Abbas Ahdal Sharif

Abbas Ahdal Sharif

Associate, HFW (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Contact

abbas.sharif@hfw.com

Areas of expertise

Corporate and Commercial

Biography

Abbas is an associate in our global corporate practice and is an English qualified lawyer, based in Riyadh. He regularly advises clients on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (private and public), strategic joint ventures, corporate finance, business reorganisations, restructuring, equity investments, capital issuance, and main stream corporate advisory.

Abbas has extensive experience in working across multiple jurisdictions with multi-disciplinary teams, regularly advising clients in a range of industry sectors, including the energy, construction and infrastructure, banking / financial institutions, aviation, commodities and mining sectors.  His experience encompasses advising a wide range of clients on strategic asset and share acquisition transactions, from conducting the required legal due diligence to drafting and negotiating the entire suite of transaction documentation. He routinely works closely with HFW network in advising clients in relation to complex project structuring and joint venture arrangements in Saudi Arabia.