Overview

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. They strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to their clients. Clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. They also advise governments and public sector groups.

DLA Piper offers a wide range of business law services. These services involve business improvement strategies related to issues around corporate, employment, finance, intellectual property and technology, and taxes. Other services are more focused on the global business environment, such as their services in international trade, litigation, and restructuring. They also cover services that do not fall in either of those two categories, such as those in energy, real estate, and sustainability. These services are offered across most main economic sectors.

DLA Piper strives to improve the community around them by nurturing the next generation. Their Global Scholarships program supports outstanding law students in developing countries and allows them to reach their potential and contribute to the rule of law in their communities. Their Head Start initiative aims to improve equality of opportunity and break down barriers faced by under-represented groups when entering the legal profession. DLA Piper is also a six-year partner of UNICEF. They have pledged $7.5 million through fundraising and pro bono legal support to improve child justice and protect children’s rights worldwide.

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The bank is separated into the following segments: Wholesale Banking, which includes loans, deposits, and other transactions and balances with corporate customers; Retail Banking, which encompasses loans, deposits, and other transactions and balances with retail customers; and Treasury, which engages in the Bank’s funding as well as centralized risk management activities through borrowings, the issuing of debt securities, the use of derivatives for the purposes of risk management, and investing in liquid assets. The Treasury is also involved in Central Functions, which consists of the costs of all central support departments, such as finance, risk management, and operations amid others.

Subsidiaries:

• Al Khaliji France S.A.
• Al Khaliji Services Ltd
• AKCB Falcon Limited
• AKCB Finance Ltd
• Qatar Capital Ltd

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Al Sulaiti Law Firm is one of the largest law firms in the Middle East with partnership offices across 17 countries. Established in 2002, the firm is a full-service law firm combining knowledge, experience and expertise to ensure clients have access to the best legal solutions and cutting-edge legal services. They have become one of the few law firms in Qatar to have a wide global spread with a local presence.

Other than their existing branches globally, Al Sulaiti Law Firm has trusted global partners with whom they work together across borders and jurisdictions to provide a seamless service to their clients. They have over 50 qualified lawyers and 95% of their cases are successful.

Al Sulaiti Law Firm’s team is composed of individuals with regional and western qualifications and in-depth knowledge of government institutions, local laws, regulations and their application, together with technical and legal expertise and best practice. The team is composed of lawyers that speak both English and Arabic in addition to French and Italian and are placed to navigate clients through all their requirements.

Al Sulaiti Law Firm offers a variety of legal practices areas which they are experts in. Those include the key areas of arbitration, litigation, and tax, as well as business areas, such as corporate, public-private partnership, intellectual property, antitrust, employment, and privacy. They also have criminal law and infrastructructure services.

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In 2016, Qatar National Bank (QNB) acquired a 99.88% stake in the Turkish bank Finansbank A.Ş, which has since been renamed to QNB Finansbank, and is the 5th largest private universal bank. In 2013, QNB acquired the second largest private bank in Egypt, QNB ALAHLI (QNBAA). QNB has continued to expand its regional activities by acquiring stakes in multiple financial institutions, which includes a 20% stake in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (Ecobank), a leading pan-African bank headquartered in Togo, a 38.57% sake in the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF), a Jordan based bank, 40% of Commercial Bank International (CBI), a bank based in the UAE, 99.99% of QNB Tunisia, 54% of the Iraqi bank, Al-Mansour Investment Bank, and a 20% stake in the Al Jazeera Finance Company in Doha. In addition, QNB also maintains a 51% stake in QNB Syria and a 92% stake in QNB Indonesia. 

QNB is expanding its network to support its vision of becoming the leading bank in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia, as well as to establish footholds in highly competitive markets, which includes its most recently opened branch in Hong Kong in 2019. QNB has also started operating in Vietnam in 2015, Myanmar in 2016, and has opened new branches in Saudi Arabia and India in 2017 with a second branch beginning operations in Kuwait in 2018. Brand Finance Magazine ranked QNB as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa.

Subsidiaries:

• QNB AlAhli Egypt
• QNB Indonesia
• QNB Turkey
• QNB Switzerland
• QNB Tunis
• QNB Syria
• Mansour Bank Iraq
• Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Togo
• The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance Jordan

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Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is the monetary authority of the country. It is in charge of coming up with the country’s banking and monetary policy and regulating the financial sector in a way that maintains and improves the stability of the national economy. QCB manages financial reserves in a way that maintains the stability of the Qatari Riyal (QR) exchange rate against the US Dollar. QCB also ensures QR transferability into other currencies at any given time. QCB assists the banking and financial sector, stabilizes the prices of goods and services, and incentivizes innovation in the delivery of services, the start up of businesses, and the stimulation of different financial pursuits. QCB engages in providing financial institutions with the necessary licenses to be able to engage in financial services and activities, and controls and supervises said services.

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Al Jazeera is one of the largest and most prominent Arab News Networks in the Middle East and around the globe. Based in Doha, Al Jazeera has come to the forefront of the Arab media world since its inception in 1996 and has been characterized by its dedication to providing accurate and unbiased news. In 2006, Al Jazeera began airing Al Jazeera English, a sister channel that is the first English language news channel of its kind based in the Middle East. Al Jazeera English currently has 3 broadcast centers including one in Doha, London, and Washington, D.C.

In addition to its two main broadcast centers, Al Jazeera English itself has 21 sites around the world that gather and produce news. It also shares resources with its sister channel’s for a total of 70 news sites. This large number of sites is largely to Al Jazeera’s belief that the best information comes from talking to people on the ground. They have attempted to create one of the biggest news gathering operations in the world, ensuring a steady flow of fast and accurate news.

