UK Adjudicators 2021 London Adjudication & Arbitration Conference has leading speakers from law firms, barristers chambers, expert firms and adjudicators and arbitrators.
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The UK Adjudicators 2021 London Adjudication & Arbitration Conference follows on from the
2019 and 2020 conferences bringing together world leading adjudicators, arbitrators, solicitors,
barristers, lawyers, academics, construction professionals, clients, users and students to discuss
topical issues in adjudication and arbitration.
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World class lawyers, experts, arbitrators, adjudicators,
dispute board members and practitioners will be speaking
and attending the event.
0 The event will be run under Chatham House rules.
Discussions will include adjudication, dispute boards,
arbitration in the UK and international context.
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5. Globally Proven
Construction
Expertise
PROTECT, CREATE & RECOVER VALUE
Matthew Finn | Senior Managing Director
BSc Hons LLM FCIArb MCInstCES FCIOB FRICS MAE MEWI
Construction Quantum Expert; Claims; Damages on
Construction; Infrastructure
Matthew is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors,
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Building and
a Member of Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering. He is regularly
appointed as an expert witness in the field of quantum (damages)
in construction matters. Matthew is a certified civil and commercial
mediator, construction adjudicator, dispute board practitioner and a
domestic and international arbitrator and sits on over 30 worldwide
arbitration panels. He has also been recognised in Who’s Who Legal
in Arbitration, Quantum and Delay, and Construction chapters in
publications in 2018-2021.
Iain Aitchison | Managing Director
MArch LLM DipICArb FDBF FCIArb
Expert Witness & Advisory; Forensic Delay
Iain is a registered Architect in the UK and in Germany and fluent in
English and German. He has 30 years’ experience in international
construction, including projects in the public sector, international
private sector and in multi-disciplinary practice. Iain is an internationally
recognised delay expert, with expertise in complex buildings, power
and process plants, and major infrastructure projects. He is a DBF
accredited dispute board member and FIDIC specialist, CEDR accredited
mediator, and accredited international arbitrator, and has experience of
virtual hearings in international commercial arbitration and of resolving
disputes in virtual mediation. He is listed on the CIArb Dispute Board
Panel, UK Adjudicators, and several international arbitration panels.
GLOBALLY RECOGNISED EXPERTS
45
Analysts in EMEA -
across quantum and
forensic delay
19
Experts with testifying
experience
of the top 10 law firms
in London
9
Our clients
include
projects in Africa, Asia,
Australia, Middle East
and Europe
55+
Cases
involve
matthew.finn@ankura.com
+44 (0) 7500 946 371
iain.aitchison@ankura.com
+44 (0) 7789 486 960
6. Acquisition M&A Advisory
Independent
Project Reviews
Data
Managment
Governance
Incident Response
& Investigation
Information
Governance
Commercial
Due Diligence
Cause of Cast
Overruns
Incident Response
& Investigation
Strategy &
Procurment
Damages
Calculations
Analysis of Cost
Control Systems
Company
Valuations
Change Managment
Complex Variations Professional
Liability
Delay &
Disruption
Defective
Construction
Employee
Engagement
Surveys
Asset
Tracing
Forensic
Data Search
and Analysis
Forensic
Evidence
Collection
Data
Mapping
Data
Production
Data
Preservation
Bribery &
Corruption
Investigations
Anti-
Corruption &
Anti Money
Laundering
Risk and International
Controls Assessment
& Remediation
Board of
Directors
Advisory
Data
Analytics
Procurement and
Delivery
Appraisals of
Emerging
Markets
Feasibility &
Business Modelling
Schedule/Programme
Analysis
Project
Controls
Technical
Accounting
Disputes
Delay in
Start-up
(Dsu)
Expert
Testimony
Loss of Profits
& Overhead
Expert
Witness
Cybersecurity
Awareness &
Preparedness
Business
Interruption
Complex Valuations
Geopolitical Intelligence
ANKURA SERVICE LINES
Data & Technology
Risk, Forensics & Compliance
Cybersecurity
Turnaround & Restructuring
Operations & Labour Strategy
Project Advisory
Forensic Accounting
Quantum Experts
Delay Experts
JV & Partnership Practice
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7. BRG’s International Arbitration practice comprises leading experts in accounting, economics,
finance, intellectual property, valuation, statistics and strategic analysis, along with industry
(including construction, infrastructure, and power) specialists, who together deliver the highest-
quality independent and objective testimony and advice to tribunals, counsel, corporations, agencies
and governments in matters heard by international arbitration panels around the world.
