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Not just a World Cup

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Published on: 30 January 2014
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  • What’s happening?
  • Construction changes
  • Construction regulations
  • Construction contracts
  • Can land be compulsorily purchased?

Article summary

Construction analysis: Qatar’s World Cup bid has put the country’s construction industry in the global spotlight. However, as Matthew Walker, partner at K&L Gates in Doha explains, this is not the only thing creating legal change.

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