Experience

Khoshaim & Associates

• Saudi Arabia
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2022 - Present

  Hamdan is a Partner who specializes in project development (including project-related joint ventures); Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs); construction contracts (FIDIC or others); real estate development; leasing; private procurement; environmental, health and safety regulatory compliance; real estate permits and authorizations; intellectual property rights; project-related dispute settlement; Compliance matters (including cybersecurity, cloud computing, anti-bribery, cover-upregulations, trade restrictions and export control), Islamic financing and related areas.Hamdan also has a significant experience advising on commercial contracts and merger and acquisition transactions.Hamdan has drafted several publications/memoranda regarding the application of Saudi Arabian law in project transactions, including a recent publication regarding the excuse of force majeure under Saudi Arabian law further to the COVID-19 pandemic. Show less

• • Aug 2019 - Jan 2022

  Hamdan specializes in project development, construction contracts (FIDIC or others), Islamic financing and related areas and has extensive experience advising on, and negotiating, the financing and development of projects, including in the power and petrochemical sectors. Hamdan has also a significant experience advising on commercial contracts and merger and acquisition transactions.



The Law Office of Prince Salman bin Saad Al Saud (www.hhsalmanlaw.com)

• Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Executive Managing Counsel

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Areas of expertise: - Projects, including EPC contracts, marketing/offtake agreements, feedstock contracts, and concessions, - Project Finance, - Islamic Finance, - Merger & Acquisition, - Commercial contracts, and - Competition law Areas of expertise: - Projects, including EPC contracts, marketing/offtake agreements, feedstock contracts, and concessions, - Project Finance, - Islamic Finance, - Merger & Acquisition, - Commercial contracts, and - Competition law



SABIC

• Saudi Arabia
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • Mar 2012 - Jul 2019

  Areas of expertise: - Merger and acquisition - Islamic finance - Mega Projects, EPC contracts and procurement in the petrochemical sector; - Feedstock contracts and sale agreements; - Transportation agreement, including drafting and negotiating time charter agreements, contracts of affreightment, etc. - Code of Ethics - Competition law  Duties include: - Being part of the in-house legal team negotiating merger and acquisition and joint ventures in the petrochemical sector; - Being within SABIC a reference lawyer and responsible in-house lawyer for Islamic financing, including sukuk - Being within SABIC a reference lawyer and responsible in-house lawyer for the manufacturing department of SABIC; - Been within SABIC a reference lawyer and responsible in-house lawyer for the developments, revamping and extensions of petrochemical facilities of SABIC, including drafting and negotiating EPC contracts, and for all procurement matters in the petrochemical sector; - Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts under Saudi law, common law and civil law. - Ensuring training on Code of Ethics matters and supervising compliance investigation Used my time in SABIC to perfect my understanding of Saudi Arabian law and Shariah Show less



TAQA Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • Jun 2008 - Mar 2012

  Areas of expertise: - Independent Power Project (IPP) projects, including drafting and negotiating EPC contracts and power purchase agreements; - Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector; - Financing, including drafting and negotiating project financing ; - Creation of joint ventures. Duties included:  - Being the in-house senior legal counsel managing the legal aspects of most of TAQA’s IPP projects in the MENA Region, GCC region and Western Africa - Being the in-house senior legal counsel managing the legal aspects of some of the M&A deals in the energy sector (thermal power plants, wind farms, etc.) done by TAQA, mainly in the Middle East and Africa (drafting agreements, leading negotiations, interacting with law firms, forming a “couple” with the responsible commercial on the transaction); - Managing the legal aspects of the most important project financing done in Morocco (the refinancing of the power plant of Jorf Lasfar, Morocco), which duty included drafting with the international law firm the finance documents and leading the negotiations with the Moroccan banks on the finance documents; - Managing the legal aspects of an initial public offering in Morocco for an IPP company, which duty included the drafting of the prospectus with the financial adviser and negotiation with the Moroccan stock exchange authority; - Co-Managing the legal aspects of a request for proposal process in relation to the constitution of a panel of law firms for TAQA; - Managing the corporate housekeeping of TAQA’s Moroccan subsidiaries Show less



Allen & Overy

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate - Corporate & Transactions Department

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2008

  Specialised in Real Estate law, Project, Banking & Financing and Corporate law  Areas of expertise:  - Project (real estate) transactions, including setting-up and implementation of complex tax-driven real estate structures, Sharia-compliant acquisition and financing structures, long term leases; - Financing, including project financing; - Mergers and acquisitions; - Creation of joint ventures.  Duties included under the direct supervision of the partner managing the real estate/project department:  - Managing the legal aspects of international transactions (mergers & acquisitions, projects, shareholders' agreements, financing agreements, real estate projects, etc.); - Drafting and negotiation of contractual documents; - Co-ordination of legal work with other offices and jurisdictions; - Preparation of know-how assignments and standard form precedents. - Drafting with a partner the standard legal opinion for the Commercial department Show less



EGMONT - Royal Institute for International Relations

• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher (lawyer)

  • Jul 2002 - May 2005

  Duties included mainly:  - Writing of articles, books and memos on European and International legal and political issues (e.g. Competition law, European defence, EC external relations law and Audiovisual law); - Follow-up of the European Convention (which drafted the European Constitution) on behalf of the Belgian Foreign Office; - Follow-up of the World Trade Organization round on behalf of the Belgian Foreign Office; - Making presentation on European subjects, including being a member of the diplomatic team accompanying the Belgian Minister for Europe during a meeting between the Belgian Government and the Egyptian government on the Mediterranean association. Show less