It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the website of The General Legal Counsel office created to provide legal consultations and services to the university’s academic and administrative staff, as well as official state entities.
The General Legal Counsel Office is considered one of the most important departments that study, discuss and follow-up legal questions related to the university in cooperation with other University departments.
The office includes top legal advisers in the field of lawsuits, disputes, legal consultations and research issues related to intellectual property etc. The office provides high quality legal services as well as in depth legal consultations, with maximum efficiency and speed and superlative performance in addition to seeking innovative solutions for dispute settlement.
The office also reviews contracts, agreements and memorandums of understanding related to the University of Qatar and other universities and companies, whose activities are closely related to the university and further expresses legal opinion with respect to draft laws referred to it.
Our team is specialized in investigating facts and irregularities referred to the university employees, preparing necessary memorandums on the investigations results accompanied with the legal opinion and recommendations and referring them to the competent bodies and following up, in cooperation with competent bodies, the various disputes and lawsuits to which the University is party. I seize this opportunity to welcome all of your suggestions, opinions and contributions via the website and social media in order to achieve cooperation and integration for the service of the University and students.
Dr. Abdulmehsen bin Fetais Almarri