The well-established corporate and commercial team from Dentons in Doha combines international expertise with longstanding experience of the Qatari market. Safwan Moubaydeen and Zaher Nammour co-lead the team from Jordan and Qatar respectively: Moubaydeen is particular noted for his work advising financers on large-scale infrastructure projects, while Nammour’s practice runs the gamut of corporate matters including joint ventures, restructuring, public offerings and regulatory. A distinct area of sector strength for the team is the aviation industry, with clients including major aircraft leasing companies, airports and airlines. Multi-lingual capabilities are a hallmark of the team, with fluency across Arabic, English and French.

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Key clients

Qatar Sports Investments (QSI)
Dar Al Arkan Properties LLC
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy
Qatar Mining
Cooley (UK) LLP
Castlelake L.P.
Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C.
Qatar Star
KIMS Holding Company BSC

Work highlights

Advising client on a corporate restructuring in preparation of listing the company on the London Stock Exchange, including assistance in carrying out the due diligence exercise, drafting of a master sale agreement and assignment of proceeds agreement and preparing the necessary corporate approvals and authorisations.
Advised the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (Supreme Committee), which was the body in charge of implementing host country operations for the World Cup, on data privacy related matters as part of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 preparations.
Advised Qatar Star, the company awarded the concession for providing catering services to the Stadiums for the 2022 World Cup event, on their Concession from FIFA.