Wissam Hachem is a Co-Founder and Partner at EKP based in Riyadh. He has 20 years of experience in the Middle East, of which 15 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He specializes in corporate and commercial law (including foreign investment), and securities and insurance with particular emphasis on insurance transactional work, as well as capital markets. His expertise covers joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings, insurance-related transactions and corporate restructurings. He has also been the leading lawyer in relation to several high-profile IPOs and rights issues for several insurance companies and other corporations in Saudi Arabia. Recently, he was the leading lawyer advising on the first merger of two insurance companies listed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Wissam has in-depth knowledge in local laws and practices. He has spent most of his career in Saudi Arabia advising a large number of European, U.S. and Middle Eastern clients in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East in relation to project development, commercial contracts, company setups, franchising, as well as matters of general company law and corporate governance