Lawyers / Richelle Segura
Richelle Segura is a corporate lawyer specializing in advising clients on corporate establishment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, business transfers, corporate finance, real estate finance and general corporate and commercial advisory work. Ms. Segura has more than 5 years of Qatar law experience at Al-Ansari & Associates.
Prior to relocating to Qatar Ms. Segura represented the government of the Republic of the Philippines and some of its agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation, on various national and international commercial matters.
- Advising and supporting an international financial services provider on its setup and entry into the Qatari market.
- Advising a Qatar-based engineering company on its joint venture with a German entity.
- Advising a government-owned company on its legal due diligence in relation to its proposed acquisition of various joint ventures.
- Advising an educational institution on its construction contracts and other services agreements.
- Advising and representing a leading Italian company in a multi-million QAR arbitration matter.
- Providing legal opinions to insurance companies in relation to claims raised against them in Qatar.
- Providing legal opinions for various banks on multi-million QAR financing agreements.
- Providing legal opinions to the Law World Federation and member environmentalists in relation to the UN Climate Change Conference – COP 18.
- Advising an international retail company on its incorporation and acquisition of various businesses.
- Advising a Spanish construction company on its joint venture in Qatar.
- Advising an electronics and high-tech retail company on various corporate transactions in Qatar.
- Advising and supporting a Saudi based manufacturing company on its claims against the main contractor and employer as well as on other matters relating to its distributor.
- Advising a listed company on its proposed M&A with another privately held company.
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Member, 2009.
Education
LL.B, University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Civil Law, 2008BA Legal Management, with honors, University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Arts and Letters, 2004