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Real Estate & Construction and Hotels & Leisure
Real estate, construction, and hospitality are at the forefront of transformation across the Middle East – reshaping cities, driving investment, and demanding increasingly sophisticated legal frameworks.
In the June edition of Law Update, we take a closer look at the legal shifts influencing the sector – from Dubai’s new Real Estate Investment Funds Law and major reforms in Qatar, to Bahrain’s push toward digitalisation in property and timeshare regulation. We also explore practical issues around strata, zoning, joint ventures, and hotel management agreements that are critical to navigating today’s market.
As the landscape becomes more complex, understanding the legal dynamics behind these developments is key to making informed, strategic decisions.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
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Ahmed El Amoury
Senior Associate
Biography
Possessing over 10 years’ experience in disputes, Ahmed has extensive experience in a wide range of matters before the courts of Qatar. He possesses procedural expertise and is well acquainted with litigation procedure in Qatar. Ahmed is experienced in drafting legal notices and petitions, and in working on claims, counterclaims and writing memoranda for submission to the courts at each level.
Since joining the office in 2007, he has advised clients on litigation disputes in relation to construction, commercial agencies, corporate debt recovery, employment issues, settlement agreements, rental disputes and IP matters as well as on enforcement cases filed by local and international entities.
Ahmed also advises on arbitration matters including fraud (freezing, disclosure orders and asset tracing), investigations, joint venture, partnership and shareholder disputes, insurance, regulatory (investigations and disciplinary enforcement), foreign assistance in civil and criminal claims.
Recent Experience
- Advising Al Bandary Group, one of the largest Qatari construction companies, in various matters including a construction contract dispute and a tort claim before the courts of Qatar
- Advising Kidde Fire Trainer, an American company specialized in fire protection systems, in a construction dispute related to claims involving a USD 41.4 million contract
- Advising Hamad and Mohamed Al Futtaim Group, in all their contentious matters in Qatar including several arbitration cases.
- Advising Rizzani De Eccher SpA (an Italian construction Company), in all their litigious matters in Qatar
- Advising a Leading international industrial services company, one of the largest companies specialized in supply of construction materials in all their litigations matters in Qatar
- Keppel Seghers Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd in all their litigation matters in Qatar regarding construction disputes.
Language(s)
- Arabic
- English
- French
Education
2006 – LLB French Department, Faculty of Law, Alexandria University
Admission
2008 – Egyptian Bar Association
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