Compliance & Confidentiality

Every engagement begins with client identification and Know Your Customer procedures consistent with applicable international standards. This includes verifying the identity of the client and, where relevant, the individuals and structures behind it before any substantive work begins.

Where a client is a corporate entity, structure, or investment vehicle, ARGA Saudi Arabia identifies and verifies the ultimate beneficial owner as part of onboarding, consistent with applicable due diligence standards.

Clients, counterparties, and relevant related parties are screened against applicable sanctions lists and assessed for politically exposed person status as part of standard onboarding and ongoing monitoring.

Before accepting a new engagement, ARGA Saudi Arabia checks for conflicts of interest against existing and prior engagements, so a new matter does not compromise the interests of an existing client.

Case material and client information are handled on a need-to-know basis internally and are not shared outside the scope of the engagement without the client's consent, except where disclosure is required by applicable law or regulation.

Where a matter spans more than one jurisdiction, the applicable compliance standard is the higher of the jurisdictions involved, not the more permissive one. This applies consistently across ARGA's international practice.