Introduction
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been a signatory to the
Riyadh Convention since 1983, and to the New York Convention since
1994. However, it was not until quite recently that arbitration
has, at last, begun to emerge as a truly viable form of dispute
resolution.
There have been monumental changes to KSA's legal landscape
in recent years. Against the backdrop of wide-ranging reforms to
the judicial system initiated in the late 2000s, two landmark
enactments were promulgated in 2012: a new Arbitration Law
(repealing the earlier Arbitration Law of 1983) and the Enforcement
Law. The Implementing Regulations of the Arbitration Law
subsequently came into force in 2017, providing welcome clarity on
the mechanics of the new legislation.
