Mr Hesham Al-Homoud > Al Tamimi & Company > Riyadh, Saudi Arabia > Lawyer Profile

Al Tamimi & Company
SKY TOWER (NORTH TOWER), 9TH FLOOR
KING FAHAD ROAD, AL OLAIA AREA, PO BOX 300400
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 11372
Saudi Arabia
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Work Department

Corporate Structuring

Position

Partner, Head of Corporate Structuring – KSA

Career

Hesham Al Homoud is a Partner and Head of Corporate Structuring at the KSA office of Al Tamimi & Company. Hesham is a Saudi National, licensed, bilingual lawyer with more than 15 years experience in the Saudi Arabian legal market. 

Hesham has developed extensive commercial and corporate experience, with emphasis on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and equity and debt private placement as well as advising in relation to Shari’ah Law.  

He also has extensive experience in dispute resolution and has a diversified practice in advising and representing local and international clients before the Saudi courts and other KSA and international judicial bodies. 

Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Company, Hesham was general legal counsel for a joint stock company where he has developed extensive experience and expertise in the area of general corporate legal work, corporate finance and dispute resolution. 

Hesham also worked as an associate with White & Case in its Riyadh office where he developed his corporate practice and was involved in a wide range of corporate/commercial transactions including the conversion of limited liability companies to joint stock companies, IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, formation of investment vehicles involving local and foreign investors and capital markets transactions.

Languages

English, Arabic

Memberships

1996 – Member of International Bar Association
Licensed by the Ministry of Justice as a Lawyer in KSA

Education

2010 – Diploma in International Business Organizations, The College of Law

2009 – Diploma in International Arbitrational Law, The College of Law

2008 – Diploma in International Capital Markets & Loans, The College of Law

2006 – Diploma in International Mergers & Acquisitions, The College of Law

2006 – Diploma in International Joint Ventures, The College of Law

2004 – Masters of Laws in International Commercial Law (Merit), University of Kent

2000 – Bachelor of Law, King Saud University

Lawyer Rankings

Saudi Arabia > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Al Tamimi & Company is well-positioned to advise on complex domestic and international mandates, leveraging its extensive corporate and commercial expertise to advise an extensive roster of clients across a multitude of sectors. Alongside its strong transactional capabilities, the firm is routinely sought out for its impressive understanding of the local regulatory framework, and has recently been active on market entry and business establishment instructions. Team head Philip Kotsis advises on the full gamut of corporate and commercial work and has a strong portfolio of cross-border acquisitions. Co-lead Hesham Al Homoud heads up the firm’s corporate structuring offering, while Grahame Nelson, who is highly active in the energy sector, advises clients from Khobar. Christopher Webb is chiefly noted for his competition law expertise, while Omar Al Humaid, who was promoted to partner in January 2024, is highly active on market entry, operation expansions, and joint ventures. Adlai Shalabi joined from an in-house position in May 2024.