H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani founded this Law Firm during the year 1956 in Jeddah as the first office providing legal consultations in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since its establishment, our firm has included an elite selection of Saudi, Arab and American legal consultants with a wide range of expertise and knowledge on prevailing laws and regulations in the Middle East region. Due to the expansion of the business, and the increasing number of clients, His Excellency opened branches for the office in both Riyadh and Bahrain. Our office in Bahrain is the only foreign legal consultation office that is legally authorized to practice law in full independence from the local offices in Bahrain. Of all the major business regions of the world, none is more distinctive in its legal, political, business and cultural environment than the Middle East. Reliable advice on Saudi Laws and customs is critically important in all Saudi business activities, since only Saudi and Shari’ah Laws apply with the exclusion of foreign laws. Saudi Law, like Saudi culture is evolving rapidly, drawing from traditional, Islamic and Shari’ah as well as from Western sources. Therefore understanding and successfully penetrating not only the Middle East but also the international markets requires the guidance of experienced professionals familiar with and well connected in both the Western and Local communities. The Firm’s professionals provide the legal interface between local and international laws and customs which provides a convergence of traditional and modern influences as it is an imperative need of the time.