Contract Law of Qatar

Ilias Bantekas is a Professor of Transnational Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar Foundation) and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. He has authored more than 200 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, as well as 20 books, including Islamic Contract Law (co-author, 2023), Introduction to International Arbitration (2015), and Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (2020). Ahmed Al-Ahmed is a Former Legal Counsel at Qatar Energy and Former Senior Marketer at Qatar Petroleum for the Sale of Petroleum Products Company Limited. He has fifteen years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry in commercial operations and trading of crude oil and its by-products. He provided legal advice on Qatar Energy's new business development activities and was responsible for drafting relevant agreements, regulatory approvals, and venture setups.

1. The sources of Qatari contract law; 2. Contract formation; 3. Intention to be bound and cause; 4. Capacity and authority to contract; 5. Formality; 6. Interpretation and gap filling by the courts; 7. Good faith and unfair terms; 8. Defects of consent; 9. Prohibited contracts; 10. Performance and damages; 11. Termination and rescission of chapters; 12. Contracts and third parties; 13. The contract regulations of the Qatar Financial Center.