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Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners Offices
LEVEL 16, THE Y TOWER
MARINA STREET 305, LUSAIL CITY
P.O. BOX 20464
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Sultan Al-Abdulla
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Sultan Al-Abdulla is the founder and managing partner of Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners. Prior to joining private practice, he worked for the national oil company in Qatar (Qatar Petroleum) where he worked for more than 22 years. During this period, he served in a number of positions including, the position of QP’s managing counsel. During his career with QP, he represented the government of the State of Qatar, QP and QP subsidiaries in numerous oil and gas transactions, usually as a lead negotiator.
Since starting his private practice in 1999, he has advised many governmental agencies and national and multinational corporations on corporate and commercial matters. He currently focuses on representing clients before judicial and arbitral tribunals in and outside Qatar. His recent work included serving as an arbitrator. In his private practice, Sultan has counseled, and negotiated on behalf of, local and multinational clients’ major business transactions and projects. As a litigator, he represents clients before all tiers of courts in Qatar up to the Court of Cassation. Sultan is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Band 1 for Dispute Resolution.
Sultan holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Beirut Arab University – Lebanon and a Master of Laws degree (International and Comparative Law) from Southern Methodist University – USA. He is an active member of the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators where he served on the board of directors in 2004-2005. He also served as a board member of the Qatari Lawyers Association and the Gulf Lawyers Association. He also served as a member of the Advisory Council for the Faculty of Law at Qatar University.
Languages
English and Arabic
Memberships
International Bar Association
Education
LLB Degree from Beirut Arab University
LLM Degree from Southern Methodist University
Lawyer Rankings
Qatar > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners‘ dispute resolution department is praised by clients for providing ‘best-in-class, professional legal solutions‘. The team offers advice on a broad spectrum of complex, high-value litigation. Its ‘extensive expertise‘ and ‘strong ability to handle legal and technical matters’ demonstrates itself in the various construction and real estate sector matters the team handles, along with cases in the engineering, hospitality, technology, and oil and gas sectors. Many of the department’s mandates involve multiple stakeholders and jurisdictions, and include transactional disputes, shareholder disputes involving corporate governance and culpability, tax, and other areas. Founding partner Sultan Al-Abdulla
is noted for his ‘huge expertise and knowledge of all sectors within Qatar’, and co-leads the team with Ashraf Feshawi and Ahmed Durrani, who acts in high-value commercial arbitration and construction sector disputes, an area that Umang Singh is also highly active in.
Qatar > Projects, real estate and construction
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners‘ projects and real estate offering frequently advises clients on contentious matters, particularly in the construction and oil and gas industries. The team is retained to represent clients in litigation in the local courts and in international arbitration proceedings to resolve commercial and damages claims, among other areas. Salman Mahmood co-heads the Doha-based team alongside Sultan Al-Abdulla and Ashraf Feshawi. Ahmed Durrani acts as managing associate while handling construction arbitration. Thomas Williams left the firm in October 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Qatar
- Hall of Fame Qatar > Dispute resolution
- Projects, real estate and construction Qatar