Zayd Alathari is a Partner and Head of Intellectual Property (IP) based in Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) Riyadh office. He focuses on all aspects of IP law, including supporting and developing IP strategy, capacity building and infrastructure, including policies, procedures, guidelines, workflows and best practices; managing and advising on patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright portfolios and matters; and drafting and negotiating a wide variety of IP and technology transactions and deals for IP commercialisation.

Before joining NRF, Alathari worked at Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), where he helped develop and lead the company’s IP initiatives as its Senior Manager & IP Counsel in the Middle East and Africa. In over eight years at SABIC, Alathari led a team that supported SABIC’s Middle East and Africa manufacturing teams and the company’s global technology & innovation teams for the chemical, agri-nutrients and metal business in the US, Europe, Middle East, China and India.

Before his in-house career in Saudi Arabia, Alathari practiced at a major US law firm in Washington, DC.  He holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the American University, DC, a Master of Science in Biotechnology from the John’s Hopkins University, MD, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Religion Minor from the George Washington University, US.

Alathari is also a member and key advisor of the Research & Innovation Committee of the Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association (GPCA) and the Legal Liaison for the Arts, Culture & Entertainment (ACE) Committee of the American Chamber of Saudi Arabia (AmChamKSA).