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Key contacts
Senior Partner: Rashid Al Saad
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

23

Network memberships

Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, IBA, ICC

Languages

Arabic, English, French

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Project development
Firm overview

Sharq Law Firm is a leading Qatari firm advising on high-value corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters. The firm is particularly active in capital markets, bond issuances, financings, IPOs, company incorporations, and restructurings. It is also recognised for its work in tax, white collar crime, real estate, and construction, and frequently acts for high-net-worth individuals. Founded by Rashid Al Saad, a Qatari advocate with full rights of audience, Sharq acts for sovereign entities, banks, and listed companies, and is regularly instructed as counsel on complex, cross-border transactions and disputes.

Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • CLO/CDO
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Islamic finance
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Address:
Alfardan Office Tower, Floor 22
West Bay
Doha
Tel:+974 402 12444 Fax:+974 4037 7288 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.sharqlawfirm.com
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Tier 2
17 firms ranked
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Tier 1

K&L Gates
3 practice areas
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White & Case
2 practice areas
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Tier 2

Dentons
2 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
2 practice areas
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Sharq Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Tier 3

Addleshaw Goddard
3 practice areas
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Al-Ansari & Associates
1 practice area
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Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
2 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
4 practice areas
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Clyde & Co
1 practice area
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Crowell & Moring
1 practice area
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Notable

Arab Law Bureau
1 practice area
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Law Offices of Gebran Majdalany
1 practice area
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
2 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 2
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Dentons
2 practice areas
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White & Case
2 practice areas
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Tier 2

Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
2 practice areas
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Sharq Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Tier 3

Addleshaw Goddard
3 practice areas
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DLA Piper
2 practice areas
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K&L Gates
3 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
3 practice areas
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Notable

Charles Russell Speechlys
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Qatari firm Sharq Law Firm was established by the key partner, Mr. Rashid bin Saad Al Saad in 2014. The firm operates out of Doha.

Sharq Law Firm is particularly known for its work in financial and corporate markets, M&A, restructuring and project development. The firm's work focuses specifically on assisting with financing, acquisitions and a variety of capital markets work for clients connected with the public sector, financial services sector and the energy sector.

 

Key clients

Key clients of the firm included the Qatar Ministry of Finance, Qatar Railways Company, Mazaya Real Estate Development Company (QPSC), Qatar Energy and Q-Tickets.

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Qatar Petroleum - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Sharq Law Firm
Qatar
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, HSBC, Qatar National Bank, Credit Suisse, Mitsubishi Corp
Underwriter
Qatar Petroleum - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Sharq Law Firm
Qatar
Bond issue
Qatar National Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Mitsubishi Corp, Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Underwriter
Al Rabban Oil & Gas; Al Rabban Capital - Joint venture
2021-02-25
Sharq Law Firm
Qatar
Joint venture
Rashid Al Saad
Al Rabban Oil & Gas, Al Rabban Capital
Joint venture partner
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