Dani Kabbani

Dani Kabbani is the Managing Partner of our Doha office and specialises in corporate law. Before joining the firm, Dani was a Senior Counsel with Simmons & Simmons in Doha (2007-2012). He previously worked for Qatar Petroleum's Legal Department in the Projects section for seven years (2000-2007) and before that acted as Manager of the Legal Department of Doha Bank and has twenty years of Doha based experience and knowledge. Dani has extensive experience working with government bodies and companies on a wide range of commercial and corporate matters including joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. Dani also has extensive experience advising construction and oil and gas companies on project related agreements and has assisted numerous joint venture companies in their negotiations with both the public and private sector. Dani acted as secretary to the board of directors of Oryx GTL (a Qatar Petroleum and Sasol joint venture), Gulf Drilling International (a Qatar Petroleum and Japan Drilling Company joint venture), Starlink (a Qatar Telecom affiliate) and Qatar First Investment Bank.

- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of St. Joseph, 1991 – 1994 - Certificate of Specialisation, International Law and Legal Studies, University of St. Joseph, 1994 – 1995