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Hashem ElHawari is a seasoned legal advisor with over 10 years of post-qualification experience advising on corporate and commercial law matters across the GCC and broader MENA region. His practice focuses on M&A, private equity, joint ventures, cross-border structuring, and regulatory compliance under Saudi Arabian law. He regularly advises both domestic and international clients—ranging from leading investment groups and industrial conglomerates to multinational corporations and private equity firms—on complex transactions and regulatory matters across a wide array of sectors including healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, manpower solutions, media, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

Hashem serves as lead counsel on high-stakes transactions in Saudi Arabia, including strategic share sales, asset sale deals exceeding SAR 400 million, and joint ventures between Saudi and foreign investors. He also advises on economic concentration filings before the General Authority for Competition (GAC) and provides legal guidance on compliance with MISA, SAMA, and other local regulatory frameworks.

He has been seconded as in-house legal counsel to one of the region’s largest automotive companies and frequently collaborates with Magic Circle and other international law firms, supporting their clients with Saudi law matters, including transactional execution, structuring, and local regulatory compliance.

Hashem holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and is admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association since 2010. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.

Ibrahim Alabdali joined the law firm of Hammad & Al-Mehdar in 2023. Ibrahim is a qualified Saudi lawyer, and a qualified private notary.

Prior to joining Hammad & Al-Mehdar, Ibrahim has worked in an international and top tier law firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ibrahim specializes in litigation, and arbitration. Ibrahim is part of the Dispute Resolution Department of Hammad & Al-Mehdar.

Reina El Ali is a Lebanese-qualified lawyer with over 13 years of experience in the Middle East. She joined the finance practice at HMCo in 2021, based in Dubai.

Before joining HMCo, Reina practiced at leading regional law firms. She specializes in corporate finance with a focus on venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring. Reina regularly advises on cross-border transactions, corporate governance, and complex investment structures, combining technical expertise with practical, business-focused solutions.

Ghazal Tarabzouni has completed her Bachelors in Law LLB from King’s College London and obtained her LLM with a distinction – covering: Law of Islamic Finance, Human Rights of Women, Human Rights and Islamic Law, International Protection of Human Rights.

Ghazal is a qualified attorney admitted to practice by the Ministry of Justice in Saudi Arabia in 2020 and is part of Finance department in Hammad & Al-Mehdar Law Firm since July 2018.