Region: Qatar
Samsung consortium wins damages over Qatari metro
A Samsung-led consortium has won €315 million in an ICC case against a Qatari state-owned company over a terminated contract to build two metro stations in Doha.
04 March 2025
Saudi investor’s treaty claim against Qatar underway at PCA
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is administering a claim by a Saudi real estate investor against Qatar under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation investment agreement, it has emerged.
16 May 2024
Addleshaw Goddard names new practice co-head
Bevan Farmer has taken over from Simon Kamstra as co-head of international arbitration at Addleshaw Goddard, while the firm has also promoted Nathalie Allen to the partnership.
15 May 2024
New leadership at Qatar centre
The Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration has appointed Ibrahim Shahbik as its new secretary general after the position remained vacant for several years, as Khaled Mohamed rejoins the centre as its chief legal counsel.
30 April 2024
Qatari state entity liable in metro dispute
An ICC tribunal has found a Qatari state-owned company liable in a €560 million arbitration with a Samsung-led joint venture over a terminated contract to build two metro stations in Doha.
19 March 2024
Houerbi overturns conviction in Qatar
French-Tunisian arbitrator Sami Houerbi has overturned his conviction by a court in Qatar relating to his role on a tribunal that moved the seat of a dispute outside the jurisdiction.
17 January 2024
Omani Supreme Court allows review of London award
The Supreme Court of Oman has held that a lower court in the sultanate may hear a challenge to the validity of an award in a London-seated ICC arbitration – finding it has jurisdiction because the debtor is an Omani company.
26 October 2023
Taylor joins US disputes boutique
Tim Taylor KC, former head of international arbitration in Dubai at King & Wood Mallesons, has joined the partnership at US disputes boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss – but will continue to be based in the Middle East.
08 March 2023
New ICSID claims against Qatar and Mexico
A French-Algerian consultant has taken Qatar to ICSID, while Mexico is facing a claim by a US investor in its capital city’s parking system.
15 September 2022
Singapore’s Keppel brings ICC claim over Doha sewage plant
A subsidiary of Singaporean conglomerate Keppel has filed a US$126 million ICC claim against the Qatar Public Works Authority over a terminated contract to build a sewage treatment plant in Doha.
01 June 2022