Rafi Sajian is a corporate specialist and has extensive experience acting on corporate and financial transactions and provides substantial counsel to international clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, merger sand acquisitions, corporate compliance and governance,corporate establishment, restructuring & reorganization, joint ventures and securities matters. Rafi also advises on all aspects of Qatar laws with specific knowledge in the Trade, Companies,Real Estate, Civil, Penal and Labor Laws. Before joining Al Ansari Law, Rafi worked for more than seven years with two international law firms in Qatar. During this time, Rafi gained considerable experience and knowledge of Qatar laws and practice and assisted international clients to establish and negotiate their presence in the country. Rafi has also advised major educational institutions in Qatar on contentious employment matters, and provided counsel on restructuring, licensing and compliance matters.
Prior to moving to Doha in 2008, Rafi practiced in Lebanon for five years working for a prominent law firm in Lebanon and acted on contentious and non-contentious corporate,real-estate, and commercial matters for international and regional clients and litigated major claims before the Court of Cassation.
Experience
• Advised a leading regional tower company on a QAR 2.2 billion asset combination in the Middle East and North Africa.
• Advised a majorinter national telecommunications company on its acquisition of a regional competitor, including merger risks, regulatory, and licensing requirements.
• Advised a global foreign exchange and financial services company on the impact of its global restructuring on its local entity and related regulatory issues.
• Advised international sports associations on investment transactions with Qatari entities.
• Advised a major state-owned real estate company on one of the largest acquisitions in Qatar, valued at over QAR 20 billion.
• Advised a leading investment company in Qatar on the acquisition of prime properties in a flagship real estate development.
• Advised amultinational industrial company on the acquisition of industrial land and the establishment of a 100% foreign-owned manufacturing facility in Qatar.
• Assisted a FTSE 100 listed company with the global sale of its energy gas turbine business.
• Advised a leading global design and consultancy firm on its corporate restructuring and rebranding of its business in the GCC region.
• Advised a major construction company in Qatar on the reorganization of its corporate and management structure.
• Advised a multinational company in Qatar on the acquisition of a major real estate property in the State of Qatar.
• Advised a Qatari publicly listed company on the listing of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) onthe London Stock Exchange.
• Assisted an international auction house in obtaining an exemption from foreign investment restrictions and establishing a 100% foreign-owned entity in Qatar.
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rsajian@alansarilf.comEducation:
Education: Lebanese University – Faculty of Law - Bar Admission: Qatar and Lebanon