[caption id="attachment_100226" align="alignleft" width="222"] Dr. Saud Al-Ammari [/caption] RIYADH – Dr. Saud Al-Ammari Law Firm in association with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (the firm), a leading business law firm, on Sunday announced the opening of its office in Riyadh. The move marks a strategic milestone in the firm's ongoing growth and expansion in the Middle East region. Riyadh is a key commercial and business hub and home to some of the region's biggest financial, educational, agricultural and technical organizations. "We are delighted to announce the opening of our office in Riyadh. We already established an extensive track record of advising sophisticated clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as the wider GCC and international markets," said Dr. Saud Al-Ammari, Chair, Saudi Arabia & Middle East. "With a presence now in Riyadh, we have enhanced our position to serve our clients in Saudi Arabia in general, and in our capital in particular, and offer them a "one-stop" solution for their legal needs." "In particular, we are eager and committed to supporting our clients in areas relating to the Kingdom's ambitious Vision 2030 and its economic transformation plans in areas such as public private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, oil & gas, infrastructure, dispute resolution, international trade, corporate finance, and mining. We look forward to working more closely with our growing roster of clients in Saudi Arabia and our regional and international clients pursuing business activities in the Kingdom." The firm has been present in the Middle East since 2009 and has well-established offices in Al-Khobar in Eastern Saudi Arabia and an office in Manama, the capital city of the Kingdom of Bahrain through its association with Blakes. It retains strong teams of international and local highly trained lawyers with diverse sector and global market experience in the region, providing relevant and effective advisory in key industries including oil and gas, dispute resolution, international trade, infrastructure, health care, nuclear energy, electricity, petrochemicals, and project finance as well as mergers and acquisitions. "The establishment of our office in the Saudi capital is in direct response to our clients' needs and their requirements to see us nearer to them," said Michael Quigley, senior lawyer in the Riyadh office. "It is part of the natural evolution of our service offering and the increasing business flow we are witnessing into, across and out of the region. Our presence in the Saudi market features an experienced legal team comprised of both Saudi qualified lawyers with Shariah and commercial law expertise and expatriate lawyers resident in the Kingdom, who are well versed in international law firm best practices. Our offices in Saudi Arabia and the region are reinforced by the wider Blakes network of lawyers for additional subject matter expertise and experience."
