Abdulaziz Almezeini

Dr Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Almezeini is a founding partner at the Firm and the head of the International and Local Consultations and Contracts Department. Dr Almezeini has gained his PhD. and LL.M. from Georgetown University, in Washington DC, in Law and Islamic Finance. Once he got his LL.M, he qualified to work as a Legal Advisor for the Head office of Covington and Burling LLP in Washington DC. In addition, he also has LL.M from the Higher Judicial Institute in Riyadh, KSA. During his work with Covington and Burling LLP in Washington DC, Dr Almezeini gathered his practical experience on both local and global level. He joined the Covington team of experts in preparing and drafting all the legislations of “Saudi Authority of Economic Cities”. In addition, he gave his legal consultations on Islamic Finance, legal structuring and foreign investment, to many of Covington’s clients including American and multinational companies, such as Google, Mocrosoft, ABBOTT, and others, which also have huge investments in the Middle East and GCC countries. Dr Almezeini is also a former legal advisor at Abdulaziz Algassim Law Firm in cooperation with Allen & Overy, where he participated in preparing and drafting The Saudi Mortgage Law. He also represented many of the Saudi and multinational companies, (e.g. SAMBA Financial Group, AL-Riyadh Bank, and Dallah Albaraka Holding Co., besides some governmental entities such as Bureau of Experts; Ministry of Finance; Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA); and others).

- PhD and LL.M from Georgetown University, in Washington DC, in Law and Islamic Finance