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Ashghal’s key responsibilities include governing the design, construction, and management of major projects including roads, drainage and buildings such as public buildings, schools and hospitals. Adhering to the Qatar National Vision 2030, the authority contributes to the economic and social development of the State of Qatar, with projects serving ports, logistics, and industrial areas, as well as communities in local areas.

Ashghal has employed a powerful model of strategic outsourcing and partnership with local and international leading establishments that will bring capacity and capabilities to ensure Qatar rates are on par with the most developed nations in the world in the field of infrastructure.

Ashghal has its hands in many of Qatar’s future plans, including that of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. With the award of the 2022 FIFA World Cup bid, Qatar’s health, safety, and welfare performance are key areas of focus for the local and international community. The Government of Qatar has put in place improvement measures which will set the benchmark for health, safety, and welfare performance regionally. To support this objective, Ashghal is working to continuously design, build, operate, and manage infrastructure with the health, safety, and welfare of employees, contractors, and customers being the top priority.With high aspirations for the future, Ashghal is committed to undertake a huge infrastructure development that will support the future socioeconomic growth of the country. Ashghal’s contribution to the overall sustainable economic and social development of the State is pivotal to the future enhancement of Qatar.

Related Organizations:

Ministry of Municipality and Environment

Overview

Chevron is an American multinational energy corporation and one of the world’s six “supermajor” oil companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron’s purpose is to develop the affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner energy that enables human progress.

For the past five years, Chevron has been continuously ranked as one of America’s five largest corporations by Fortune 500. In 2011 it was named the 16th largest public company in the world by Forbes Global 2000. The company has a worldwide marketing network in 84 countries with approximately 24,000 retail sites, including those of affiliate companies.

Chevron has a large presence in the Middle East, particularly in Qatar through Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem). CPChem is a 50-50 joint venture with Phillips 66 and Chevron focused on petrochemicals. A year after the founding of CPChem, the company created  its world-scale petrochemical complex in Mesaieed, Qatar called Q-Chem. Q-Chem was the first of three joint venture projects between Qatar Petroleum and CPChem.

Chevron’s vision is to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnership, and performance. They aim to accomplish this through setting clear expectations, building trust through relationships, giving and receiving feedback, and delivering results. Each project and task they undertake is also aligned with their core values: diversity and inclusion; leading performance, partnership, people and the environment; and trust and integrity.

Chevron also places a large emphasis on its human resources. They believe human ingenuity has the power to solve any challenge and overcome any obstacle. They also believe meeting the world’s growing energy needs demands the pursuit of innovations and advancements that deliver a better future for all.

Chevron is part of the US-Qatar Business Council’s Board of Directors.

Subsidiaries & Related Organizations:

• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
• Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem I & Q-Chem II)

Overview

Excelerate Energy LP is a US LNG company based in Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate is the pioneer and market leader in innovative floating LNG solutions, providing integrated services along the entire LNG value chain with an objective of delivering rapid-to-market and reliable LNG solutions to customers. It is part of a large privately held US Energy Group that also includes Kaiser Francis Oil Co, an E&P company with production in USA and Canada along with significant midstream assets, and Cactus Drilling Co, the largest private drilling company in the US

Excelerate controls a fleet of nine Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRUs), which are boats used to transfer LNGs through oceanic channels. Excelerate operates in nine different countries, offering a full range of floating regasification services from FSRU to infrastructure development to integrated LNG supply. 

Qatar is one of the nine countries that Excelerate operates in and the company opened a branch office in 2018. Earlier the same year, the company had entered into an agreement with Nakilat, the Qatar gas transport company, to form a joint-venture company. The project centered around Nakilat’s acquisition of a 55 percent interest in Excelerate’s FSRU “Exquisite.” Exquisite is the first FRSU to join the Nakilat fleet.

Excelerate is committed to further developing their floating LNG solutions to meet the needs of their customers and the markets they serve. They plan to continue bringing innovative ideas and solutions to help both their clients and the wider community. Their fundamental philosophy has always been to utilize proven technology innovatively, ensuring timely, reliable and cost-efficient solutions.

Related Organizations:

• Nakilat

Overview

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) is a joint venture between Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66 created in 2000. Headquartered in Woodlands, Texas, the company is 50% owned by Chevron and Phillips 66. Chevron Phillips Chemical is one of the world’s top producers of olefins and polyolefins and a leading supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics. The company, with its joint venture partners, operates 33 manufacturing and research centers. They also have 33 production facilities located in the United States, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Belgium.

The products that Chevron Phillips Chemical produces are essential to manufacturing over 70,000 consumer and industrial products. In order to continue making its growth, the company emphasizes its core values to its approximately 5,000 employees worldwide. They are committed to diversity and inclusion, giving back to the community, environmental sustainability, and focusing on the fundamentals of good business. These core values are ones that have allowed them to accomplish their mission to responsibly manufacture chemicals and polymers the world needs, provide enriching careers, and create shareholder value.

Chevron Phillips Chemical is heavily involved in Qatar. They have created Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. I and II in a joint venture with Qatari companies. They have 49% ownership stake, while Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company Q.S.C. has 49% and Qatar Petroleum has 2%. In addition to these established joint ventures, Chevron Phillips Chemical has signed an agreement to develop an $8 billion petrochemical plant along the US Gulf Coast in partnership with Qatar Petroleum. The plant will mostly make hard plastics and will be majority-owned by Chevron Phillips Chemical Company.

Related Organizations:

• Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem I & Q-Chem II)
• Chevron
• Phillips 66