Firm Name: Gulf Legal Consultants
Jurisdiction: Qatar
Practice Area: TMT Law
Doha, State of Qatar
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Professional Biography:
Leaders in Law endorses Jumah Al Kaabi as our exclusively recommended TMT Law expert in Qatar. If you wish to get in touch with Jumah please use the contact information provided above or email alkaabi@glc/qa.com / law@glc-qa.com
Dr. Jumah Nasser Al Kaabi founded Gulf Legal Consultants in February of 2007. He heads and manages the growing legal team of Gulf Legal Consultants.He is currently the Board Director of Qatari Lawyers Association.
Mr. Al Kaabi is an accredited Legal Counsel of Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council and has legally represented several members of Qatar ruling family members. He has gained exposures in both local & international laws from handling several key positions in Al Jazeera Satellite Network and Qatar’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Urban Planning where he acted as Head of Foreign Affairs Section and Legal Advisor respectively.
Career History
2018 – Present – Board Director, Qatari Lawyers Association
2007 – Present – Jumah Nasser Al Kaabi Law Firm – Gulf Legal Consultants – Managing Partner
2002 – 2007 – Al Jazeera Satellite Network – Head of Legal Section of the Foreign Offices
1996 – 2000 – Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Urban Planning – Legal Advisor
Education
Degree in Law, Applied Science University – Amman Jordan, 2002
Masters in International Trade Law, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) – United Kingdom, 2006
Doctor of Philosophy – Brunel University London – July 2019
Technology, Media & Telecoms
GLC provides legal advice to leading and emerging players of TMT both here and abroad. Our firm has the ability to keep up on the fast-pace improvement of this sector and present a realistic and practical legal advice to our clients. GLC establishes agreements allowing the creation and ownership of copyrightable works according to the Qatari and International law, as well as publishing, distribution and representation agreements in the field of recordings, advertising, television and cinema. GLC’s specialization in TMT has aided and assisted several media entities from preparing their entity structures, policies and technology satellite contracts.
Firm Description:
Gulf Legal Consultants (GLC) is a Qatari-based law firm working in compliance with the Qatari law organized to provide legal service requirements of individuals and companies in various business sectors in the State of Qatar and in foreign countries. GLC has a team of well experienced lawyers in diverse field of expertise in Qatari and International laws.
Being recognized as one of the leading law firm in Qatar and the outstanding performance in handling complex legal issues, GLC has obtained business affiliation with a number of international law firms and their branches around the world. Thus, GLC has the capability to assist clients anywhere in the world and obtain quick access to lawyers with the right expertise and depth of jurisdictional knowledge to meet the client needs.
The excellent reputation that GLC achieved in providing legal services to its clients, here and abroad, is the result of its extraordinary performance in their service. The practice is being managed by a group of skilled and well experienced attorneys with dedication and strong commitment to provide the best service to the clients.
Composed of a group of lawyers with unquestionable qualifications and expertise in different areas of practice, GLC has moved its way up beyond the level of its competitors in the trade of legal service provider. The firm continuously educate, train and update its team regarding the latest decree, act, ruling, policy, regulations, law and order, released by Qatari and international government through attending local and international conventions, seminars, training, symposiums and subscribing to publications that focuses on legal issues. These learning activities helped GLC lawyers to respond quickly and effectively to every challenges.
Through the years, GLC handled various complex cases both locally and internationally. GLC’s satisfied clients are the living advertisement that promotes the firm to other clients in need of legal consultation and advice. GLC understands the economic pressures the client faces in a highly competitive market and thus always aim to build a long term relationship with the clients through fair and equitable billing practices. Our lawyers strive for a cost-efficient approach both beneficial to GLC and its clients, hence, GLC never begins an engagement without full consultation on the cost and without providing the clients information of the expenses to be incurred.
Our Tenet
GLC’s commitment to clients combines legal ability with accountability. We deliver the comprehensive resources and skilled advice required of a leading national law firm, and giving value to our clients by informing them of the realworld understanding of what right they have to expect for the fees they pay. Cost-efficiencies, responsive service and rapid turnaround are standard practices for our lawyers.
GLC insists on being in the forefront as new issues in law constantyly emerge and new areas of economic activity develop, guiding the creation of legal precedent and expanding the services and skills necessary to meet our client’s needs.
Service Plus
We provide extra service beyond billable services by working with client staff to avoid duplication of effort, attending board and shareholder meetings to provide legal perspective, and making introductions among our clients to facilitate business development.
GLC always strive to give its clients additional services beyond the charged fees. The knowledge our team gained in their learning activities is shared and conveyed to our clients by providing in-house training, regular notice on public policy developments, conducting seminars and issuance of newsletter concerning legal news. When other firms may seem to focus on maximizing billable hours, we earn our clients’ trust by offering real value as partners and counselors.
