Mishari A. S. Alabbad
Mishari is a partner in the capital markets and real estate practice. Mishari is now considered one of the leading Saudi legal advisors in the real estate and real estate investment funds practice areas. He has ample experience in the areas of corporate/M&A.
Previously, Mishari was a legal adviser at the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia, during which time he advised on various matters under the CMA regulations. Mishari has also worked as a senior associate at a leading US law firm.
Yazeed Altoaimi
Yazeed has extensive experience in Saudi Arabia and advises clients regularly in complex cross-border and domestic public and private projects and transactions. Yazeed is a qualified lawyer in Saudi Arabia, licensed by the Ministry of Justice and is a member of the Saudi Arabian Bar Association.
Yazeed works closely with government stakeholders on various National Transformation Program initiatives and 2030 Vision projects, including the structuring and drafting of a number of regulations and policies.
Yazeed’s experience also includes privatization, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate and Capital Markets matters as well as commercial disputes.
Robert Vydra
Robert Vydra is a partner in our Saudi Arabian Capital Markets practice. He has been practising in Saudi Arabia since 2007 and has worked on several dozen public and private offerings of securities. Many of the IPOs and other offerings on which Robert has worked rank among the largest and most high-profile securities offerings in the Saudi market.
Robert regularly provides advice on innovative and “first-ever” deals, such as the first Rule 144A securities offering out of Saudi Arabia, the first securities offering out of the GCC qualifying as Lower Tier II capital for regulatory purposes or the first public takeover transaction in Saudi Arabia.
Pursuant to Chambers Global, “Robert Vydra is commended for his knowledge of Islamic capital markets and his vast experience of public and private securities. He is notably proficient in handling matters concerning the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul)”
Raneem Alsuhaibani
Raneem is a counsel in our regulatory and government advisory practice. She has extensive experience advising government entities on matters relating to their regulatory functions, sector governance reforms, national strategies implementation plans, and general legal/regulatory challenges.
Raneem also has experience advising corporate clients, both Saudi and international, on various matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, construction projects, and complex commercial contracts.
Momina Iftikhar
Momina is an associate on our Mergers and Acquisitions Team. Momina has extensive experience working with the leading, internationally-ranked law firms in Pakistan where she has worked extensively with international clients. Momina's experience includes full-spectrum corporate advisory work, including transactional matters, regulatory compliance, the foreign investment regime and mergers and acquisitions.
Abdullah Alkhomshi
Abdullah is an engaged Associate, advising on a broad range of regulatory projects and corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, and divestitures.
Mohammed Yasin
Mohammed is a UK-qualified solicitor who has accumulated over 16 years of combined experience in Saudi Arabia and internationally. A former Magic Circle lawyer advised clients on a wide spectrum of commercial, corporate, M&A, FDI, policy and regulatory matters. His practice comprises a multidisciplinary approach, supporting both sovereign and private sector clients on strategic and complex cross-border matters. Bilingual in Arabic and English, he brought a commercially grounded and solutions-driven perspective to each mandate.
At STAT, Mohammed operates within the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Funds & Alternative Investments practices, supporting clients on structuring and executing high-value transactions under Saudi law.