Public International Law and Governmental Relations
LALIVE IN QATAR LLP is among the few law firms based in Qatar with extensive experience and expertise in matters of public international law and public regulations in fields such as State responsibility, international organisations, relations with Governments and public authorities in many parts of the world, including in the Gulf region and in particular in Qatar with the QFC.
The firm draws on extensive experience in the field of oil and gas, industrial investment, border disputes, and the environment before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Compensation Commission, the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, the administrative tribunals of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, and other fora, and experience in a variety of international claims proceedings related to conflicts in the Middle-East, the Balkans and Africa.
Lawyers of the firm also regularly act as experts, counsel and arbitrators in state-investor disputes arising out of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) in proceedings under the Arbitration Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) or the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Related areas of practice:
- Dispute Resolution
- International Contracts
- International Judicial Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters
- International Trade & Investment Law