PACTIS

Focus sector

Financial services

Financial services is among the most closely supervised environments a board can operate in, where licensing conditions, continuous-disclosure duties, and conduct obligations shape every decision. Pactis brings finely calibrated counsel to firms working under that scrutiny — translating a layered regulatory landscape into clear, defensible governance.

What we do

Pactis advises financial-sector boards, general counsel, and executive teams on the legal and regulatory architecture that the industry demands — mapping obligations across the Capital Market Authority framework and related conduct, disclosure, and data-protection regimes into a single, coherent programme. We design and document internal-control and compliance frameworks, draft board charters and delegation-of-authority structures suited to a supervised entity, prepare and review disclosure and reporting workflows, and structure the strategic contracts, partnerships, and cross-border arrangements through which financial firms grow. Where a matter calls for filings, licensing applications, or contentious proceedings reserved to licensed counsel, we coordinate the appropriate Saudi or international advisers under a single point of accountability, keeping the work to one disciplined standard from outset to result.

What is included

  • Capital Market Authority and conduct-of-business compliance mapping
  • Disclosure, reporting, and continuous-obligation workflows
  • Internal-control frameworks and compliance-programme design
  • Board charters and delegation-of-authority for supervised entities
  • PDPL data-governance and consent structures for client data
  • Strategic, partnership, and cross-border financial-services agreements

When you need this

  • You are establishing, restructuring, or licensing a regulated financial entity
  • A regulator's disclosure or reporting expectations have shifted and your processes need to keep pace
  • Your board needs a defensible compliance and internal-control framework ahead of scrutiny
  • A cross-border partner or counterparty is entering a transaction with your firm
  • Client and account data handling must be aligned with PDPL and supervisory expectations

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

This area is well suited to standing counsel on retainer, a defined governance-and-compliance project, or a scoped strategic mandate, with cross-border coordination where a transaction or counterparty spans more than one jurisdiction.