Amjad Hussain is a partner in the firm’s Finance practice. He focuses his practice on finance, corporate and commercial matters with particular emphasis on banking and Islamic finance.
Since 2002, Amjad has worked for clients in the Arabian Gulf across a range of sectors including financial services, TMT and infrastructure. He advises government and private sector clients based within and outside the Middle East on matters of English, Qatar and Qatar Financial Centre laws.
In 2021, Chambers Global directory of lawyers in Qatar rated Amjad as Band 1 and states:
“Amjad Hussain is widely considered a leader in Qatari finance matters. He is acclaimed by clients for his strengths in Islamic and asset finance, and offers further expertise in M&A transactions and commercial contract work. Sources describe him as a lawyer who is ‘very pragmatic, practical and offers a good level of service,’ further noting: ‘He's a really pleasant guy to work with.’”
Prior to joining the firm, Amjad practiced in the United Kingdom for a number of years before joining the Dubai office of an international law firm in 2002, where he worked for three years before returning to the United Kingdom for two years.
From 2007 until 2012, Amjad practiced as a partner with an international law firm in its Doha office, which he managed. He assisted that firm with entering the Saudi market and supervised that firm’s Saudi cooperation arrangement.
Amjad joined the firm's Doha office in 2012. He is rated by a number of independent legal sector directories as a leading lawyer in Qatar and has worked on a number of strategic and award-winning transactions.
- Recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA as a Leading Individual for Commercial, corporate and M&A in Qatar, 2023-2024
- Recognized by Chambers Global in Qatar
- Banking & Finance, 2023-2024
- Corporate/Commercial, 2023-2024
- Recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA as a Recommended Lawyer for Banking, finance and capital markets in Qatar, 2024
- Lead the team recognized by the global IFN Law Awards in the Fintech Law Firm of the Year category, 2023
- The Sir Basil Blackwell Prize,1995
- The David Howarth Memorial Prize,1996
- The Sweet and Maxwell Prize,1997
- Speaker, “CEOs and Islamic Finance Leaders Roundtable,” hosted by Qatar Financial Centre and HBKU, 4 March 2024
- Speaker, K&L Gates and QFC Asset Management Workshop, 12 February 2024
Amjad is a Qatar correspondent for Islamic Finance News since 2010. He wrote for Global Finance Magazine in 2011. He has also had media commentaries in Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Law Society Gazette, Arabian Business, Arab News, MEED, Reuters, BBC World, Gulf Times, and Lexis Nexis.
- “Government and private sector collaboration,” Islamic Finance news, 21 February 2024
- “A hopeful start to 2024,” Islamic Finance news, 24 January 2024
- “Regulatory updates,” Islamic Finance news, 3 January 2024
- Co-Author, "Islamic finance disputes: Arbitration and litigation," IFN Annual Guide 2024, Islamic finance news, 19 December 2023
- “Qatar’s digital ecosystem,” Islamic Finance news, 21 November 2023
- “All things fintech,” Islamic Finance news, 17 October 2023
- “Green initiatives and new collaborations,” Islamic Finance news, 22 September 2023
- “Promising results,” Islamic Finance news, 16 August 2023
- “Quiet summer days in Qatar,” Islamic Finance news, 24 July 2023
- "Sustainable banking,” Islamic Finance news, 22 June 2023
- “Qatari banks resilient during turbulent times,” Islamic Finance news, 20 April 2023
- “Qatar’s fintech journey,” Islamic Finance news, 29 March 2023
- “New year, new opportunities,” Islamic Finance news, 18 January 2023
- “The beautiful game,” Islamic Finance news, 04 January 2023
- "Rallying for the World Cup,” Islamic Finance news, 19 October 2022
- “Qatar: Regulatory developments,” Islamic Finance news, 28 September 2022
- “Islamic financing in the hospitality sector,” Islamic Finance news, 27 July 2022
- “Qatar delivers on its World Cup promise,” Islamic Finance news, 16 December 2022
- "Qatar: Islamic green finance on the rise," IFN Country Correspondent 19(24), 15 June 2022
- "Qatar: Islamic green finance on the rise," Islamic Finance news, 13 June 2022
- "Green Financing," Islamic Finance news, 25 May 2022
- "Islamic fintech the way forward," Islamic Finance news, 4 May 2022
- “Qatar's adoption of fintech,” Islamic Finance news, 30 March 2022
- “Focus on governance,” Islamic Finance news, 23 February 2022
- “More of the same,” Islamic Finance news, 24 January 2021
