Saudi to hold first hearing on AHAB

A commercial court in Dammam will hold on Monday a first hearing on a debt settlement for the conglomerate Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers (AHAB) under Saudi Arabia’s new bankruptcy law, according to the Maaal financial news. AHAB has been the first company to file for a settlement under the new law, seeking to resolve the kingdom’s longest-running and largest debt dispute. Representatives of some 150 AHAB’s creditors will be present.