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Corporate governance helps build a clear framework for company management, defining roles, responsibilities, and authorities, and organizing the relationship between the board of directors, executive management, and partners or shareholders. This supports decision-making efficiency and enhances the level of transparency and oversight within the enterprise. Meezan Law provides governance solutions tailored to the nature, structure, and objectives of each company, starting from assessing the current status and identifying gaps, all the way to developing frameworks, policies, internal regulations, and delegation of authority matrices, while observing relevant regulations and rules in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Corporate Governance Service Corporate governance represents a system of rules, policies, and procedures that determines how a company is managed and overseen, clarifying the distribution of responsibilities and authorities among key parties within it. Governance is not limited to preparing a set of documents and regulations; rather, it aims to build a more organized institutional environment that helps clarify responsibilities, raise decision-making efficiency, enhance oversight and compliance, and reduce risks resulting from overlapping authorities or the absence of clear internal procedures. Through corporate governance services, entities can develop clearer structures commensurate with their business size, nature of activity, and growth stage, supporting institutional sustainability and improving the relationship between owners, the board of directors, executive management, and stakeholders.

What Corporate Governance Services Does Meezan Provide? Meezan offers an integrated package of legal and regulatory governance services, with the scope of work determined according to the company’s type, structure, current governance level, and future needs.

• Preparing and Developing a Corporate Governance Framework: We work on developing an integrated framework that defines the basic principles and rules governing management and oversight within the company, clarifying roles, responsibilities, and decision-making mechanisms to suit the entity’s structure and nature of business.

• Preparing Internal Regulations and Policies: Internal regulations and policies help translate governance principles into clear procedures applicable within the company. Therefore, policies related to management, authorities, decision-making, conflict of interest, and others are prepared and reviewed according to the enterprise’s needs.

• Preparing a Corporate Governance Manual and Regulation: A corporate governance regulation or internal governance manual can be prepared to clarify the governance structure, roles, responsibilities, procedures, and controls upon which the company relies to manage its business, taking into account relevant regulatory and organizational requirements and the company’s nature.

• Reviewing and Evaluating the Current Governance Structure: If a company has existing governance policies or frameworks, they are reviewed and evaluated for clarity, coherence, and suitability to the current structure, identifying shortcomings or overlaps in responsibilities and proposing appropriate improvements.

• Organizing Board and Executive Management Authorities: A clear separation between the duties of the board of directors and executive management helps limit overlapping responsibilities and improve decision-making. Therefore, we work to define and organize authorities, responsibilities, and delegation mechanisms to suit the company’s administrative and legal structure.

• Preparing a Delegation of Authority Matrix: The delegation of authority matrix clarifies the entities or persons authorized to approve and make decisions on various matters, such as contracts, expenses, investments, employment, and others. It is prepared to achieve clarity in levels of authority and responsibility and limit conflicts of jurisdiction within the enterprise.

• Supporting Compliance with Laws and Regulations: Governance helps build internal procedures that enhance institutional compliance with laws, regulations, and requirements related to the company’s activity and legal form, while defining responsibilities related to follow-up and internal control.

• Assessing Governance Level and Providing Recommendations: We study the current situation, compare it to the company’s target framework, identify organizational or legal gaps, and provide practical recommendations to improve the governance level and develop related policies and procedures.

• Legal Consultations Regarding Governance: Meezan provides legal support in matters related to management authorities, corporate meetings and resolutions, regulating relationships between parties, internal policies, and other topics overlapping with the governance system.

Scope of Application of Corporate Governance Services Corporate governance solutions in Saudi Arabia can be designed to suit various types and stages of enterprises, most notably:

• Family businesses.

• Joint-stock companies.

• Limited liability companies.

• Startups and growing companies.

• Major companies and groups.

• Companies preparing to welcome new investors.

• Entities undergoing expansion or restructuring phases.

A unified model is not applied to all companies; governance needs differ according to legal form, enterprise size, ownership structure, nature of management, and business growth stage.

When Does Your Company Need Corporate Governance Services? The need to develop a governance system becomes more critical when a company begins to grow, management levels increase, or relationships between partners, investors, and decision-makers expand. Among the most prominent cases that warrant studying and developing governance:

• When establishing a company and desiring to build an organized administrative structure from the outset.

• Upon business expansion and an increase in the number of departments or branches.

• During company restructuring or a change in the management model.

• Prior to the entry of new investors or partners.

• When preparing for capital increases or major investment operations.

• When there is an overlap between the authorities of owners, the board of directors, and executive management.

• When decision-making is slow due to unclear authorities.

• When there is a need to develop internal control and risk management.

• When desiring to enhance transparency and compliance within the company.

• When internal regulations and policies need updating to match business development.

Stages of Providing the Corporate Governance Service Meezan relies on an approach that begins with truly understanding the company before drafting any regulations or policies, ensuring the governance system is applicable and compatible with the entity’s nature.

1. Studying the Company’s Structure: The service begins by understanding the company’s legal form, ownership structure, management, nature of activity, and relationships between authorized parties and key entities within the organization.

2. Evaluating the Current Status: Existing regulations, policies, structures, documents, decision-making mechanisms, and responsibility distribution are reviewed to form a clear picture of the current governance level.

3. Identifying Gaps and Risks: Points of overlap or ambiguity in authorities, procedures, and policies are identified, and legal and regulatory risks requiring treatment are studied.

4. Designing the Governance Framework: Based on evaluation results, a governance framework suited to the company’s nature is developed, defining responsibilities, authorities, controls, decision-making, and oversight mechanisms.

5. Preparing Regulations, Policies, and Documents: Necessary documents are prepared, such as the governance manual, internal policies, delegation of authority matrix, and other documents required by the project scope.

6. Supporting Implementation and Follow-up: The service is not limited to document preparation; it can include supporting the company in understanding the new framework, applying policies and procedures, and reviewing them when needed according to the scope of assignment.

Why Choose Meezan for Corporate Governance Services? Effective governance relies on a legal and regulatory understanding of the company’s nature, rather than merely preparing ready-made regulations. Meezan works to build governance solutions tailored to the actual structure, objectives, and growth stage of the enterprise.

• Understanding of Laws and Companies in Saudi Arabia: The governance structure is studied while observing laws, regulations, and requirements related to the company, its activity, and its legal form in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Solutions Tailored to the Company’s Nature: Family business needs differ from those of joint-stock or startup companies; hence, the governance framework is designed according to each entity’s nature rather than relying on a unified model.

• Clarity of Roles and Authorities: We work to organize the relationship between owners, the board of directors, and executive management, defining responsibilities and authorities in a way that minimizes overlap and supports decision-making efficiency.

• Enhancing Compliance and Reducing Risks: Clear policies and procedures help discover points of weakness, enhance oversight, and limit legal and regulatory risks resulting from a lack of internal controls.

• Preparing Applicable Documents and Policies: We ensure governance documents reflect the company’s actual business nature, remaining clear and applicable rather than theoretical policies difficult to integrate into the work environment.

• Continuous Support for Governance Development: Company needs change with business expansion and shifts in ownership and management structure; therefore, the governance framework and policies can be reviewed and developed to match growth stages and organizational changes.

Contact Meezan to Request Corporate Governance Services If your company needs to establish or develop a corporate governance system, review its current structure, and prepare regulations, policies, and a delegation of authority matrix, you can contact the Meezan Law Firm and Legal Consultations team to present the enterprise’s needs and evaluate its current status. Our team studies the company’s structure, identifies gaps and legal/regulatory requirements, and then develops a governance framework suited to the nature of its business, helping to enhance clarity of responsibilities, compliance, and management efficiency.