Faisal heads up the Civil Law Dispute Resolution Practice for the Middle East region and has extensive experience in both litigating and arbitrating construction and commercial disputes across this region.

Faisal's experience

  • Represented a regional MEP contractor in DIAC arbitration in relation to MEP works on a major hotel development in Dubai.

  • Providing UAE law expert evidence before the DIFC Courts.

  • Providing UAE law expert evidence before the Supreme Court of Seychelles.

  • Advising an international contractor in various disputes in the express of USD 500 million concerning one of the largest upstream projects in the Middle East.

  • Advising a European contractor on the enforcement of a USD 30 million arbitral award in Abu Dhabi.

  • Acting for an MEP subcontractor in a dispute against its main contractor relating to a UAE housing development in relation to outstanding payments and time-related costs.

  • Advising an international bank on the enforcement of several personal guarantees in the UAE.

Credentials

  • 2019
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 2007
    University of East Anglia - LLM
  • 2000
    Qualified - Egypt
  • 1998
    University of Zagazig - LLB
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