Leadership profile
Leadership built for high-stakes environments
Hamdan Alghamdi combines legal discipline with a commercial, entrepreneurial instinct in leading legal functions across borders — with hands-on experience in the defence and aviation sectors, international commercial arbitration, major construction and EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) contracts, the leadership of international and domestic negotiations, corporate governance, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) — inside the Kingdom and abroad.
Hamdan Alghamdi
Managing Partner
A note from the managing partner
High-stakes environments do not merely need legal support — they need disciplined judgment, structural clarity, drafting precision, and an institutional standard of trust. That is what we deliver for our clients.
Executive programmes
- Executive programme — Yale University
- Executive programme — University of Pennsylvania
- Executive programme — Copenhagen
Professional experience
- General CounselSuperstruct Contracting Co.
Leads the legal affairs of the entire group, providing strategic direction across the governance of major and classified construction contracts and EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) projects, regulatory compliance, crisis management, and the efficient closure of sensitive strategic projects.
- Business Consulting Specialist — Defence & Security AdvisoryKPMG Saudi Arabia
Contributed as a key advisor supporting the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) restructuring & modernisation programme — drafting strategic deliverables, reorganising operational structures, and aligning defence modernisation with national objectives for armed-forces capability development.
- Legal Advisor — Office of the General Manager (OGM)Vinnell Arabia (a Northrop Grumman company)
Provided advanced legal and analytical counsel to senior management in support of the Saudi Arabian National Guard modernisation programme — drafting legal opinions and memoranda in Arabic and English, aligning defence contracts with joint Saudi–US standards (including international compliance and export controls), and structuring preventive settlements for complex disputes to protect the company's strategic interests.
- Corporate & International Commercial LawyerPasco & Associates, LLC — Washington, DC
Managed and negotiated cross-border commercial contract packages, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and international joint ventures; developed advanced compliance strategies across multiple legislative environments to protect multinational clients and reduce international contractual risk exposure.
- Co-Founder & CEOmQsala — Dubai
Founded and led a Dubai-based digital platform for on-demand logistics and technology services; directed the venture's operational and executive vision and integrated blockchain and digital-payment technologies to secure and accelerate smart financial and contractual operations, adapting to the regulatory frameworks of emerging technology.
- FounderGreen Generation Co. (GGEN) — Riyadh
Founded a Saudi brand specialising in agricultural innovation and sustainable technology solutions for the resource management of farmers and livestock producers; aligned the business model to contribute directly to food-security and environmental-sustainability objectives under Saudi Vision 2030.
Certified Full-stack Business Consultant — Ministry of Human Resources & Social Development (HRSD).
International commercial arbitration — moot competitions
- Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot — Vienna
Advocate in the 26th edition (2018/2019) and coach of the Saudi Electronic University team in the 27th edition (2019/2020).
Certificate of participation (26th) (verify certificate (opens in a new tab))Certificate of recognition — coach (27th) (verify certificate (opens in a new tab))Saudi Electronic University news (verify certificate (opens in a new tab))Saudi Embassy in Austria (X) (verify certificate (opens in a new tab)) - SCCA Arbitration Moot International — Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration
Served on the moot competition's arbitration tribunals and contributed to its success, International Edition (2021/2022) — organised by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) in partnership with UNCITRAL and the CLDP.
Certifications & continuing legal education
Selected certifications in law and governance from global universities and institutions via Coursera — each is officially verifiable (select a title).
- American Contract Law I — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Yale University
- American Contract Law II — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Yale University
- An Introduction to American Law — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Pennsylvania
- Corporate & Commercial Law I: Contracts & Employment Law — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- European Business Law: Understanding the Fundamentals — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Lund University
- Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Pennsylvania
- Introduction to International Criminal Law — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Case Western Reserve University
- International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Leiden University
- Making Successful Decisions through the Strategy, Law & Ethics Model — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Michigan
- Bases of the Law of Obligations (Russian Federation), Part 1 — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)MGIMO University
- Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)The University of Chicago
- Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- International Water Law — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Geneva
- U.S. Health Law Fundamentals — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Pennsylvania
- Genomics for Law — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Challenging Forensic Science: How Science Should Speak to Court — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Lausanne
- Children's Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Introduction — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Geneva
- Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Virginia
- After the Arab Spring: Democratic Aspirations and State Failure — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Copenhagen
- Global Health and Humanitarianism — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Manchester
- Water Resources Management and Policy — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)University of Geneva
- Cultural Intelligence: Become a Global Citizen — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Macquarie University
- Build Personal Resilience — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Macquarie University
- Career Planning: Your Career, Your Life — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Macquarie University
- Professional Development: Improve Yourself, Always — verify certificate (opens in a new tab)Macquarie University
Investment partnership
Engr. Nusrath Mohammed
Investment Partner
Engr. Nusrath Mohammed is an investment partner in the Pactis Legal platform, supporting its strategic direction and institutional growth. His partnership pairs industrial investment depth with the platform's licensed legal foundation — strengthening Pactis's commercial grounding and its grasp of how capital-intensive enterprises actually operate.
He brings an extended entrepreneurial track record building and leading companies and groups across engineering, turn-key construction, and advanced manufacturing in Saudi Arabia and the wider region — giving the platform a grounded reading of the realities of the business and capital-projects sector.
Enterprise portfolio
CEO and owner of several industrial and construction enterprises headquartered in Riyadh:
- Superstruct Contracting Co.
Established in 2013 (formerly HAH Contracting), the company delivers integrated turn-key civil, architectural, and MEP projects across the government, commercial, and industrial sectors — with a portfolio that includes major works such as the Riyadh Metro transit system, AZAL, and Rithm, alongside a growing focus on supporting clean-energy projects aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.
- HACFI — Metal Fabrication
Specialised in advanced metal engineering and fabrication and their applications in modern construction for commercial and luxury-hospitality developments, built to high international standards.
- ArtCraft & the Metallica brand
Specialised in premium interior-finishing solutions and bespoke architectural fit-out — known for introducing real liquid-metal coating technology to the region.
Strategic alignment
His role as an investment partner reflects Pactis Legal's model: pairing industrial investment experience with a licensed legal foundation lets the platform deliver governance and legal structuring that reads operational challenges, contractual engineering, and risk management in major projects and complex contracts from the vantage point of real market practice.