Ashraf Feshawi > Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners > Doha, Qatar > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.