Fahad Albaijan is a Kuwaiti lawyer practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial law including international commercial transactions and white-collar crimes. He also works with shareholding companies, partnerships, local joint ventures, regional agents, and start-ups. Fahad also practices as a commercial and civil litigator in front of the Kuwait courts.

Education

  • 2019 – Juris Doctor degree, Certificate in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, Louisiana, United States
  • 2015 – Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona, United States

Professional Memberships

  • Kuwait Bar Association
  • Certified Regulatory Compliance Officer

Recent Experience

  • Lead a forensic legal audit on behalf of a public financial entity to examine and evaluate criminal conduct engaged by an individual embezzling Public Funds in offshore companies in the amount of $25,000,000. Drafted a proper memorandum that was circulated to the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait and Department for Legal Advice and Legislation and forwarded to the Public Prosecutor heading the White-Collar Crimes Department which resulted in successfully charging the individual with the crimes and eventually returning the embezzled public funds
  • Conducted a forensic legal audit investigation on behalf of a listed company against a previous key personnel who was found to have committed fraud actions and the embezzlement of an amount upwards of $50,000,000
  • Advised a major client on forensic reports issued by an auditing firm in relation with discrepancies in financial reports issued post-acquisition of a regional company and implemented a strategy to successfully settle the matter to the client’s favour
  • Conducted due diligence and drafted joint venture and share purchase agreements for a major local client
  • Attained certification as an Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financial Terrorism compliance officer and represented companies in front of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in addition to giving AML training courses to companies’ employees as mandated under my certification
  • Established foreign companies in the State of Kuwait in association with KDIPA and facilitated governmental procedures for such endeavour
  • Conducted a review of a Murabaha Financing Agreement in obtaining 3,720,000 (KWD) to fund a 25% contribution towards an SPV capital holding
  • Assisted in drafting financing agreements between investors, security holders, and financial institutions located in Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Engaged in working with international lawyers in several jurisdictions located in USA, EU, and Asia in representing Kuwaiti Clients that have legal claims and ownership interest in such jurisdictions
  • Drafted a legal memorandum concerning the infringement of intellectual property on behalf of a client that suffered damages resulting from the infringement of his trademark and copyrights
  • Filed a criminal law suit against an individual that stole equipment and inventory from an industrial site on behalf of a manufacturing company and was able to successfully convict the wrongdoer and reclaim the assets
  • Regularly advise, assist and draft contracts for one of the top audit firm in Kuwait

Languages

  • English
  • Arabic