Aceris Law’s Qatar Arbitration Lawyers Desk is a dedicated team of lawyers at Aceris Law, a specialised international arbitration law firm, which accompanies clients involved in arbitrations concerning Qatar, i.e., where Qatari law applies, a contract is executed in Qatar, the dispute is brought by or against a party in Qatar, or the Qatari State or a Qatari State entity is involved.
Aceris Law’s Harvard, Oxford and Sorbonne trained lawyers are admitted to bars of Western Europe, Eastern Europe and North America and have significant prior experience dealing with commercial, construction and investment treaty arbitrations under the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICDR, VIAC and other arbitration rules, many of which have concerned Qatar and neighbouring States.
We maintain permanent access to offices in Doha to meet and work with clients, although our home office is in Geneva, Switzerland, and we are always accessible to clients, regardless of their location, by videoconference. Our Qatar Arbitration Lawyers Desk also has access to Qatari jurisprudence and doctrine, while speaking English and Arabic.
Our Qatar Arbitration Lawyers Desk maintains ties to the best domestic Qatari lawyers, who are involved depending on the specific needs of a given arbitration. This ensures that our clients obtain the best arbitration legal representation while also maintaining cost-effectiveness for arbitrations involving Qatar.
We have significant prior experience with arbitrations involving the Middle East. For example, Aceris Law’s Qatar Arbitration Lawyers Desk provided legal advice to a Canadian grain supplier in a dispute against a Middle Eastern State entity, acted as co-counsel in an ICC arbitration regarding the construction of a major airport in the Middle East, acted as counsel for a Middle Eastern Claimant in a SIAC arbitration against an internet company in a dispute regarding advertising royalties, served as counsel in an ICC arbitration regarding an agency contract with a Middle-Eastern client and have served as counsel in numerous ICC and LCIA constructions arbitrations involving projects in the Middle East. We have also provided legal advice to multiple Middle Eastern clients considering investment arbitration.
By having a dedicated team of arbitration lawyers for arbitrations concerning Qatar, Aceris Law ensures that arbitrations involving Qatar are handled efficiently, making the best use of our arbitration lawyers’ know-how as well as linguistic and cultural skills, which are important for the successful outcome of an international arbitration.
To learn more about Aceris’ Qatar Arbitration Lawyers Desk, please do not hesitate to contact us.