Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
  • +44 (0)20 7454 5110
  • Client Login
  • Send a Release
Return to PR Newswire homepage
  • News
  • Products
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All Public Company News
      • All Multimedia News
      • View All News Releases

      • Regulatory News

      • D/A/CH Regulatory News
      • UK Regulatory News
      • View All Regulatory News

  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads & Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking & Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film & Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers & Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalisation
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls & Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil & Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defence
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking & Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers & Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines & Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics & Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture & Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewellery
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film & Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks & Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels & Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Animal Welfare
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Economic News, Trends & Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • Labour & Union
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Public Safety
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Overview
  • Distribution
  • Paid Placement
  • Multimedia
  • Disclosure Services
  • SocialBoost
  • Rooms
    • MediaRoom
    • ESG Rooms
  • AI Tools
  • General Enquiries
  • Media Enquiries
  • Partnerships
  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PR Newswire UK provides press release distribution, targeting, monitoring, and marketing services
  • Send a Release
    • Phone

    • +44 (0)20 7454 5110 from 8 AM - 5:30 PM GMT

    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us

      +44 (0)20 7454 5110
      from 8 AM - 5:30 PM GMT

  • Client Login
  • Send a Release
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
  • News in Focus
    • Browse News Releases
    • Regulatory News
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
    • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Client Login
  • Send a Release
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
  • Overview
  • Distribution
  • Paid Placement
  • Multimedia
  • Disclosure Services
  • Cision Communications Cloud®
  • AI Tools
  • Client Login
  • Send a Release
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
  • General Enquiries
  • Media Enquiries
  • Partnerships
  • Client Login
  • Send a Release
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists

Four Partners with Decades of International Infrastructure Development and Controversy Experience Will Join Crowell & Moring and Firm Plans to Open Doha Office

This image opens in the lightbox

News provided by

Crowell & Moring LLP

02 Sep, 2020, 14:16 GMT

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX

Team advises clients on the full life cycle of complex infrastructure projects

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Hager, Charbel Maakaron, Michael Guiffré, and Meagan Bachman will be joining Crowell & Moring as partners, a move that will expand the firm's global infrastructure, international dispute resolution and litigation capabilities. As part of their arrival, the firm plans to launch an office in Doha with an additional team of 8 lawyers.

The team has a Doha-centered practice and has been representing the Government of the State of Qatar for 15 years on the development of the Hamad International Airport, one of the largest airport and infrastructure projects in the world. In addition, they have represented both national and international clients for decades on diverse matters and projects in Qatar and in other jurisdictions around the globe. The lawyers will join the firm from Squire Patton Boggs. They will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office and will be joined by Joshua Lindsay, a counsel. Maakaron will serve as the managing partner of Crowell & Moring's Doha office, with a stellar team of lawyers that was recognized as the "Best International Law Firm in Qatar" for the past three years running.

The group has deep transactional, regulatory, and litigation experience, guiding clients through large projects from inception through completion, including the controversies and arbitrations that often result. The lawyers have served as counsel to governments, private companies, developers, lenders, borrowers, and engineering and construction firms on infrastructure, real estate development, construction, privatization, and public-private partnership matters in the Middle East, West Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States. They have broad industry experience and have advised clients in the aviation, infrastructure, finance, defense, technology, education, tourism/hospitality, healthcare, and energy sectors. The team is particularly recognized for its premier global aviation infrastructure and disputes practice.

"We are very pleased that this well-established and highly-respected group will be joining the firm," said Philip T. Inglima, chair of Crowell & Moring. "We see Qatar as a strong market for one of our strategic growth priorities, which is the expansion of our global infrastructure practice, building on the strengths of our government contracts, international dispute resolution, project development, and regulatory experience. With increased private and public investment in critical infrastructure projects, the addition of this team will enhance our ability to provide the full spectrum of critical support to clients active in this space."

The team is led by Robert Hager, who served as managing partner of the Squire Patton Boggs Doha office from 2006-2012. He is the founding chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar and is ranked in Chambers, Best Lawyers and IFLR1000. He is a skilled and experienced transactional and disputes counsel on infrastructure, aviation, construction, and technology projects, including project finance and mergers and acquisitions. Hager has represented diverse clients worldwide in projects and transactions financed by the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and other international lending institutions. In addition to his extensive international experience, he has worked on a wide range of complex U.S. transactions. He studied Middle East politics at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and graduated from Georgetown Law in 1991. He is admitted to the Doha, D.C. and Virginia bars.

