Saad A Hussain is a solicitor of England and Wales with substantial experience in private practice, senior in-house legal roles and financial dispute adjudication. His work spans the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, combining corporate and commercial advice with involvement in litigation, mediation and complex commercial negotiations.
His experience includes serving as a Corporate and Commercial Partner at Regency Solicitors and as General Counsel at APEX Industrial Services, alongside advising Energy Capital Group. He advises shareholders, boards, investors and senior management on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment structures, corporate reorganisations, governance and cross-border commercial arrangements.
Saad previously worked at the Financial Ombudsman Service as a Senior Adjudicator, assessing financial services complaints and applying relevant legal and regulatory principles to their resolution. His work included a case addressing the interpretation of “single item” under the Consumer Credit Act, contributing to the interpretation of that term in the assessment of consumer credit complaints.
His contentious experience includes involvement in litigation concerning property investments, shareholder arrangements and contractual obligations, including legal drafting, disclosure issues and settlement negotiations. He has also helped resolve a mediation concerning commercial contracts valued at approximately £12 million, achieving a commercially focused settlement while preserving important business relationships.
Alongside his disputes work, Saad advises on complex supply, services, construction, infrastructure and strategic collaboration agreements, particularly within the industrial services and energy sectors. His experience includes negotiating payment protections, performance obligations, warranties, indemnities, liability limitations and termination rights.
Saad also brings experience in Islamic finance, including serving as legal counsel to an Islamic Finance Advisory panel. His work encompasses matters involving English law, Sharia principles and international commercial practice.
As a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Saad has a particular interest in commercial arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution. His approach combines legal precision with practical commercial judgment, focusing on proportionate solutions, protection of value and efficient dispute resolution.
Selected disputes and adjudication experience
* Mediation concerning commercial contracts valued at approximately £17 million, resulting in a commercially focused settlement while preserving important business relationships.
* Involvement in UK property investment litigation concerning an alleged £750,000 investment, addressing disputed acquisition and refurbishment contributions, disclosure, evidential issues and settlement correspondence.
* Advising on a disputed reimbursement demand of approximately £31,000 on behalf of a diplomatic mission, including reconciliation of charges, repayment proposals and pre-action recovery correspondence.
* Adjudicating financial services complaints as a Senior Adjudicator at the Financial Ombudsman Service, including a case concerning the interpretation of “single item” under the Consumer Credit Act.
Selected transactional and commercial experience
* Reviewing and negotiating contractual terms for a construction project valued at approximately SAR 177.8 million, addressing payment protections, performance obligations, delay liability and contractual risk allocation.
* Advising on repurchase obligations concerning a SAR 40 million investment commitment, including contractual entitlement, notice requirements and potential payment exposure.
* Advising on put rights relating to a SAR 50 million investment tranche, including valuation mechanisms, settlement requirements and transfer restrictions.
* Advising on a SAR 30 million project joint venture funding request, including repayment obligations, shareholder funding allocations and reconciliation of balances.
* Advising on investment fund default and capital arrangements involving approximately SAR 37.5 million, including proposed capitalisation and allocation of investor interests.
