Middle East/Qatar
Majority of Gulf region companies now adopting Gen AI – survey
Deloitte report shows non-adoption rates almost halved in 2025, though most are still in pre-implementation phase
The Global Legal Post launches Law Over Borders Arbitration guide
Edited by Volterra Fietta partners Ahmed Abdel Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G. Volterra, guide offers cross-jurisdictional insight into arbitration law and practice
The role of digital technology and AI in enhancing court efficiency
Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre registrar Umar Azmeh discusses Qatar’s vision for a digitally transformed legal system
Guide to living and working as a lawyer in the Middle East
Everything you need to know about relocating to the Gulf region by Ciarán O’Connor of Nicholas Scott Global Legal Recruitment
Crowell & Moring signals Middle East launch as it takes on Squire's Doha arm
Washington DC-based firm extends reach of infrastructure business as rival channels regional investment elsewhere
LGBT poses challenge for Qatar World Cup sponsors
Sponsors of the Qatar World Cup tournament could face reputational risk if current laws against the LGBT community are not suspended for the event.
Simmons & Simmons boosts Qatari disputes offering
Firm expands its dispute resolution offering in Qatar with new partner and team of associates.
ICJ finds UAE violated racial discrimination convention
Actions taken by UAE against Qatar in 2017 were discriminatory, according to the ICJ which ordered it to comply with CERD convention.
Qatar taking UAE to ICJ with accusations of racial discrimination
With a year-long blockade still in place, Qatar fights back at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Lalive signs deal with Qataris to head up claims against sanctions
The Swiss firm will analyse claims from citizens impacted by the blockade.
Qatar hires US legal heavyweight on $2.5 million contract
The law firm of former US senator and US Attorney General John Ashcroft has been appointed to help the Qatar Government to advise on its crisis including legal work on international counter-terrorism finance laws.
Leading law firms pull away from Qatar
Two of the world's largest law firms are set to shut up shop in Qatar.
India's SNG opens in Doha, expands in Singapore
Mumbai and Delhi-based law firm SNG & Partners has launched its second international office in Doha and expanded its first in Singapore with the hire of associate partner Kshitij Dua.
Harvard and Northwestern join in law school venture in Qatar
The Middle East is to offer its first juris doctor degree programme through a law school, created in collaboration with the two US law schools, which is due to open in Education City in the autumn.
Qatar lawyers look to modernise the courts
With a fast-growing population and an expanding court workload in Qatar, the bar association is calling on the courts to modernise.
Qatar gets tough on cybercrime
The Gulf state of Qatar has introduced a tough set of laws on cybercrime, including substantial financial penalties which can be doubled if a public official is involved.
Blow for foreign law firms from Qatari lawyers
The Qatari Lawyers' Association has voted against renewing rules which allow a system of dual licensing to foreign law firms.
Dubai practice expands to Qatar and Bahrain
STA - Sunil Thacker Associates - is expanding its five-office network to work out of both Qatar and Bahrain as well.
Qatari women make gains in the law
Women represent 14.2 per cent of all lawyers working in Qatar, according to statistics from the government.
World Cup triggers sports law interest in Middle East
As preparations start for the Qatar World Cup in 2022, there are predictions that regional law firms will concentrate more on sport.