Robert A. Hager represents clients in a wide range of infrastructure matters, including the development and construction of airports, road, rail, energy and telecommunication facilities. He has been involved in projects throughout the world and has worked in Qatar for over 14 years. Since 2006, he has served as lead outside counsel for the Hamad International Airport construction project, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the Middle East and one of the largest airport projects in the world.

Robert has served as counsel to governments, airports, airlines, public private partnerships, private companies, developers, lenders, borrowers, suppliers, and engineering and construction firms in multibillion dollar projects and transactions supported by sovereign funding or international lending institutions, including the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. He has prepared and negotiated privatizations, PPPs, joint venture agreements, financing documents, sponsor guarantees, engineering and procurement contracts, construction and consulting agreements, technical services agreements, supply agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, and host country enabling decrees.

He also advises clients in contentious matters, including multibillion dollar construction and investment disputes.

In addition to his international experience, Robert has worked on a wide range of U.S. transactions including the private placement of equity and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, the formation of new companies, and complex transactions involving the sales of goods and services, technology transfer, and the protection of intellectual property.

He is the founding chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar.