What we say about the firm's legal practice in Qatar
Foreign firms
Within Foreign firms , Simmons & Simmons LLP is a first tier firm,
Another firm with a powerful historical presence is Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP, the first international firm to be granted a licence to operate independently in the country and advise on Qatari law. The Doha office is headed by two highly esteemed lawyers, in Andrew Wingfield and Samer Eido; they head the firm’s corporate practice in the Gulf and financial markets practice in the Middle East respectively. In 2009, the team advised The Commercial Bank of Qatar on an unsecured QAR1bn murabaha financing to Barwa Real Estate Company.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
China
Offices in Shanghai
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Banking and finance: Project finance : Banking and finance: Project finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals : Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
Algeria
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
France
Offices in Paris
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- Employment : Employment
- Health and life sciences : Health and life sciences
- Project finance and energy: Energy : Project finance and energy: Energy
- Real estate : Real estate
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
Ireland
Italy
Offices in Milan
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt : Capital markets: Debt
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities: derivatives
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Overview
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Overview
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Real estate : Social housing: finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
Morocco
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Fraud and white-collar crime : Fraud and white-collar crime
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mediation : Mediation
- Private equity : Private equity
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Offices in Doha