Full Name
Monita Barghachieh
Job Title
General Counsel
Company
Marafeq Qatar
Speaker Bio
Seasoned strategist legal counsel of distinguished experience hailing from private practice to leading corporate legal departments.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Marafeq Qatar, a leading district cooling and SNG provider in the State of Qatar.
Formerly, Group Legal Director at Power International Holding, a Qatar based international conglomerate. Prior to pursuing corporate counsel role, Ms. Barghachie led a remarkable career in private practice working with renowned international law firms Squire Patton Boggs, Pinsent Masons, Clyde & Co, Addleshaw Goddard, and prominent Qatari law firm Sultan Al-Abdullah and Partners.
Ms. Barghachie’s skills portfolio include corporate governance and compliance, legal department management, legal operations, strategic planning, stakeholders and people management. Her professional experience spans from corporate commercial advisory and transactions including M&A, IPO and listing, restructuring and reorganisation, FDI, corporate establishment and joint ventures, to construction, hospitality and real estate development and dispute resolution.
Ms. Barghachie is qualified with the Lebanese Advocates Association; she is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Ms. Barghachie holds the designation ‘’In-house Counsel Certified (ICC)’’ by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Credentialing Institute and is recognized by the Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025.
Ms. Barghachie contributed to numerous World Bank “Doing Business” publications, authored on trending legal topics and featured speaker and panelist on legal forums in Qatar and the region.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Marafeq Qatar, a leading district cooling and SNG provider in the State of Qatar.
Formerly, Group Legal Director at Power International Holding, a Qatar based international conglomerate. Prior to pursuing corporate counsel role, Ms. Barghachie led a remarkable career in private practice working with renowned international law firms Squire Patton Boggs, Pinsent Masons, Clyde & Co, Addleshaw Goddard, and prominent Qatari law firm Sultan Al-Abdullah and Partners.
Ms. Barghachie’s skills portfolio include corporate governance and compliance, legal department management, legal operations, strategic planning, stakeholders and people management. Her professional experience spans from corporate commercial advisory and transactions including M&A, IPO and listing, restructuring and reorganisation, FDI, corporate establishment and joint ventures, to construction, hospitality and real estate development and dispute resolution.
Ms. Barghachie is qualified with the Lebanese Advocates Association; she is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Ms. Barghachie holds the designation ‘’In-house Counsel Certified (ICC)’’ by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Credentialing Institute and is recognized by the Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025.
Ms. Barghachie contributed to numerous World Bank “Doing Business” publications, authored on trending legal topics and featured speaker and panelist on legal forums in Qatar and the region.
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