Hamza Alasfoor

Hamza has been seconded on a full-time basis since 2016 to the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. In this role, he advises on matters submitted to the Committee in its capacity as the legal arm of the Council of Ministers, including legislative proposals and proposals with desire submitted by the legislative authority, as well as draft laws, resolutions, requests for legal opinions, and international and domestic legal instruments referred by ministries and government entities.

Hamza joined Newton Legal as an intern in 2015, where he completed his training at the Bahrain Economic Development Board. He subsequently became an Associate and was seconded to the Committee. He was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024.

Experience

• Part of the team advising the Government of Bahrain on the Maritime Law and Health Insurance Law.
• Part of the team advising the Government of Bahrain on its accession to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and conventions adopted within the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
• Part of the team advising the Government of Bahrain on the Memorandum of Understanding concerning cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the United States.
• Part of the team advising the Government of Bahrain on the concession agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, represented by the Ministry of Oil and Environment, BAPCO Energies B.S.C. (c), and EOG Resources Bahrain Awali W.L.L. concerning the Jubah and Pre-Unayzah reservoirs in the Bahrain Field.
• Part of the team advising the Government of Bahrain on cooperation frameworks involving major international private sector entities such as Amazon, Microsoft and Nu Asia.