Commercial Arbitration & Institutional Litigation
Arbitration & Litigation
Where disagreement passes into legal determination, standing with the institutions of the Kingdom in the most complex disputes brought before them.
/ The Practice
The Saudi arbitration system stands among the most developed in the region, following the establishment of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration and the reform of the Arbitration Law and the enforcement of awards made under it. The Firm acts within that system both as arbitrator and as counsel, with extended experience in institutional disputes of substantial value and before the specialised commercial divisions of the Saudi courts.
Contact the Firm/ Practice Details
Scope: Conducted by its own specialists, in coordination with Corporate & Transactions
Serves: Saudi corporations, government and quasi-government entities, foreign parties to cross-border disputes, and creditors and shareholders in contested matters
Focus: Domestic and international arbitration, institutional litigation, enforcement of awards, and the drafting of arbitration clauses
Engagement: Assessment, strategy, representation, enforcement
Enquiries: Submit the Matter
/ The Reading
The specialised commercial courts proceed upon shorter periods, electronic procedure, and rules of commercial evidence of their own. A reply filed out of time, or a defence advanced without preparation, may determine a matter before its substance is ever heard. The Firm constitutes the file before the claim is filed, so that the expedition of the court operates to the advantage of the institution.
/ Scope of Services
Domestic Arbitration
Representation in domestic arbitration before the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration, from the constitution of the tribunal to the rendering of the award.
Regional & International Arbitration
Representation under the rules of the several chambers, with particular regard to the seat, the language of the proceedings and the governing law, being the three particulars upon which enforceability is determined in advance of the merits.
Institutional Litigation
Litigation before the specialised commercial courts, under their electronic procedure, their prescribed periods, and the divisions assigned to companies, insolvency and intellectual property.
Enforcement & Arbitrator Services
Enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitral awards before the enforcement courts, advice upon arbitration clauses in institutional contracts, and accredited arbitrator services.
/ Method
The first work upon a dispute is a candid assessment of its position: what the documents establish, what the record will bear, and what a tribunal is likely to make of both. Strategy proceeds from that assessment, and holds through to enforcement.
/ Standards of Engagement
Constituted Before Filing
Evidence is ordered, defences are drafted and periods are mapped in advance of the first submission, since the specialised courts hold to their calendar and will not restore a right allowed to lapse.
Both Sides of the Table
Sitting as arbitrator alongside acting as counsel affords the practice a working knowledge of the reasoning of tribunals, and that knowledge governs the manner in which a case is put before them.
Constituted for Enforcement
Every step is taken with the enforcement court in contemplation, since an award incapable of enforcement returns the institution to the position from which it began.
/ The Firm's Commitment
The Firm accepts a dispute where it holds the conviction that it may be carried to determination at the highest standard. And it states plainly what a matter is worth before it is opened, at the stage at which that assessment is still capable of governing the decision.
Dr. Bisher Abdulilah
Founder, Hoquqi
