors that recur most, and the effect of each.
- Common questions with direct answers.