Ahmad Mustafa

Corporate, Commercial, and Compliance

• Advised a leading public joint stock construction company on multiple corporate governance and compliance matters.
• Advised several QFC-registered and mainland companies on the pensions and social insurance rights of Qataris and GCC nationals.
• Advised multiple clients on a range of healthcare law-related questions and regulatory requirements.
• Advised a government-owned entity in revising its alumni guidelines, drafting procurement documentation in Arabic, and reviewing multiple contracts and agreements.
• Advised a bank on a QAR 500 million facility agreement.

Regulatory and Legislative Drafting

• Represented a postal operator in the review and provision of regulatory and legal assessment of regulations issued by the regulatory authority for consultation.
• Advised a financial center in conducting a comparative analysis of investment club regimes across key jurisdictions, including the DIFC, US, UK, and Singapore.
• Advised a regulatory authority on the establishment of a state tech fund and the drafting of the governing law.
• Advised a regulatory authority on the creation and drafting of a family companies law.
• Advised a media city on the review and enhancement of its content regulations and guidelines.
• Advised a tourism regulator on the drafting of tourism and exhibition regulations.
• Provided counsel to a communications regulatory authority on the overhaul of the ICT legal and regulatory framework.
• Advised a railway operator on the review of its user regulations.

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

• Acted for major clients, including one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and a leading Qatari construction company, in employment-related disputes before Qatari courts.
• Represented an auditing firm in multiple administrative, criminal, and civil proceedings before regulatory authorities and courts in Qatar.
• Represented an insurance company in a QAR 14 million dispute against foreign reinsurers before Qatari courts.
• Acted for a mall operator in rental and construction disputes in Qatari courts involving claims exceeding QAR 500 million.
• Represented a major food distributor in criminal proceedings arising under the Strategic Stock Law and civil nonpayment dispute.
• Advised a satellite operator in respect to a $27 million nonpayment dispute against a sports network.
• Represented a government on a nationally significant dispute exceeding $3 billion related to the design and construction of an airport.
• Represented a construction company in seeking the annulment of an arbitration award valued at approximately $5 million.