Ahmed Essa Al-Sulaiti Law Firm is a boutique Qatari law firm advising governments, multinational corporations, investors, family offices, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses on complex legal, commercial, regulatory and cross-border matters.
Our practice brings together deep understanding of Qatar's legal landscape with international experience across trade, investment, arbitration, intellectual property, public international law, government affairs and strategic commercial transactions.
Our founder is a Qatari national admitted to local courts, with decades of immersion in local judicial practice.
As the Director of Qatar's Office to the WTO, WIPO and UNCTAD, and President of the International Law Association GCC Branch, our founder brings a rule-maker's perspective to international trade, investment and intellectual property.
Learn more → 03Led by a Chinese legal counsel with in-house experience at a major Chinese state-owned enterprise in the Middle East, we deliver seamless, culturally aligned services for Chinese clients.
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For Chinese clients in the GCC, our dedicated China Desk delivers legally rigorous, commercially aligned advice rooted in a clear understanding of Chinese corporate decision-making.
A defining specialism of the firm. Our founding partner spent over a decade representing the State of Qatar at WIPO, held senior treaty leadership roles, and has handled major IP infringement and piracy disputes on behalf of the State of Qatar before the WTO.
Full-spectrum civil litigation and advisory across contractual disputes, commercial claims, real estate, employment and personal status matters.
Strategic defence in proceedings involving commercial fraud, financial crime, money laundering, bribery and regulatory investigations.
Representation across every level of the Qatari court system, from First Instance to Appeal and Cassation.
FIDIC and EPC contracts, delay and disruption claims, variation and payment disputes across the construction lifecycle.
Cross-border transactions, joint ventures, commercial contracts and market entry for regional and international corporates.
Counsel to governments and state-linked entities on treaty compliance, regulatory design and public international law.
Commercial and regulatory advice on energy projects, infrastructure investment and ESG compliance in the Gulf.
WTO panel proceedings, international arbitration and mediation in complex sovereign and commercial disputes.
Trade policy advisory, market access strategy, anti-dumping and subsidies law, and cross-border investment facilitation.
