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Claudia joined the firm in 1992 and was member of the team until 2005.
She acts as legal advisor, litigator and arbitrator .
She provides legal consultancy and practices as litigator in all aspects of civil, corporate, commercial, administrative, regulatory and compliance. Business criminal fields mainly in Construction, Contracting, Engineering Consultancy, Project Management, Real Estate development, Corporate, Commercial, banking, M&A.
She represents international and local entities in various transactions and before the Courts and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings as well as in other alternative dispute resolution procedures and annulment recourses.
Claudia is ranked as a Global leader in Construction in Who’s Who Legal 2019, 2020 and 2021 She is also ranked in Chambers and partners 2020 and 2021 and she is the exclusive winner of Lexology Client Choice Award for 2021 in Qatar.
She is cited as “a high-powered, dynamic and pragmatic lawyer with in-depth knowledge of the legal system and willing to go the extra mile for her clients” and impresses “with excellent legal analysis , her fearlessness in Court and her commerciality and as being the full package , also as being a brilliant mind and an audacious litigator , who is utterly charming and decisive.”
On a more personal note, Claudia is involved in various caritative and community initiatives and animal welfare support. she is member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese School in Qatar.
Claudia is a role model for all of us, in dedication and achievement.
Her memberships include: the Beirut Bar Association, the International Bar Association, Qatari Foreign Lawyers register.
She has obtained her law degree and a Masters degree in private law from Saint Joseph University and a certificate from Harvard University on Leadership and Negotiation.
Claudia is an Arabic, English and French speaker.
Publications:
- “Digital Health Qatar 2021” chapter published in Lexology;
- “Construction in Qatar” 2020, 2021 & 2022 chapter published in Lexology;
- "Arbitration 2021 Qatar" published in Lexis Nexis
- “Qatari courts position in respect of Arbitration” published by QICCA in 2021;
- “Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards in Qatar” published in Global Arbitration Review (GAR) in 2019 and 2020;
- “Commercial Arbitration 2021 Qatar” published in GAR