Hamad Al Yafei Law Firm

Managing Partner: Hamad Al Yafei

Head of Office: Mustafa Basyoni

Number of partners: 2

Number of lawyers: 15

Number of paralegals and trainees: 6

Languages: Arabic, English and French.

Firm Overview:

Hamad Alyafei Law Firm is a Qatari Law Firm based in the heart of Doha, founded in 2016 by Mr. Hamad Al Yafei. We dare to say that we are uniquely positioned as a pioneer in legal practice, we have had a varied and prestigious client base from the very beginning and continue to maintain our position as one of the best-reputed firms in Qatar. At Hamad Alyafei Law Firm, we strive to be one of Qatar’s leading legal partners for businesses and professionals, providing innovative, tailored solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional legal services built on reciprocity, trust, and the highest ethical standards. At Hamad Alyafei Law Firm we aim to provide our clients with collective expertise of a team that works tirelessly to secure exceptional results, ensuring that their legal challenges are met with determination, fairness, and strategic precision.

The firm is known for being a pioneer in the market through the leading legal services that they offer. This solid reputation was earned with the firm’s experienced lawyers who strive to provide solutions tailored to the clients’ needs, underpinned by the finest legal thinking and various expert business knowledge whether it’s on a delicate transaction or in a complex courtroom battle.

Hamad Al Yafei Law Firm is placed highly by international legal directories in all areas of legal practice. Hamad Al Yafei is ranked by Chambers and Partners for the past 3 consecutive years. The Firm was awarded Employment Team of the Year at the LexisNexis Qatar Business Law Forum for the year 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024. The firm also won, Employment Team of the Year 2021 at the LexisNexis Qatar Business Law Forum for the second time. Furthermore, as a result of the growth in its exposure to major commercial litigations, in November 2021 and honorable mention in 2024.

The magnitude of the work assigned to the firm and the number of clients since 2016 until today tripled. By now, the firm has grounded its presence amongst leading law firms in Qatar.

Main Areas of Practice:

Hamad Al Yafei Law Firm is a full-service law practice. The firm provides various legal and transaction services. Moreover, the firm delivers advisory services concerning many fields of law, such as construction law, mergers and acquisitions of companies and private equity. Also, the firm’s expertise encompasses labor law and laborrelated contracts. Hamad Al Yafei Law Firm specialises in tax law, real estate, and property sell and buy procedures and contracts, as well as commercial and civil dispute resolution. Recently, many maritime issues and intellectual property cases have been handled.The firm hasa wide range of corporate and commercial legal and transactional services.

Areas of Practice:

• Banking Law
• Competition Law
• Compliance and Corporate Governance
• Consumer Protection Law
• Corporate Law
• Estate Planning
• International Contracts
• Information Technology Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Insurance Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Tax Law
• Trusts

Since its establishment, the firm has been growing in exposure to dispute resolution matters and corporate/advisory work in the legal market in Qatar, especially for international clients. The firm has also been engaged in collaborative assignments with international law firms, as the Qatari co-counsel or legal expert, in pre-litigation advisory work and in arbitration matters.

Some of our International Work:

• Prepared a comprehensive legal report and advisory, following a detailed analysis of Qatari regulations relevant to the NFS Project of Qatar Energy in the oil and gas sector to our client in Paris, France.
• Delivered regulatory advice in written form regarding a stop-over product, encompassing flights and hotel accommodations, offered by an airline operating in Qatar.
• Rendered legal consultation on the de-registration of an entity from Qatar Free Zone (QFZ), in compliance with the free zone's regulations for our clients in Finland and Italy.

Offices:

HAMAD AL YAFEI LAW FIRM

LEVEL 15, BURJ AL GASSAR MAJLIS AL TAAWON STREET

WEST BAY, P.O.BOX 4395

DOHA, QATAR

Website: www.alyafeilaw.com

Tel: +974 44150777

Fax: +974 44150888