Qatar Third-Party Dispute Funding: An Introduction

The financing of legal actions by third parties has grown exponentially since the early 2000s and is now common across many common law and civil law jurisdictions. It is still in its infancy in Qatar, but the Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (the "QICCA") expressly recognised third party dispute funding in its 2024 rules update (the "QICCA Rules").

This article seeks to provide a brief introduction to third party funding, and how it can make justice more accessible in a time when arbitration has become an expensive endeavour. While third party dispute funding may allow greater access to arbitration, it requires a careful balancing act between the interests of the claim's stakeholders, and indeed those of the adverse party, with private equity investment demands.