Saud Alqahtani
Saud is qualified Saudi Arabian lawyer, specializing in finance and project finance.
Saud is qualified Saudi Arabian lawyer, specialising in finance and project finance.
Saud is a senior associate in our Finance and Project Finance team, specialising in finance and projects finance. He advises borrowers and leading international and local financial institutions on a wide range of financing and project financing transactions covering the full spectrum of industries including power, infrastructure, oil and gas, telecommunications and other industrial sectors. He also advises on restructuring, debt rescheduling and turnarounds.
Saud also has extensive experience acting for government bodies in their capacity as lenders and borrowers. He also advises government entities on wide range of matters relating to government entities providing and/or obtaining financings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saud is admitted as a lawyer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the King Saud University and obtained his master's degree from the University of California, Davis.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- the lenders on a SAR 26 billion facility for the development of the largest green hydrogen production facility in the world and the development of wind and solar farms in NEOM*
- Samba Financial Group on banking specific matters in connection with the merger with the Saudi Nation Bank (formerly known as the National Commercial Bank), the largest and fastest merger in the region with assets exceeding $239 billion*
- the lenders on a SAR 5 billion ijara facility for the development of the Avenues – Riyadh, to become the largest commercial mall in the Middle East with a GLA of 398 sqm*
- the lenders on a SAR 14 billion green credit facility for the development of the phase 1 of the Red Sea Project*
- the lenders on a SAR 7 billion term loan and revolving facilities for Al-Etisalat Al-Mutankilah Al-Saudia Company (ZAIN KSA)*
*Experience prior to joining HSF
