Foreign investor and local-partner dispute in Saudi Arabia

How we help with foreign investor and local-partner dispute

• Evidence and document review

  Our review covers joint-venture agreement, ownership chart, contribution records, management mandates and disputed accounts. We identify what supports your position and what needs clarification or further evidence.

• Does foreign-investor status automatically create an international arbitration claim?

  Article 10 preserves access to the competent court unless the parties agree otherwise and permits agreed arbitration, mediation or conciliation subject to related laws. Article 13 preserves applicable treaty commitments. Establish the actual agreement or treaty, protected investment and parties before selecting a forum; foreign nationality alone is not an arbitration agreement. Compare registered ownership with the investment agreement, contributions, management powers and profit arrangements. Identify the disputed obligation and who controls accounts or assets. Ownership, funding repayment and operational control should be analysed separately before proposing an exit or claim.