BRG experts have provided advisory services in some of the largest and most significant disputes in
the world. They have presented oral and written evidence before arbitration panels in proceedings
including disputes among investors and governments concerning investors’ expectations, regulatory
regime changes, direct and indirect expropriation, sovereign insurance claims and damages
quantification. Our experts have also provided advisory services to clients involved in proceedings
governed by diverse sets of procedural rules including the ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, AAA,
DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC and CIETAC.
International Arbitration
Our experts identify key issues, apply relevant
theories, employ leading-edge data analytics
and use sophisticated techniques to develop
independent and objective analyses and
opinions that have been found to be persuasive
in arbitration proceedings around the world. In
addition, BRG’s Global Investigations + Strategic
Intelligence team supports clients in civil
litigation, criminal matters and arbitrations,
providing key investigative and strategic
consulting along the entire dispute lifecycle,
from pre-complaint to post-judgment.
Our services include:
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Establishing a recommended approach and
methodologies for each case
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Assessing claims for damages
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Assessing Loss of Economic Benefits
- Valuations
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Expert opinions on industry issues
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Compiling and analysing electronic evidence
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Providing clear and concise expert reports
and oral testimony
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Due diligence on adverse parties
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What We Do
Seamus O’Doherty
Director, London
Global Construction Practice
sodoherty@thinkbrg.com
INTELLIGENCE THAT WORKS
8. Adjudication | Expert Witness | Quantity Surveyors | Building Surveyors
T: 0292 166 0531 | E: info@belasco-associates.co.uk | w: www.belasco-associates.co.uk
London: 5th
Floor, Dudley House, 169 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EU | Thatcham: 1 High Street, Thatcham,
Berkshire, RG19 3JG | Cardiff: Floor, Capital Tower, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AG | Swansea: Princess
House, Princess Way, Swansea, SA1 3LW
Company Number: 9057253 | RICS Registration: 750592
About Us
Belasco Associates is a firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors specialising in construction and
engineering, including commercial and residential building construction, water and wastewater
treatment, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage production, aviation, petrochemicals, power
and energy and waste from energy.
We act for and on behalf of developers, employers, main contractors, sub-contractors, and
private individuals and are pleased to be instructed on all construction matters. Visit it our
website at www.belasco-associates.co.uk or call us on 0292 1660531.
Our Services
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ADJUDICATION
Appointments as Adjudicator (RICS,
UKA, IChemE, CIArb and CIC panels)
Party representation
Provision of specialist advice
Construction and engineering
EXPERT SERVICES
Expert witness appointments
Expert determination
Quantum, delay, professional negligence,
defects
Single joint experts
QUANTITY SURVEYING
Contract reviews and contract drafting
Construction claims and disputes
Acting as Contract Administrator
Forensic quantity surveying
BUILDING SURVEYING
Building and property surveys
Party Wall appointments
Project management
Specialist advice
9. Supporting you through excellence
in all aspects of project planning,
expert delay analysis scheduling.
Providing the Highest Quality Service
We guarantee undivided commitment to
your project, drawing on our expertise
to deliver the results you expect.
ABOUT
TIME
CHRONOS CONSULT
www.chronosconsult.com
info@chronosconsult.com
Expert Witness, Delay Analysis,
Project Planning
10. Delay Quantum Experts
Providing dedicated expert witness and
dispute resolution services to the
construction and engineering sectors
www.damian-james.com
damian@damian-james.com
11. DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Founded in New York City in 1969, DeSimone Consulting Engineers
provideshigh-qualitystructuralengineering,facade,andcomprehensive
forensic, construction, and environmental consulting and dispute
resolution services that encompass the built environment footprint.
Known for providing exceptional service, creative and innovative
thinking, the firm serves each client with personal, dedicated, and
inspiring engineering and dispute resolution solutions. The firm’s offices
are strategically located to support clients across the United States,
South America, the Middle East, and Europe.
Consistently identified as a Top 500 Design Firm by Engineering News
Record, DeSimone has designed over 10,000 projects in 55 countries.