"We are delighted that we will be working with Robert, Charbel, Michael, Meagan and Joshua once again," said Robert Weekes, managing partner of Crowell & Moring's London office. London is an important venue for the group as the arbitration matter in relation to the airport development is based in London. "We already have considerable experience practicing alongside these talented lawyers and their clients and we look forward to renewing that teamwork at Crowell & Moring. Their arrival will enhance our IDR and corporate practices around the world and add further strength and depth to our excellent Infrastructure team. The entire London office looks forward to working closely with this impressive team on a range of projects for clients, from complex litigation and arbitration matters to corporate transactions and project finance."

"Crowell & Moring will provide a superb platform for our practice," Hager said. "In addition to being able to collaborate with firm attorneys across the U.S. and Europe to support our existing projects, the depth of the firm's transactional, regulatory, and disputes capabilities will greatly benefit our clients as they pursue future opportunities and investments worldwide, as well as navigate the controversy matters that may develop."

Charbel Maakaron has served as managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs' Doha office. He has spent more than a decade in Qatar advising corporate clients on commercial transactions, corporate structuring, finance and securities, commercial litigation, capital markets and regulatory matters. Maakaron also guides government officials on legislative projects and has helped develop laws in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council. He is ranked by Chambers in the area of corporate/commercial law and serves as chair of the Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce in Qatar. Maakaron started his legal career in his native country of Lebanon after earning a law degree from the University of Bristol in 2003. He is admitted in the Beirut and Doha Bars.

"We are excited to be joining a premiere international law firm that is committed to providing outstanding legal service to our clients in Qatar," Maakaron said. "While other firms are contracting, Crowell & Moring is in a build-mode which is remarkably impressive. We look forward to expanding our first-class infrastructure and disputes practice, as well as our corporate practice with a firm that plans to grow in Doha." 

Michael Guiffré is a first-chair trial lawyer who has extensive experience in international arbitrations and U.S. litigation in a wide range of disputes involving commercial and government contracts, construction claims, intellectual property rights, business torts, and fraud. At his previous firm, he was chair of the litigation practice in Washington, D.C. He was lead counsel in international and domestic arbitrations and federal and state courts throughout the nation on a wide range of matters, including infrastructure development, commercial and government contracts, construction claims, intellectual property rights, business torts, and fraud. A 1993 graduate of Georgetown Law, he served for six years as an officer and lawyer in the U.S. Army where he managed complex contract litigation and fraud investigations in the Office of the Chief Trial Attorney. 

Meagan Bachman has extensive controversy experience. She has served as lead and co-lead counsel on a number of international arbitrations and mediations involving large infrastructure projects. She has represented clients in proceedings conducted under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Her practice also includes counseling clients on contract disputes and other complex commercial issues relating to major construction and infrastructure projects, including disputes avoidance and early resolution of disputes. She graduated Order of the Coif from George Washington University Law School in 2002.

About Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with approximately 550 lawyers representing clients in litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. The firm is internationally recognized for its representation of Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation, as well as its ongoing commitment to pro bono service and diversity. The firm has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, London, and Brussels.

Media Contact: 
Rebecca Carr
Director of Communications
+1 202.508.8335
Email: prteam@crowell.com

Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/175008/crowell_and_moring_llp_logo.jpg

Related Links

http://www.crowell.com

Modal title

Also from this source

Crowell & Moring's London Office Adds Leading AI and Emerging Tech Partner Emma Wright

Crowell & Moring's London Office Adds Leading AI and Emerging Tech Partner Emma Wright

Emma Wright, a market leading lawyer representing prominent technology companies and governments on artificial intelligence and emerging...

More Releases From This Source

Explore

Banking & Financial Services

Banking & Financial Services

Corporate Expansion

Corporate Expansion

Personnel Announcements

Personnel Announcements

News Releases in Similar Topics

Contact PR Newswire

  • +44 (0)20 7454 5110
    from 8 AM - 5:30 PM GMT
  • General Enquiries
  • Media Enquiries
  • Partnerships

Products

  • Content Distribution
  • Multimedia Services
  • Disclosure Services
  • Cision Communications Cloud®

About

  • About PR Newswire
  • About Cision
  • Partnering Opportunities
  • Careers
  • APAC
  • APAC - Simplified Chinese
  • APAC - Traditional Chinese
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Czech
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Mexico
  • Middle East
  • Middle East - Arabic
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United States
  • Vietnam

My Services

  • All News Releases
  • Customer Portal
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
  • Data Privacy

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via Privacy@cision.com 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact PR Newswire

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Customer Portal
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Journalists
+44 (0)20 7454 5110
from 8 AM - 5:30 PM GMT
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Information Security Policy
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 PR Newswire Europe Limited. All Rights Reserved. A Cision company.