Neyla Rahal

Neyla Rahal is a Counsel in the Meysan Riyadh office, and a member of the firm’s corporate practice. Neyla’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law. She has worked on several domestic and cross-border transactions and acts on a wide range of competition law, state aid and procurement law matters. She has also worked on private equity transactions, including the raising of funds from investors through private placements.

• Advising a leading digital healthcare platform of the region, with day-to-day corporate and regulatory advisory work, including review of agreements, ensuring client’s rights are protected, advising on regulatory requirements and compliance with laws applicable in Saudi Arabia.
• Assisting a Saudi-based holding company with their day-to-day corporate and regulatory advisory work, including review of agreements, ensuring client’s rights are protected, advising on regulatory requirements and compliance with laws applicable in Saudi Arabia.
• Advised a Saudi-based leading Quick Service Restaurant operator in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan on the structuring and implementation of various long-term incentive plans in compliance with Saudi capital markets regulations applicable to publicly-listed companies.
• Advised a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), focused on public safety and smart mobility technologies, on drafting their standard general terms and conditions for client and customer agreements, and on the implementation of the new General Data Protection Regulations.
• Represented Gulf Insurance Group (GIG) in the sale of a 28.5% stake in Buruj Cooperative Company, navigating regulatory approvals and complex contractual arrangements.
• Advising Al Jammaz Group in the acquisition of a minority stake in Nahar Holding in Saudi Arabia.
• Advising Agility Logistics on the acquisition of Deqh Laboratories in Saudi Arabia.
• Advising Shuaiba Industrial in the acquisition of Aber in Saudi Arabia.
• Advising Ahmadiyah Contracting in their JV with AlKifah for the construction of the Avenues mall in AlKhobar.
• Advising Zain in the 85% acquisition of Xenon Prepaid (Bookeey) for a value of US$ 33 Million.
• Advising on numerous joint ventures, including for the establishment of hospitals in Saudi Arabia and for various construction and energy projects.
• Advising Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC) on its purchase of 50% stake in Rice to Riches Inc, an American food and beverage company.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: High yield
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Private equity
• Project development
• Project finance
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Accounting
• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Aviation
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Food and beverage
• Forestry
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Media
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharma and life sciences
• Real estate
• Shipping
• Social infrastructure
• Tech and telecoms
• Tourism
• Transport
• Utilities

• Beirut Bar Association

• Master in International Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France
• LL.M in International Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
• Bachelor in Law, Saint Joseph University, Beirut Lebanon