Fahad AlDehais wins highly prestigious ‘Emerging Leader 2017’ award at The M&A Advisors Awards

Fahad AlDehais, Managing Partner of Mohammed AlDhabaan & Partners in association with Eversheds Sutherland, has been named an ‘Emerging Leader 2017’ by The M&A Advisor Awards in New York. The event took place at the globally renowned New York Athletic Club, New York on 19th September 2017.

“The Annual M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders Awards was born as the 40 under 40 awards in the United States in 2010 to recognize and celebrate the achievements of young M&A, Financing and Turnaround professionals who had reached a significant level of success and made a notable contribution to their industry and community. With the expansion of the Emerging Leaders programme to the United Kingdom, and Europe in 2016, the 2017 US award winners join a truly global network of outstanding young professionals,” said David Fergusson, President and Co-CEO of The M&A Advisor.

Nadim Kayyali, Regional Practice Group Head, Corporate Commercial (Middle East), Eversheds Sutherland said: “We are very proud of Fahad and his fantastic achievement in winning this award – his industry and community involvement is exemplary, it is clear to anyone who meets Fahad why he has won this award – he truly deserves this recognition.”

Mohammed AlDhabaan & Partners, in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is a Saudi Arabian firm that has been around for almost 17 years with significant international experience being affiliated with Eversheds Sutherland for over 6 years now. It provides and delivers comprehensive and expert legal advice on a full range of corporate, commercial, financial, intellectual property, dispute resolution and real estate matters. At all times our focus is on providing practical, efficient and innovative legal solutions that help our clients to succeed.

Fahad AlDehais is the Managing Partner of the Saudi Arabia practice at Mohammed AlDhabaan and Partners in association with Eversheds Sutherland, he joined the team in August 2015. Fahad is a highly experienced senior Saudi lawyer advising on capital market transactions and mergers & acquisitions. Fahad also advises on sophisticated foreign investments and is a practicing litigator who appears before and attends arbitrations, specialised legal committees, and the different courts, with cases totalling in excess of SAR 26 billion. Fahad focuses mainly on capital markets and in September 2017 he supervised the listing of a company on the prime Saudi capital market and, in addition, this year he has already supervised and assisted on closing several M&A transactions. Fahad also advises on regulatory and public policy advisory assisting several ministries, authorities and government institutions on the National Transformation Plan 2020 and implementation of the Saudi Vision 2030.