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Qatar rail project

- US$25,000.00 m

  • Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
  • Jurisdiction - Qatar
  • Practice - Project Finance
  • one of largest infrastructure projects in the Middle East.


  • Firm - Denton Wilde Sapte
  • Client - Deutsche Bahn
  • Lead Lawyers - Leigh Hall, Safwan Moubaydeen
  • Role - Counsel to operator
  • Firm - Patton Boggs
  • Client - Qatar Diar
  • Lead Lawyers - Rob Hager
  • Role - Local counsel

Deal summary

  • Qatar’s US$25bn rail project one of largest infrastructure projects in the Middle East.

  • Denton is chief legal advisors to Deutsche Bahn. Doha managing partner Leigh Hall working alongside Amman managing partner Safwan Moubaydeen, on Qatari laws, structuring corporate and finance models, and PPP arrangements.

  • Deutsche Bahn formed JV with the state-owned investment firm Qatar Diar in 49/51% ownership structure. Patton Boggs’ Doha managing partner Rob Hager is advising Qatar Diar, which is also being led in-house by its legal director Ahmed Elbagir.

  • “This is a huge project [which] will transform the country’s transport system … and is expected to take up to 15 years to fully complete. It is also seen as an integral component in Qatar's bid for the 2022 football World Cup.” Leigh Hall, Denton Wilde Sapte


 


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