Al-Ansari & Associates was the recipient of the ACC Middle East Achievement Award, in recognition of the Qatar-based firm's CSR programme, dubbed the 'community empowerment initiative'.

Thanks to a policy of requiring lawyers to undertake a minimum of 200 hours of pro bono work a year, the firm has provided 5,800 hours of free advice during the past eight years.

Examples of its work include: advising migrant workers on their rights; conducting wills workshops, with content posted on YouTube in order to reach as many people as possible; and winning a landmark court case to enable a civil servant to receive his full retirement benefits.