Practice Areas

We cover the full spectrum of employment matters and cases and are proud of our successes in settling amicably most of the employment disputes.We accompany the employers and the employees as of early stages of negotiation and offer advisory as well as litigation and ADR services, all in connection with labor and social security laws.

We provide a full range of legal services in relation with employment agreements and documents, including negotiating, drafting and reviewing. Our services tackle, inter alia:

• Termination
• Restructuring
• Mobility
• End of service
• Internal regulations, policies and codes of conduct
• Social security
• Authorizations, licenses and work permits

We provide high-quality, practical and innovative solutions in dealing with real estate assets. We have strong real estate and construction credentials, and our clients comprise property owners, institutional investors, developers, contractors and project managers.

We act on behalf of our clients on real estate purchases as well as on agreement negotiations, drafting and reviewing.

Our services include:

• Sales and purchases
• Construction and construction management
• Development, financing and operations
• Property investments and disputes
• Joint ventures
• Partnerships

We deal with domestic and international tax planning for companies and high-net-worth individuals and families by advising on most tax effective solutions, updating our clients continuously on tax regulations amendments and deadlines, as well as handling authorities’ declarations and tax procedures on behalf of our clients.

We act as business partners to our clients and are involved in decisions related to the legal, commercial aspects of the business life. We offer comprehensive advisory services for local and foreign companies including corporate finance, business advisory and management consultancy. We handle companies' full spectrum day-to-day operations and commercial activities. Our services include, at a glance:

• Shares allocation management
• Commercial documents and agreements (Memoranda of Understanding, Shareholders’ agreement, Non-disclosure and confidentiality)
• Franchising
• Bankruptcy and liquidation
• Corporate governance, corporate asset planning and structuring
• Foreign investments, anti-dumping and subsidies, Incoterms
• Mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset backed purchases, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and takeovers
• Data privacy and data protection

We offer specialist advice across the spectrum of corporate and business crime including:

• Criminal litigation services
• Criminal investigation and prosecution
• Cybercrime

We handle a wide range of litigation and alternative dispute resolution services in complex domestic and international disputes covering various sectors such as civil, commercial, real estate, banking, insolvency, inheritance, crime and employment. Our litigation and ADR services include: 

• Legal research
• Field actions (courts, registries, notifications)
• Memorandum drafts
• Foreign correspondents and partners’ liaison in cross-border cases
• Complex negotiations
• Ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations, notably under ICC rules and QICCA (Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration)
• Mediation cases

We deal with both lenders and borrowers and advise on general corporate banking, lending transactions, takeovers and leveraged finance, including but not limited to day-to-day banking needs, loan agreements and investment plans. Our comprehensive experience in banking and finance and our debt and equity capital markets services enable us to cover a wide scope of transactions such as:

• Initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary, and follow-on stock offerings
• Corporate debt and bridge financings
• Convertible debt offerings and equity-linked securities
• Private Equity and mezzanine financing
• Private placements
• Liability management transactions, (tender offers and exchange offers)

We work closely with high-net-worth individuals and families to support them in planning, managing and protecting their wealth, local and international, for future generations. Our services include:

• Trusts, foundations and companies
• Asset planning solutions ranging from distribution of assets and wills to complex global holding structures
• Asset management and protection
• Advisory and cross-border implementation of solutions