People
Partner / Chairman, Saudi Arabia Practice
Trial and Global Disputes
/ International Arbitration and Litigation
Abdulaziz Al Fahad is a Saudi national admitted to the bar in Saudi Arabia and has been practicing law since 1985. Al Fahad handles matters across a broad spectrum of work in Saudi Arabia. He has handled cases before Saudi courts and tribunals and handled matters for international and local lenders and sponsors to major projects, mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs.
Al Fahad was an advisor to the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry on the proposed accession of Saudi Arabia to the World Trade Organization, to a global energy company on the proposed Saudi Gas Initiative and on several projects related to the privatization of government entities. He has represented parties in major and complex disputes in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
Al Fahad is a graduate of Michigan State University (B.A,) School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (M.A.) and Yale Law School (JD). In addition, Al Fahad was the recipient of a fellowship at Harvard University, where he was appointed jointly as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and a Research Fellow at Harvard Law School. Al Fahad was a member of the Advisory Commission to the Supreme Economic Council between 1999-2003.
Juris Doctor, Yale Law School
M.A. International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Economics, Michigan State University
Saudi Arabia
Member of the Academic Committee, Legal Experts Commission, Council of Ministers (2002 - 2008)
Member of the Advisory Commission to the Supreme Economic Council (1999-2003)
Member of the Committee for the Development of International Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh
Arabic
February 13, 2025
Chambers Global 2025 Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading International Law Firm
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian Firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers Joins King & Spalding in Riyadh
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers joins the firm in Riyadh
February 13, 2025
Chambers Global 2025 Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading International Law Firm
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian Firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers Joins King & Spalding in Riyadh
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers joins the firm in Riyadh
February 13, 2025
Chambers Global 2025 Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading International Law Firm
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian Firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers Joins King & Spalding in Riyadh
January 21, 2025
Leading Saudi Arabian firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers joins the firm in Riyadh
Juris Doctor, Yale Law School
M.A. International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Economics, Michigan State University
Saudi Arabia
Member of the Academic Committee, Legal Experts Commission, Council of Ministers (2002 - 2008)
Member of the Advisory Commission to the Supreme Economic Council (1999-2003)
Member of the Committee for the Development of International Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh
Arabic