- "Mega merger successfully completed," Islamic Finance news, 11 January 2022
- "Driving out of the pandemic," Islamic Finance news, 15 November 2021
- "The dawn of a mega Islamic financial institution draws closer," Islamic Finance news, 27 October 2021
- "Qatar: A busy September," Islamic Finance news, 13 October 2021
- "Amendments to the Qatar Commercial Companies Law," LexisNexis, 20 September 2021
- "New initiatives and Qatar National Vision 2030," Islamic Finance news, 25 August 2021
- "Qatar: A Focus on fintech," Islamic Finance news, 11 August 2021
- "Partnerships and growth in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 23 June 2021
- "Legal and regulatory developments - beneficial ownership," Islamic Finance news, 1 June 2021
- "Qatar: A resilient banking sector," Islamic Finance news, 21 April 2021
- "Steady progress in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 24 March 2021
- "Qatar: Back in the fold, for better or worse?," Islamic Finance news, 27 January 2021
- "Unity returns to the GCC," Islamic Finance news, 20 January 2021
- "Qatar: An optimistic end to the year," Islamic Finance news, 6 January 2021
- "A focus on aviation in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 25 November 2020
- "Qatar innovation and reform," Islamic Finance news, 21 October 2020
- "A focus on partnerships," Islamic Finance news, 26 August 2020
- "Focusing on fintech," Islamic Finance news, 1 July 2020
- "2019 results signal optimistic outlook for 2020," Islamic Finance news, 19 February 2020
- "Qatar: A new decade, a new drive," Islamic Finance news, 22 January 2020
- "Focusing on next year," Islamic Finance news, 18 December 2019
- "Qatar’s emerging economy," Islamic Finance news, December 2019
- "Innovation is the future," Islamic Finance news, 20 November 2019
- "Fintech leads the way," Islamic Finance news, 23 October 2019
- "Qatar Central Bank centralizes Islamic banking supervision," Islamic Finance news, 13 August 2019
- "Summer heat in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 17 July 2019
- "Blessed Ramadan," Islamic Finance news, 19 June 2019
- "Qatar: A slow start to Ramadan," Islamic Finance news, 22 May 2019
- "Qatar’s energetic drive toward Islamic finance," Islamic Finance news, 24 April 2019
- "Qatar: The positive outlook continues," Islamic Finance news, 27 February 2019
- "2019 comes with high hopes and expectations of a prosperous, diversified economy in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 23 January 2019
- "Qatar smoothly navigating turbulent waters," Islamic Finance news, December 2018
- "A calm November," Islamic Finance news, 21 November 2018
- "Back to school, back to the markets," Islamic Finance news, 24 October 2018
- "Steady summer in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 26 September 2018
- "Quiet summer in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 22 August 2018
- "To merge or not to merge?" Islamic Finance news, 25 July 2018
- "A blessed and busy month," Islamic Finance news, 27 June 2018
- "Pre-Ramadan flurry," Islamic Finance news, 23 May 2018
- "Another world’s first for Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 25 April 2018
- "Profitable start in Doha," Islamic Finance news, 21 March 2018
- "Qatar gets busy," Islamic Finance news, 14 February 2018
- "An optimistic start," Islamic Finance news, 27 January 2018
- "Qatar - A busy year-end," Islamic Finance news, 3 January 2018
- "Qatar – an unexpectedly tough year," Islamic Finance news, December 2017
- "Steady steps forward for Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 20 September 2017
- "Qatar’s quiet summer months," Islamic Finance news, 26 July 2017
- "Summer in Qatar," Islamic Finance news, 21 June 2017
- "Qatar: A promising start," Islamic Finance news, 22 February 2017
- "Qatar: Happy new start," Islamic Finance news, 18 January 2017
- "Government support, financial results and the Cuban market," Islamic Finance news, 26 October 2016
- "Qatar: Quiet Qatari summer," Islamic Finance news, 28 September 2016
- "Turbulent Times in the Gulf," IFN Country Correspondent, July 2016
- "Qatar's strong start to a testing year," Islamic Finance news, 16 March 2016
- "A year of mixed fortunes," Islamic Finance news, December 2015
- "A Qatari summer," Islamic Finance news, 19 August 2015
- Chapter in Sukuk – Islamic Capital Markets Series, Sweet & Maxwell, 2009
- Quoted, "The number of listed companies on QSE’s main market rises to 50 with the listing of Dukhan Bank," Qatar Tribune, 21 February 2023
- Quoted, "K&L Gates deepens its presence in Qatar," The Peninsula, 4 August 2021