Navigate PPPs with legal clarity, regulatory access, and local insight

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

We support public-private collaboration across Saudi Arabia’s transformation agenda, ensuring your project is legally sound, commercially viable, and Vision 2030-compliant.

Saudi Arabia is unlocking trillion-riyal PPP opportunities. Are you legally ready?

The Kingdom is rapidly privatizing key sectors, transport, energy, healthcare, education, tourism, via structured PPP frameworks, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and government tenders. But navigating approvals, compliance, local partnerships, and contractual obligations in this space requires deep legal fluency.
At Ittika, we guide local and international developers, operators, and consortiums through every legal phase of their PPP lifecycle, from bid to close, and beyond.

Why Ittika for PPP work?

This isn’t standard contract law; it’s high-stakes government partnership law

PPP Law mastery

Deep understanding of Saudi Arabia’s PPP Law, NCP mandates, and sector-specific PPP regulations.

Multilingual contract negotiation

We bridge legal language between government stakeholders, global operators, and local subcontractors.

Regulatory rapport

Direct experience coordinating with MISA, NCP, SEZ authorities, and municipal agencies.

Dispute-ready structuring

We anticipate enforcement hurdles, compliance audits, and operational risks in long-term PPPs.

Our core governance & compliance services

PPP Project Structuring

Legal design of JV models, BOOT, DBFOM, or management contracts aligned with the Saudi PPP Law.

Tender Review & Bid Advisory

Support during RFP submission, qualification documents, legal clarifications, and risk allocation reviews.

Government Contract Negotiation

Alignment with the National Center for Privatization (NCP), MoF, or sector-specific authorities.

SEZ & Economic City Licensing

Compliance with zone-specific laws, regulatory exemptions, and foreign ownership provisions.

Long-Term Risk Management

Clauses for force majeure, change in law, arbitration, indemnity, and operational dispute mechanisms.

Consortium & Subcontractor Legal Support

Legal review and negotiation of consortium agreements, EPCs, O&M contracts, and regulatory interfaces.

FAQs about PPPs in Saudi Arabia

From tender requirements to risk allocation, this section highlights the issues companies most often raise when pursuing PPP projects in the Kingdom.

Energy, transport (ports, rail), water, healthcare, education, tourism, waste management, and ICT; primarily under NCP-led programs.

Typically, DBFOM or BOOT structures with joint venture entities, long-term concession or management agreements, and risk-sharing clauses.

In many sectors, yes. Especially in SEZs and priority development zones. We assess eligibility and secure licensing accordingly.

Most contracts include arbitration clauses(often via SCCA or ICC) with fallback to Saudi courts if enforcement or regulatory interpretation is needed.

Let’s start with clarity

Strategic legal counsel for your next PPP bid

Let’s make your next government partnership legally resilient, regulator-approved, and risk-ready.

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