Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Partner, Co-Chair Middle East & North Africa Practice

Nasser Alrubayyi is Co-Chair Middle East & North Africa Practice and leads the practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He acts as counsel representing and defending international as well as domestic corporations in a wide assortment of litigation and arbitration cases in the construction, telecommunications, securities, tax, insurance, and real estate sectors.

Mr. Alrubayyi is one of the first lawyers to argue cases before the Saudi Administrative Supreme Court and has won three cases before it. He is a former advisor to the Saudi Ministry of Justice in relation to the reform of the Saudi judicial system.

Before starting to practice in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Alrubayyi trained at the International Court of Arbitration (ICC) in France and JAMS in the United States.

Legal 500 ranked Mr. Alrubayyi in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, noting “[he] is a fearless and confident litigator, and the type of lawyer you would want standing next to you in “house on fire” situations and high stakes matters. He is very well reasoned and able to simplify complex issues and come up with innovative solutions. He is very attuned to his clients’ concerns and needs,” and for the year 2024 noting “Nasser Alrubayyi is a very sophisticated commercial lawyer/litigator who has broad experience in the inner workings of the Saudi legal system and commercial practices. Having worked within the Kingdom for a number of years, it is rare to find a lawyer with his skill set,” and for the year 2025, his Dispute Resolution Team was ranked Tier 1.

Also, Legal 500 has listed Mr. Alrubayyi in its inaugural “Arbitration Powerlist – Middle East Region”.

Chambers and Partners ranked him for the year 2020, noting he is “a high-calibre practitioner,” for the year 2021, stating he is “an astute practitioner with deep strength in Saudi disputes ... [and] a strong background in Islamic law”, and for the year 2022, noting “[h]e is very strategic and well structured in his thinking; he offers very clear strategies. He is also very well reasoned, super responsive and very flexible and accommodating”, and for the year 2024, noting “Nasser is super-detailed and a true expert. He is brilliant. [He] provides a very impressive response to crisis situations, with a calm and assured manner when responding,” for the year 2025, stating “Nasser is a professional and dedicated legal expert. [He] is very good at giving … dispute resolution input from local and international perspectives. His intelligence, professionalism and expertise are unparalleled. His dedication to delivering outstanding results and his commitment to clients’ best interests is commendable.”

Mr. Alrubayyi was the only lawyer from the Middle East to be ranked in Lawdragon’s 2024 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers Rankings (Litigation, Bankruptcy, Energy Practice), and the only Saudi lawyer to be ranked in Lawdragon’s 2024 for Leading Global Litigators (International Arbitration).

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (LLM, International arbitration) Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (B.A., Shari'ah law)