Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners

Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners (“SAP”) is a full-service Qatari practice that provides a wide range of legal services in contentious and non-contentious matters. Founded in 1999, SAP is one of the longest established and largest law firms in Qatar.

SAP is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners and Tier 1 by The Legal 500. At the annual Qatar Business Law Forum hosted by LexisNexis, we have been named Qatar Law Firm of the Year 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2022, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications Team of the Year in 2019, 2023 and 2024. We also won the prestigious Advocates Award 2024 at the same event. In London, we were awarded the “Lawyers of the Year Award – Qatar 2024” at the Lexology Index Awards (formerly the Who’s Who Legal Awards). Recently, the firm won the International Team of the Year 2024 award at the LexisNexis Middle East Legal Awards, and Qatar Domestic Law Firm of the Year at the 2025 Chambers Middle East Awards. Our partners are also highly ranked individually for their work.

The firm has three legal departments: Arbitration, Corporate Advisory, and Litigation. Our lawyers appear regularly before all courts and tribunals in the State of Qatar. Our arbitration team acts as lead counsel in commercial arbitrations subject to local and international institutional rules. The arbitration team also handles matters relating to enforcement of and challenges to arbitration awards. Our corporate advisory team assists not only on the legal, regulatory and corporate aspects of business, but also takes into account commercial exigencies involved in a variety of transactions. Our litigation team benefits from extensive experience of contentious work and a thorough grounding in local procedural and substantive law