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ZAID MAHAYNI
zmahayni@mahassni.com.sa
Tel: +9662 665 4353 ext. 226
Fax: +9662 669 2996
P.O. Box 2256
Jeddah 21451
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PRACTICE
AREAS
Commercial & Corporate, Capital Markets, Banking and
Finance, Dispute Resolution, Energy & Infrastructure
REPRESENTATIVE
TRANSACTIONS
Commercial
and Corporate
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Counsel to an airport operator in
connection with its services and charges agreements with various airlines
and its concession agreements with various retailers and advertisement
companies.
·
Counsel to a foreign investor in
connection with the acquisition of a controlling share in a Saudi Arabian
telecommunications company.
·
Counsel to a foreign investor in
connection with the acquisition of additional shares in an important
Saudi Arabian elevator and escalator company.
·
Counsel to a hotel management company in
connection with a hotel management agreement and technical services
agreement relating to a hotel in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·
Counsel to a foreign investor in
connection with the acquisition of thirteen ready-made concrete factories
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·
Counsel to a Saudi Arabian company in
connection with the multi-million riyal sale of a steel factory in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·
Counsel to a major Saudi Arabian company
in connection with its joint venture with a leading Asian company for the
establishment of a pharmaceutical production plant.
·
Counsel to a Saudi Arabian medical
company in connection with the acquisition of a forty-percent
shareholding interest by a foreign investor.
·
Counsel in relation to the restructuring
of the interests of a large multinational in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·
Counsel to a foreign purchaser of two
aircraft registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·
Counsel to the Saudi Group ATA in
connection with its joint venture with JCDecaux. JCDecaux-ATA won a
contract for the provision of advertisement services in all of Saudi Arabia's
26 airports.
·
Counsel to an international polling
company in connection with its joint venture with a leading Saudi Arabian
company for the provision of social surveys and polls in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
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Counsel to a Saudi Arabian flight academy
in connection with the acquisition of leasehold, passage, and utilization
rights over parts of one of Saudi Arabia's airports.
·
Counsel to a Saudi Arabian company with
a dominant market position in connection with its compliance with the
Competition Law.
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Counsel to different Saudi Arabian
entities in connection with their respective negotiation and acquisition
of commercial agency and distribution rights.
·
Counsel to a foreign investor in
connection with its bid to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Water and
Electricity for the operation and maintenance of the Riyadh water system.
·
Counsel to a foreign company in
connection with its bid to the Communications and Information Technology
Commission for a fixed-line license.
·
Counsel to a major Saudi Arabian company
in connection with its engineering, procurement and construction contract
relating to the construction of a multi-million riyal housing complex.
·
Counsel to major European company in
connection with its engineering, procurement and construction contracts
relating to a 30,000 cubic meters per day sewage treatment plant and a
70,000 cubic meters per day reverse osmosis desalination plant in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Counsel to a major real estate
development company in connection with the preparation of its standard
forms of Shari’ah-compliant contracts for the sale of residential
units.
·
Counsel to a Saudi Arabian client in
connection with an agreement for the provision of design consultancy
services for the construction of a twenty-three storey tower.
Banking and Finance
·
Counsel to a syndicate of lenders in
relation to a US$ 184 million loan to a Saudi Arabian company to finance
the acquisition of four chemical tankers.
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Counsel to a syndicate of lenders in
connection with US$ 48 million loan to a Saudi Arabian company to finance
the acquisition of two vessels.
·
Counsel to a corporate borrower in
connection with a US$ 30 million medium-term facility.
·
Counsel to a Saudi Arabian bank in
connection with an SR 600 million facility extended to a major Saudi
Arabian company and related security.
·
Counsel to a foreign bank in connection
with a US$ 169 million financing transaction relating to the bareboat
charter of an oil drilling rig.
·
Counsel to a foreign bank in relation to
a proposed loan of US$ 32 million to the Saudi Arabian branch office of a
foreign company.
·
Counsel to the Islamic Corporation for
the Development of the Private Sector in relation to Islamic facilities
in the aggregate amount of SR 90 million for two Saudi Arabian companies.
Securitization included the transfer of a land of over 3 million sq.m.
and the assignment of the receivables of a shopping mall.
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Counsel to a foreign bank in relation to
financing arrangement for the acquisition of a US$ 28.5 million
Bombardier aircraft.
·
Counsel to a European bank in relation
to a US$ 9 million facility for the acquisition of industrial equipment
by a Saudi Arabian company.
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Counsel to a Saudi Arabian bank in
connection with the creation of a new credit product in association with
a group of retailers.
Capital
Markets
·
Counsel in connection with the
establishment of a securities brokerage firm.
·
Counsel to Malath Cooperative Insurance
and Reinsurance Company in respect of the public offering of
47.48-percent of its total share capital.
·
Counsel
to Saudi Cable Company in respect of a new rights issue in the
amount of SAR 120 Million.
· Counsel
to CPC Holding on its equity private placement to Standard Chartered
Private Equity.
Dispute
Resolution
·
Counsel to a major Middle Eastern bank
in relation to its multi-million dollar claim against a Saudi Arabian
Company.
·
Counsel to a company operating in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in connection with an embezzlement claim against
two of its directors.
·
Counsel to a foreign investor in
relation to a claim relating to the embezzlement of joint venture funds
by another investor.
·
Counsel to a foreign company in
connection with a multi-million dollar claim filed by its former Saudi
Arabian agent.
·
Counsel to a contractor in connection
with its multi-million riyal claim against its employer for breach of
contract.
·
Counsel to an industrial company in
connection with a claim against its contractor for breach of contract.
BARS
AND COURTS
Canadian Bar Association (2003)
Quebec Bar Association (2002)
Registered Arbitrator, Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice
(since 2009)
EDUCATION
Masters
Degree in Petroleum Law and Policy, with Distinction,
University of Dundee, United Kingdom (2002)
Certificate
in Downstream Petroleum Economics & Management, Institut
Francais du Petrole, France (2001)
Bachelor
of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Canada (1999)
Specialized
courses on the European Union, (The) European Summer
University of Lyon, Chaire Jean Monnet, Paris, Lyon, France (1998)
Specialized courses
in Comparative Law, (The) Institute of International and
Comparative Law, Cornell Law School, Universite de Paris I
(Pantheon-Sorbonne), Paris, France (1997)
D.E.C (Social Science, Commerce Profile), Marianopolis
College, Montreal, Canada (1996)
PUBLICATIONS,
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
"Promoting
Australia's LNG Industry through Fiscal Incentives",
Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, Volume 1, Issue No. 04 -
September 2003
Workshop Leader, "Investing
Legally in the GCC Stock Markets", MEED Capital Markets
Conference, Dubai, 22 Nov. 2006
Contributor to the World Bank's 2010 and 2011 Doing
Business Reports
"Changes
to the Implementing Regulations of Saudi Arabia's Commercial Mortgage Law"
(Co-author), IFLR 2011 Legislation Guide
"A Decade of
Continuous Saudi Arabian Legal Reforms" (Co-author),
IFLR 2012 Legislation Guide
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Recognized in the 2011 edition of the Legal 500: Europe,
Middle East & Africa
LANGUAGES
Arabic, French and English
CITIZENSHIP
Canada
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