Full Profile
Monerah is a licensed lawyer and private notary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with extensive experience advising and representing major corporations, including several Fortune 500 companies, across a wide range of sectors, with a particular focus on complex commercial disputes, including contractual, construction and infrastructure, shareholder, supply chain and procurement, and real estate and development matters.
She has a proven track record of representing clients, including government entities, in high-value commercial, administrative, and civil disputes. Monerah has appeared before multiple courts and committees, including the Supreme Court, where she has successfully managed complex and high-stakes cases.
Monerah also brings significant arbitration experience, representing clients in both ad hoc and institutional proceedings. She is trusted with technically complex and high-value disputes, where her extensive court experience has provided her with a nuanced understanding of how laws and regulations are interpreted and applied in practice. She leverages this insight to shape her strategic approach in arbitration, complementing her broader dispute resolution practice.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Monerah worked within litigation and dispute resolution teams at leading regional and international law firms.
Monerah holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Prince Sultan University and is admitted as a lawyer and private notary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, she worked at:
- Al Tamimi & Company
- Al Dhabaan & Partners in association with Eversheds Sutherland
Monerah is fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience
- Representing and advising a multinational client in arbitration proceedings, securing a favourable outcome.
- Representing and advising several clients in arbitration award annulment proceedings before the Court of Appeal, successfully securing favourable outcomes.
- Representing and advising a joint venture in high‑value disputes arising from a multi‑billion USD agreement connected to a major national project.
- Representing a joint-stock company in a complex dispute valued at approximately USD 100 million, securing a favourable outcome.
- Representing a global distribution company in a contractual dispute, successfully challenging unfavourable expert reports and securing a favourable outcome.
- Representing an international technology company in a complex software installation dispute, navigating legal challenges up to the Supreme Court and achieving a favourable outcome.
- Representing a technology company in a contractual dispute, navigating challenges up to the Court of Appeal and securing a favourable outcome.
- Advising and representing a client in a high-value land development dispute, overseeing all legal aspects of an approximately USD 266 million project.
- Representing a governmental entity in lawsuits related to regulatory amendment, navigating challenges up to the Administrative Supreme Court and securing favourable judgments.
- Advising and representing a major financing company in 23 lawsuits against an insurance company, achieving favourable judgments at both levels of the dispute resolution committees.
- Advising and representing a major telecommunications company before the administrative court, securing favourable outcomes.
- Providing strategic legal advice to a major telecommunications company on a distribution agreement.
- Providing ongoing legal advisory services and strategic guidance to clients across various sectors, proactively identifying potential risks and disputes, and ensuring the mitigation of legal liabilities in their transactions.
