Your strategic
legal partner,
with a commercial focus.
Working alongside you, with independent judgment and a clear understanding of your business and objectives.

Your priorities.
A wider perspective.
Confidence in a legal adviser rests on the quality of the advice, the judgment behind it and clear responsibility for the work.
Adad advises businesses, financial institutions, investment groups and business owners on their Qatar legal affairs. We assess each matter against your commercial objectives, the risks to address and the decisions you need to make.
The Adad approachThe investment is long term.
The legal choices begin now.
Qatar legal advice on oil and gas, LNG, power, utilities and energy transition. We examine how investment commitments, project contracts and operating responsibilities fit together throughout the life of the asset.
- Investment, acquisitions & joint ventures
- Development, procurement & operating contracts
- Performance, change & dispute assessment
The matter in hand.
The interests beyond it.
Transactions, finance, commercial relationships, regulation and disputes, considered in the context of your priorities.
M&A & Joint Ventures
The structure, control and contractual protection behind a sound investment.
Banking & Finance
Financing terms that address the asset, the business and the position of the creditor.
Litigation & Arbitration
A disciplined assessment of the claim, the evidence and the wider commercial interest.
Government Affairs & Public Policy
Legal advice and representation where business priorities meet public decision-making.
Fintech & Digital Finance
A coherent legal model for financial innovation, investment and delivery.
Corporate & Commercial
Corporate structures and commercial agreements built around how the business operates.
Technology, Telecoms & Data
Technology contracts and data arrangements that reflect the service the business needs.
Foreign Investment & Market Entry
A Qatar presence structured around the activity, the investment and the plan for growth.
The industry shapes
the advice.
Banks & Financial Institutions
Legal advice that connects credit, governance, regulation and institutional change.
02Fintech & Payments
Financial products and partnerships considered from first assessment through expansion.
03Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure
The legal connections between land, power, capacity, technology and investment.
04Infrastructure & Construction
Development and delivery arrangements considered across the life of the asset.
A long-term perspective.
A clear professional relationship.
Our approach to long-term legal partnership centres on independent judgment, discretion and an understanding of your business. We consider your immediate priorities alongside the commercial relationships and decisions that shape its development.
For boards, management and in-house teams, we agree the scope, responsible partner, reporting arrangements and fee basis. Continuing support is arranged under the agreed engagement terms.
Continuing counsel for your businessClear advice.
Accountable delivery.
Understand the objective.
We establish what you need to achieve and identify the legal issues that could change your decision.
Give a considered view.
We explain the options, test the assumptions and make a recommendation, including the risks that deserve the client’s attention.
Own the work.
We agree scope, priorities and responsibilities, with a partner accountable for the advice and the conduct of the mandate.
Qatar advice.
Within the wider mandate.
A local counsel relationship for international law firms and in-house teams: a defined Qatar scope, direct partner coordination and advice that can be integrated into the wider transaction or dispute.
Instructing AdadBefore the decision,
a closer look.
Data centres: the delivery risk between the contracts.
Construction, power, equipment and customer capacity need a consistent commercial timetable.
Read perspectiveFintech perspectiveFintech: follow the transaction before choosing the structure.
The movement of funds and the customer relationship determine the questions to assess.
Read perspectiveEnergy perspectiveEnergy projects: align the obligations before committing capital.
The investment, delivery and operating documents need to be read as one commercial arrangement.
Read perspectiveCounsel beside you.
Focused on your priorities.
Adad embodies the Arabic idea of support. For us, that begins with understanding your position and the decisions you face.
We listen to what matters to you, examine your options and give you a clear, independent view. Our advice is shaped around the work you entrust to us.