Who’s Who: Abdulrahman Alrebdi, acting chief legal counsel for Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Who’s Who: Abdulrahman Alrebdi, acting chief legal counsel for Diriyah Gate Development Authority
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Updated 29 June 2022
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Who’s Who: Abdulrahman Alrebdi, acting chief legal counsel for Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Who’s Who: Abdulrahman Alrebdi, acting chief legal counsel for Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Abdulrahman Alrebdi has been acting chief legal counsel for Diriyah Gate Development Authority since February, 2022, overseeing department functions for the construction and real estate, corporate advisory, litigation, and risk and compliance departments.

Previously, Alrebdi was associate legal director for a month and legal manager from 2020 to 2021 at the DGDA. In his role as a legal manager, he was responsible for leading the corporate advisory division, which managed transactions, corporate contracts, corporate advisory and regulatory support. 

As a legal and regulation adviser, he led the establishment of the contracts and transactions department by drafting seven contract templates, which included the construction contract, design and build contract and professional services agreement.

Before that, he was the project manager at Saudi Grains Organization in 2018. Alrebdi was part of the consultancy team that developed the organizational structure and the organization’s manual. Alrebdi was also a part-time consultant for the Ministry of Justice in 2017.

He was a law faculty member at the Institute of Public Administration from 2011 to 2018 and led a team that drafted the governance regulations for the Public Pension Agency. These regulations include the board’s charter, delegation policy and investment policy.

Alrebdi took part in public policy consultations and studies for government entities, including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor and Social Services, and Ministry of Civil Service. 

Alrebdi completed the leadership in the corporate counsel program at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2021.

He received a master’s degree in law with a focus on government contracts in 2014 from Ohio State University,  Columbus, and gained a bachelor’s degree in law from King Abdulaziz University in 2010.