Abdullah Al Obaid

Partner

Riyadh

Abdullah is a Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Riyadh and leads the Regulatory and Public Policy practice.

Abdullah has extensive experience advising on legislative and regulatory matters, including drafting, review, and development of laws, implementing regulations, rules, manuals, policies, and governance frameworks. His practice focuses on a broad range of regulatory and strategic sectors, including privatisation, public-private partnerships (PPP), public sector transformation, government procurement, corporate law, real estate development, transportation and logistics, healthcare, sport, technology, and infrastructure.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

The National Center for Privatisation & PPP (NCP) on the drafting of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Law, its Implementing Regulations, rules, manuals, and other regulatory instruments governing PSP projects*
The Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services on the Public Transportation Projects Regulatory Framework and the privatisation of the transportation and logistics sectors*
The Ministry of Finance on updating the Government Tenders and Procurement Law and developing the Revenue Sharing Rules*
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) on transformation projects, asset transfer projects, major real estate development projects, and various regulatory matters*
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Ministry of Sport on the corporatisation and transformation of Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Ahli football clubs, including the development of the regulatory framework governing the transformation*
The Ministry of Sport on the privatisation of Saudi Pro League, First Division, and Second Division football clubs and various other regulatory matters*
Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) on the Qiddiya Project, strategic initiatives including the Qiddiya High-Speed Rail Project, and a range of regulatory matters*
Health Holding Company on the privatisation of the healthcare sector, the transformation of health clusters, and related regulatory matters*

*Experience prior to joining HSF Kramer