Referring to the decision of His Excellency the Minister of Justice No. (6622) dated 9/9/1438 H, based on the royal decree No. (32749) dated 16/7/1438 H, regarding the Ministry of Justice taking necessary actions to include the provisions of the legal representative-concerning the Law of Advocacy-applying to legal department employees at private legal entities. This includes the addition of paragraph (18/13) to the Implementing Regulations of the Advocacy Law with the following text: "Employees of the legal departments at private legal entities shall be considered as legal representatives—after being licensed by the General Administration of Advocacy—based on a power of attorney from the authorized person. etc."

As a result of the continuous cooperation and coordination between SAMA and the Ministry of Justice in all areas of mutual interest, SAMA would like to inform financing companies that their legal department employees are included in the legal representative status of the financing company. Consequently, legal department employees in financing companies are entitled to represent the company in judicial authorities for more than three cases simultaneously, subject to the following conditions:

      A. The applicant (legal department employee) must personally submit the request to the General Administration of Advocacy at the Ministry.

      B. The application must include the following documents: (1- National ID card. 2- A certified copy of the qualification or presentation of the original for verification. 3- A valid employment contract in the legal department of the financing company with at least one year remaining. 4- A statement from the financing company confirming that the employee is still employed. 5- A certificate of contribution durations and wages from the General Organization for Social Insurance (printout). 6- A valid power of attorney from the authorized person. 7- A copy of the financing company’s registration certificate + a copy of the company’s foundational contract. 8- Four recent personal photos (4*6) with a white background). The General Administration of Advocacy can be contacted through the following details: