Compliance and Culture: Building an Effective Whistleblowing Program in Saudi Arabia

An expert in organizational whistleblowing management, Jan is engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption, and organizational whistleblowing best practices. Jan is CIPP/E is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law).

Jan was recently accepted as a member into The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems.

Anmar is the regional head of our corporate commercial practice group at MAS LAW. He has more than 20 years of experience focusing on public and private M&A, joint ventures, capital markets, private equity, structuring and reorganization and foreign investment laws.

Described by clients as a very strong and capable lawyer and a great business partner, Anmar is ranked by Chambers & Partners Global as a leading corporate commercial lawyer in Saudi Arabia. Anmar advises multinational, regional and local clients on a range of corporate mandates including advising buyers and sellers on public and private acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures across a variety of industry sectors. He is experienced in advising clients on corporate structuring, restructuring and reorganization and private equity transactions. Anmar also advises a number of family investment offices with relation to their regional and global investments, joint ventures, commercial transactions and compliance and governance.

Anmar’s transactional work has involved advising multinational corporations, high profile government entities, private equity and venture capital firms in the Middle East.

Prior to joining the firm, Anmar was a partner with Eversheds Sutherland International LLP, where he headed their corporate commercial team in Saudi Arabia for 10 years.