Qasem Ratib Ahmed
Senior Associate
Expertise
- Property Structuring & Joint Ventures
- Real Estate
- UHNWI
Qasem Ratib Ahmed has enjoyed a broad-based practice spanning diverse areas of law including real estate, construction, litigation, arbitration and corporate and commercial. He has an in-depth knowledge of UAE law generally and UAE real estate law in particular and is a former Head of both our Real Estate and Construction Practice groups in Abu Dhabi.
Originally trained as a Barrister he practised as counsel on the original side of the Bombay High Court, Bombay, India, for almost a decade before coming to the UAE. He was a part-time lecturer at the K. C. Law College in Bombay. Admitted to the Bar in Bombay in 1983 and admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor to the Bar of Ontario, Canada, in 1998.
Admissions
- Barrister and Solicitor of the Bar of Ontario, Canada
- Acted successfully on behalf of claimant in arbitration relating to structural and mechanical design defects in large real estate development.
- Advised Abu Dhabi Government investment company in respect of occupational leases for Sowwah Island development and Sheikh Zayed Sports City.
- Advised client in relation to major island development in Abu Dhabi.
- Advised promoters in relation to development of a 330 key luxury hotel and resort in Seychelles.
- Advised client in relation to development of 150 key luxury hotel (Four Seasons) and resort in Seychelles.
- Advised developer in respect of development of five plots of land on Reem Island.
- Advised local pipe manufacturing company in relation to chlorination pipelines and seawater intake project for refinery in Al Ruwais.
- Advised clients in relation to several high-rise building projects in Abu Dhabi.
- Advised the Government of Abu Dhabi in respect of prominent projects, including waste management and hospital management contracts.
- Advised developer relative to the re-development of the Abu Dhabi Central Market.