Corporate & Transactional Expertise

Our corporate and compliance practice is led by a team of well-established attorneys who are widely recognized for their expertise in handling complex corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters across diverse sectors in Qatar. We serve as trusted legal advisors to multinational corporations, regional enterprises, and family-owned businesses, providing strategic counsel tailored to each client's operational and commercial objectives.

With a deep understanding of the Qatari legal system and regulatory environment, our team offers end-to-end support on matters including company formation, corporate structuring, joint ventures, foreign investment compliance, corporate governance, and commercial contracting. We also provide comprehensive guidance on regulatory filings, licensing, and ongoing compliance with ministerial and industry-specific requirements.

Our hands-on approach, combined with in-depth local knowledge and cross-border transactional experience, enables us to navigate the complexities of Qatar's legal landscape with precision—ensuring our clients remain compliant, protected, and well-positioned for growth.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

We have rapidly built our reputation as leaders in litigation and dispute resolution. Our success is reflected in the recent matters we have been engaged in as follows:

Litigation: Our litigation practice has been built based on our senior leaders' reputation as former judges and state litigators. Our recent representation includes: Representing a leading international company in a QAR 2-billion dispute and representing an International company in $350 Million Litigation.

Arbitration: Our international standards and quality representation and support to various clients led to our engagement in various arbitrations both locally and internationally. Our recent work includes representing a leading international company in a multi-million dollar arbitration and representing a major local company in a multi-billion dollar infrastructure ICC dispute.
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Mediation: We have actively engaged in various mediations. Our recent engagements include representing: A multinational JV as the local counsel in a multi-billion mediation, and representing a committee managing a major infrastructure project as the local counsel in a multi-hundred-million mediation.

Core Practice Areas

Employment & Benefits

Our team brings a wealth of experience advising on employment law and employee benefits under Qatari regulations. Having served as general counsel and advisors to leading entities, we regularly counsel clients on employment contracts, workplace policies, compliance and dispute resolution.

Insurance

With deep industry knowledge and hands-on experience in Qatar's evolving insurance sector, our lawyers have played key advisory roles in landmark transactions, including the first insurance-related bond in the GCC.

Banking & Finance

Our banking and finance lawyers have extensive background advising both local and international clients on a broad range of financial matters. With experience negotiating and drafting financing and security agreements, handling corporate restructurings, mortgages, enforcement strategies and navigating regulatory frameworks.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our corporate attorneys have led some of Qatar's most significant M&A transactions, demonstrating our capacity to handle transactions of exceptional scale and complexity across various sectors.

Engineering & Construction

Our lawyers have advised on major engineering and construction projects, both in Qatar and internationally. We assist clients with establishment of engineering offices, tendering, contract drafting, change orders, claims, and dispute resolution.

Real Estate

Our team combines local insight with international best practice, having managed complex transactions and disputes for clients ranging from developers to institutional investors.

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Our TMT attorneys have developed specialized expertise serving clients in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace, advising international media organizations and telecommunications providers.

Energy & Natural Resources

Our team's experience in Qatar's energy and natural resources sector reflects years of advising clients across the full spectrum of industry activities, including LNG production and marketing.

Sports Law Leadership

Al Ansari Law's sports practice features attorneys with exceptional depth of knowledge in the sports industry. With a passion for sports law and a proven track record, our team members led by Salman AL-Ansari, have provided legal counsel to:

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on the restructuring of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Advising on the drafting and implementation of enabling legislation to support the FIFA World Cup 2022 in compliance with Qatar's guaranteed commitments.
Qatar Football Association (QFA) and GCC members in establishing the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF).
Advise QFA, Qatar Stars League, and the Qatar Players Association on dispute resolution mechanisms.
The Ministry of Culture and Sports in relation to the Clubs Law and discussions with the International Olympic Committee.

In addition to regulatory and event-related advice, our team has extensive experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of sport-related agreements. These include sponsorship, supplier and concessionaire contracts, as well as agreements covering licensing, merchandising, advertising, media buying, broadcast facilities, content creation, publishing, distribution, trade promotions and reality television.

Our individual expertise ensures that clients in Qatar's sport sector receive modern, practical and business-focused legal solutions tailored to the unique demands of the industry.

Practice Areas & Sectors