Nicola de Sylva is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Commercial practice in Qatar.

Nicola has over 12 years experience working in all areas of corporate commercial law.  She has assisted clients in a wide range of commercial contracts including management, service, distribution, franchise, commercial agency, shareholder and joint venture agreements.  She is well versed in providing strategic advice on all aspects of commercial law and commercial contracts, and drafting, reviewing and negotiating contract terms.

Nicola also has particular expertise in commercial property law and transactions, such as acquisitions, divestments, project developments (including hotel and shopping centre development) design build and lease agreements, and commercial leasing and has acted on many high profile and complex transactions in the property market and also worked for law firms in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.

Nicola’s clients include Oberoi Hotels, Audi, Samsung, Qatar Exchange; Qatar Financial Authority, Msheireb Properties, Langham Hotels; Microsoft, Starbucks &amp; Apple.