The Legal 500

Al Tamimi & Company in association with Al Marri’s seven-lawyer dispute resolution department handles sophisticated cases in both the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and local courts. Hani Al-Naddaf heads the team and works alongside Mohammed Al-Marri. The Doha office primarily works on litigation, while arbitration cases are handled from Dubai. The team recently won a number of cases for Jaguar Cars Limited arising from a dispute with its former commercial agent in Qatar.

Arab Law Bureau’s team of litigators brings together expertise from across the Middle East and north Africa, and includes senior associate Mohammed Abdulatti, a well-respected lawyer with over 27 years of experience practising contentious law in the region. The firm handles a wide variety of cases, for both international and domestic clients, and represented a large global engineering group in relation to $4m owed under a project management agreement. The firm is also handling a number of ongoing disputes for major banks in Doha.

Praised for its ‘timely and outstanding service’, The Law Offices of Gebran Majdalany (Legal Consultants) is one of the oldest and best-respected firms in Qatar. Name partner Gebran Majdalany heads the department, which handles high-value contract and projects-related claims. The team recently represented a local bank in a QAR1bn construction financing case before Qatari courts. Senior litigator Esam Afifi Mohamed is also recommended.

Hassan A Alkhater Law Office handles both litigation and arbitration cases for a diverse client base. The practice has been busy acting on construction disputes and successfully represented a major Qatari real estate developer in an ICC arbitration claim brought by a government agency. Managing partner Hassan Al Khater is the firm’s leading litigator, regularly representing clients in the Qatari courts.

Sultan M Al-Abdulla & Partners was inundated with dispute resolution work in 2010, representing domestic and international clients in Qatari courts and the QFC. The key contacts are Sultan M Al-Abdulla and Ashraf Al-Feshawi, who have ‘excellent business acumen and industry knowledge’. Their long history in litigation has attracted some complex, high-profile cases, and the firm recently acted for a multinational contractor in a $1bn infrastructure development claim.

A Rahman Mohamed Al-Jufairi, Advocates & Legal Consultants focuses on local dispute resolution matters, handling both civil and criminal cases. The firm represents public and private clients before Qatari courts and arbitration panels.

Since opening in 2007, Al-Ansari & Associates has become firmly entrenched in the Qatari market, handling civil and commercial disputes for clients including Vodafone. Mohammed Al-Ansari founded the two-partner firm, and represents clients in complex contentious matters before Qatari courts and arbitration tribunals. He is the key contact for dispute resolution and previously worked as a litigator for the Ministry of Justice.

Al-Kaabi Law Firm’s dispute resolution practice is headed by managing partner Nasser Al Kaabi, who leads a team of mediators and is linked with ADR organisations worldwide. The firm handles contentious matters in all tiers of the Qatari courts.

The dispute resolution team at Khalid Al-Attiya Legal Consultant & Attorney is made up of Middle Eastern and European experts, and is strong in both litigation and arbitration. Musbah Al Ashre Ahmed and founding partner Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Attiya are recommended.