12 Jan 2026
Jonathan Burns joins HFW as Partner in Riyadh
"HFW hires Jonathan Burns as Partner in Riyadh to bolster its Middle East practice; he will work on corporate, commercial and regulatory Saudi law matters."
Jonathan is a Saudi law expert who has been based full‑time in the Kingdom since 2014. His broad practice spans corporate, commercial and regulatory matters; he advises on Saudi law across company incorporation and corporate structuring, financial securities and capital markets, employment, compliance and governance, government contracting and procurement, regulatory matters, and commercial agreements and operations. He has also played an active role in mentoring and developing Saudi lawyers.
US trained and qualified, Jonathan has particular experience advising US corporations and financial services companies on Saudi matters and acts for clients in several of HFW’s global core sectors. He is the author of Introduction to Islamic Law: Principles of Civil, Criminal, and International Law under the Shari’a.