Construction Disputes in the Middle East

Rishabh is an India qualified lawyer with several years of experience. In addition to construction law, he specialises in shareholder disputes, intellectual property law issues, debt recovery claims and real estate matters. He regularly advises clients on various legal issues. He has represented clients in both domestic and international arbitrations. He has done several ad-hoc arbitrations and arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA or SIAC institutional rules. He has represented clients in arbitrations governed by Indian, Omani, UAE, English, Singaporean, Kazakhstani and Sudanese law.

Sean is one of the leading silks at the commercial bar and is renowned for his exceptional advocacy, particularly across the practice areas of energy, construction and engineering, and professional negligence.
 
He is most regularly instructed in large scale international and domestic litigation and arbitrations where teamwork, together with detailed and effective cross examination and other advocacy is required. His clients include UK and foreign governments and many of the world’s largest construction companies.
 
Sean has twice been awarded the title of the Legal 500 'Projects and Energy Silk of the Year’ and has also been awarded the Chambers & Partners 'Construction Silk of the Year'. He is consistently ranked tier 1 in the EMEA directories for construction.

John Fletcher is a managing director in the Expert Services practice, based in the Dubai office. He is a mechanical engineering professional, expert adviser and delay analyst with over 15 years of experience in the design, construction, analysis and management of major projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and Australia. He has significant experience in the forensic analysis of delay and has been appointed as an independent expert on programming and delay matters and has submitted written evidence in mediation, adjudication and international arbitration proceedings and well as giving oral expert testimony.

Sharda is an international dispute resolution lawyer working with MRP Advisory, Dubai. She has vast experience in handling complex construction arbitrations across continents. Her expertise lies in industries like infrastructure, engineering, and power and energy. She has represented clients in both domestic as well as international arbitrations. Apart from handling ad-hoc arbitrations, she has experience in arbitrations administered under leading institutional rules such as ICC, DIAC, and UNCITRAL rules. Sharda has advised employers, contractors, and sub-contractors for projects being executed and governed by common law and civil law jurisdictions.