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Commercial managerial structure
Designing governance models, management frameworks, authority matrices and scalable operating structures.
Where business feasibility becomes certainty.
Strategic feasibility and business advisory for investors, family offices and operators. We protect capital before it is deployed.
Four dimensions of every business: how it is structured, how it grows, how it is protected and how it is acquired.
Who we are
We view every business through four dimensions, turning ventures from ideas on paper into assets that perform.
Feasibility Four Dimensions (FFD) integrates commercial management structuring, business development, legal solutions and acquisition analysis to support informed, defensible investment decisions.
Whether you are launching, expanding, partnering or acquiring, we look at the whole business before you commit a single riyal.
We do not sell reports.We protect capital before it is deployed.
The market problem
Too many investments fail for reasons that could have been identified, and avoided, before any capital was committed.
- Business projects launched without a solid managerial structure
- Rapid expansion before operational and legal readiness is in place
- Partial partnerships entered into without a clear exit strategy
- Acquisitions driven by emotion rather than by feasibility
The result: capital losses, partner disputes and stalled investments.
The four dimensions of FFD
Four disciplines that usually sit with four different advisers. We bring them together so nothing falls between the gaps.
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Business development
Concept development, growth strategy, profit optimisation and turnaround of underperforming business assets.
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Business legal solutions
Structuring partnerships, contracts, shareholder agreements and legal frameworks that protect value and reduce risk.
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Partial NORE & full F&B acquisition analysis
Evaluating partial partnerships, entry and exit strategies, and full acquisition opportunities through a disciplined investment lens.
Our vision
To become the regional reference for investment feasibility, enabling confident decisions through a holistic, four-dimensional analysis of every business.
Our approach
We start with the hard questions, not quick answers.
- Deep commercial, financial and operational analysis
- Objective market assessment, free of over-promising
- Scenario modelling covering upside, downside and exit
- A clear recommendation at the end of every engagement
ProceedRestructureWalk away
Who we work with
Individual investors
Family offices
Real estate developers
F&B operators and groups
Entrepreneurs at pre-launch
Entrepreneurs in expansion
Why FFD
- We understand business from the inside, not just from spreadsheets
- We think like owners, not consultants
- We connect management, legal structure and investment logic
- We would rather decline a deal than defend a bad one
What our clients gain
- Clear, defensible investment decisions
- Controlled and transparent risk exposure
- Scalable operational structures
- Assets that withstand scrutiny from investors, banks and partners
Establishing your business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
If you already own a business in your home country and want to invest in and set up a company in Saudi Arabia, FFD can manage the entire process for you through its legal and law-firm arm, from the investment licence to day-one operations.
Part one: company establishment
Limited liability company (LLC), more than one partner, under the Foreign Investment Law, industrial licence.
- Investment licenceApply to the Ministry of Investment for a licence under the Foreign Investment Law.
- IncorporationSubmit and review the incorporation application with the Ministry of Commerce.
- Capital approvalCapital is deposited in a Saudi bank within 90 days of the Commercial Registration.
- Commercial RegistrationObtain the company's Commercial Registration (CR).
- Chamber of CommerceRegister the company with the Chamber of Commerce.
Part two: getting ready to operate
Once the Commercial Registration is issued.
- Open a file with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (Labour Office)
- Register with the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)
- Open a file with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority
- Register the National Address
- Register on the Qiwa and Mudad platforms
- Trademark registration
- Add your authorised signatory to activate subscriptions, with the option to grant the same authority to third parties
Some of these services are subject to government fees, which we will confirm with you in advance.
Company management
Tell us how you want the company to be managed. We will coordinate the management authorities to be granted before all government entities, including banks and chambers of commerce.
Industrial licences
Licences for industrial activities are processed after incorporation, once the CR is issued and the company is linked to all relevant government entities. We agree this stage with you based on the nature of the activity.
Licence obligations and investor rights
Conditions and obligations after the licence is issued
The licence applicant(s) or establishment must:
- Complete all post-licence procedures and obtain every licence required for the activity within three (3) months of the investment licence being issued. If obstacles arise, notify the Ministry of Investment in writing at least three months before the activity start date.
- Carry out only the licensed investment activity.
- Implement the project at the specified location and within the approved timeline.
- Use the establishment's official name, as stated in the investment licence, in all dealings and publications.
- Renew the investment licence before it expires.
- Receive Ministry of Investment inspectors, cooperate with them and provide all requested documents and data.
- Not produce or market any product other than those licensed.
- Respect intellectual property rights.
- Take the necessary measures to protect the environment.
- Comply with all laws, regulations and instructions issued by the relevant authorities, and require employees to do the same.
- Notify the Ministry of Investment in writing of any change of address, PO Box, email, telephone or fax number within 10 working days.
- Pay licensing and investor-relations service fees for the full licence period; no refund is due if the licence is cancelled or the activity ceases.
Investor declarations and undertakings
The investor(s) declare and undertake that:
- They comply with all provisions of the Foreign Investment Law, issued by Royal Decree No. (M/1) dated 05/01/1421H, and its Executive Regulations.
- All documents, data and information submitted are accurate and correct.
- The investment licence will be used only for its licensed purposes.
- The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Investment bear no liability towards third parties for any unlawful acts.
- The Ministry of Investment may revoke the licence in the event of future legal violations or security risks.
- The purpose of the licence is to carry out genuine investment activity.
- No final judgments have been issued against them for major violations of the Foreign Investment Law.
- They have no prior convictions for financial or commercial violations, in the Kingdom or abroad.
- Capital will be transferred to the Kingdom after the investment licence is issued.
- They are not resident in the Kingdom at the time of application and have not resided there during the previous three years.
- They have read, understood and agreed to all terms, conditions, declarations and undertakings.
Rights of the foreign investor during the licence period
- Enjoy all incentives, guarantees and benefits granted to national projects.
- Renew the licence.
- Be granted a grace period to rectify violations.
- Respond to written violation notices.
- Own real estate in accordance with applicable laws.
- Be protected from confiscation or expropriation, except by judicial ruling, in the public interest and against compensation.
- Sponsor the establishment's non-Saudi employees.
- Transfer abroad the proceeds from the sale of shares, any liquidation surplus and profits.
- Respond to requests to amend the licence.
- Receive justified reasons for any rejection.
- Submit inquiries and complaints.
Real estate ownership
Licensed establishments may own real estate as needed, including:
- Residential property
- Headquarters for industrial facilities
- Administrative offices and employee housing
- Warehouses and marketing centres
Get in touch
Tell us about your investment plans and we will get back to you.
General Manager