Farhan Al-Farhan

POSITION
Foreign Legal Counsel

OFFICE
Saudi Arabia, Dubai, London

EMAIL ADDRESS
riyadh@elareflaw.com

FIELDS OF PRACTICE
• Legal Advisor Saudi embassy Brussels in 2009

• Joined El-Aref Law Office as affiliated Foreign Legal Counsel in 2008

• Legal Advisor UNDP New York, United Nations 2008

• PR-Director at Bell Pottinger Communications Government Relations & Branding 2007

• In 2006, Head of Legal Department at Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia UK London, overseeing cases involving all aspects of English and international law including; state immunity, terrorism, criminal litigation, civil claims, contracts, and political economy analysis. Main point of contact between the Embassy and their core professional advisors and report directly to the Ambassador

LINE OF EXPERIENCE
2005-08 Portsmouth University, PhD Reforming Saudi FDI Laws
2005 Harvard University, Constitutional engineering (International law) & Deductive logic (philosophy)
2004 Oxford University, Diploma in Comparative media Studies Law and Policy
2003 University of Kent, Masters degree in International Commercial Law (LLM)
2002 London School of Economics, Diploma in Organisation and Strategic Management, and Political Science
2001 London School of Economics Diploma in Foreign Policy Analysis and Political Science
1998-99 Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Transportation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Involved in claims compensation and damages
1997 Investment consultant, at Swiss corporation Bank Geneva, as Coordinator developing client investment portfolios
1994-1999 King Saud University Bachelor Degree in Legal Administrative Science
1995 London School of Economics Diploma in political Economy Development