Focus sector
Defence & security
Defence and security is among the most tightly regulated and confidential environments a company can operate in, where every contract, disclosure, and supplier relationship is built to withstand scrutiny. Pactis brings general-counsel discipline to this sector — drafting and governance calibrated to its sensitivity, with licensed counsel coordinated where a matter calls for it.
What we do
Pactis advises defence and security companies, suppliers, and their boards on the legal and regulatory architecture that surrounds procurement, local manufacturing, and industrial participation. We negotiate and draft the instruments that govern these relationships — supply and procurement agreements, manufacturing and technology-transfer arrangements, offset and localization commitments, teaming and joint-venture structures, and the confidentiality and security undertakings that sit beneath them — and we engineer risk allocation and dispute-resilience into the drafting itself. Alongside the contract layer, we build the governance and compliance framework the sector demands: board charters and delegation-of-authority frameworks, export-control and end-use compliance mapping, conflict and disclosure controls, and internal-control programmes designed to hold up under regulatory and counterparty review. Where a matter reaches into reserved areas or other jurisdictions, we coordinate licensed Saudi and international counsel through a single point of accountability, so the work stays coherent and the file stays controlled.
What is included
- Supply, procurement, and framework agreements
- Local-manufacturing, technology-transfer, and offset / industrial-participation arrangements
- Teaming, consortium, and joint-venture structures
- Confidentiality, security, and end-use undertakings
- Export-control and licensing compliance mapping
- Risk-allocation and dispute-resilience review of contract terms
When you need this
- You are entering a high-value defence procurement or supply programme
- A localization or offset commitment needs to be structured and documented
- A foreign partner or technology provider is joining your group
- Your governance and compliance framework must be ready for heightened regulatory scrutiny
- Export-control, end-use, or confidentiality obligations need to be mapped and controlled
Scope
PACTIS Legal advises and represents its clients directly on these matters within the Kingdom; where a matter reaches a foreign jurisdiction, it works with licensed local counsel under one accountable standard.
How we engage
Defence and security work fits standing counsel on retainer for an active programme, a defined strategic mandate for a single procurement or partnership, or a governance-and-compliance project, with cross-border coordination layered in where a matter extends beyond the Kingdom.