Our project portfolio demonstrates the firm’s dedication to pursuing,
developing, and delivering exceptional structures.
The firm combines cutting edge technology with seasoned expertise to
provide professional services unmatched in the industry. DeSimone’s
approach is process-driven and collaborative, utilizing an open office
design environment. Technology, communication, and responsiveness
are key strengths that facilitate the firm’s commitment to exceptional
service and engender the creation of a better built environment.
• 50th anniversary in 2019
• A multidisciplinary engineering firm
• Global offices
• 300+ total staff
• 10,000 projects in 55 countries
• 500+ awards
EUROPE
• London, UK
NORTH AMERICA
• Boston, US
• Chicago, US
• Las Vegas, US
• Miami, US
• New York, US
• San Francisco, US
MIDDLE EAST
• United Arab Emirates
SOUTH AMERICA
• Medellín, Colombia
DeSimone Consulting Engineers www.de-simone.com forensics@de-simone.com
12. As international leaders and active practitioners, DeSimone Consulting
Engineers provides specialty arbitration support services worldwide.
Founded in New York City in 1969, today DeSimone has a global footprint
to quickly respond and assist in analyzing highly complex issues to both
the built and natural environment, with multi-disciplinary capabilities
in structural design, construction forensics, facade consulting, and
environmental consulting and dispute resolution.
Our technically and culturally diverse team of experts considers each
client’s unique circumstances in a dynamic and complex industry
landscape, and provides solutions for their specific technical, business,
and regulatory challenges. We have successfully leveraged our unique
set of tools, technology platforms, and industry insights to solve complex
disasters, accidents, construction delays and defects, material failures,
and emerging environmental issues.
DeSimone’s experts are routinely sought by international law firms
and multinational clients for quantum, engineering, scientific, delay,
disruption, and damages on a wide range of international arbitration
cases in the following areas:
• Oil and gas
• Chemicals, industrial and manufacturing
• Construction and built environment
• Power and utilities
• Environmental and natural resources
• Transportation infrastructure
• Insurance and reinsurance
DeSimone provides a range of support services during the dispute
resolution and arbitration process, including but not limited to:
• Early assessment of the merits of a claim and consultation on
further actions
• Strategies and methodologies for quantifying damages
• Preparing and analyzing cost overruns and schedule delays
• Evaluating claims in the context of past and potential future
damages incurred
• Advice on the exact type of expertise, evidence, and
documentation required
International Arbitration
DeSimone Consulting Engineers www.de-simone.com forensics@de-simone.com
13. Project Advisory and Dispute Resolution
Environmental Arbitration
DeSimone’s project advisory services support a project through its entire
life cycle - from front-end planning, project initiation through design and
procurement, and throughout the course of construction and closeout.
From a dispute resolution perspective, the DeSimone team can identify
and anticipate problems to help avoid pitfalls in cost, scheduling, and
scope by performing comprehensive project assessments, improving
the project controls framework, and conducting schedule analysis
employing advanced techniques as risk-based, probabilistic scheduling.
At the core of DeSimone’s approach to navigating disputes through
mediation, arbitration, or litigation processes is our technical
competencies. DeSimone’s environmental scientists and engineers
rely on defensible scientific and engineering principles to support the
resolution of complex environmental and related disputes within various
legal frameworks.
• Claims and Litigation Support
• Confidential and Testifying Expert Services
• Document Reviews and Data Analysis
• Development of Strategies and Methodologies for Quantifying
Damages
• Independent Review of Expert and Other Technical Reports
• Review and Delineation of International Regulatory Guidelines
and Enforcements
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
Schedule Analysis
• Construction Defects
• Environment Consulting
• Architects and Engineers
Errors and Omissions
• Building Envelope Failures
• Building Code Issues
• Adjacent Property Evaluation
• Work Site Accident
Investigation
• Standard of Care Assessments
• Differing Site Conditions
• Equipment System Failures
• Delay Disruption
• Environmental Forensics
• Troubled Project Turnaround
DeSimone Consulting Engineers www.de-simone.com forensics@de-simone.com
14. United States
140 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10005
+1.212.532.2211
United Kingdom
Chancery Lane, London
+4420.7097.1799
United Arab Emirates
Fifty One Tower, 3rd Floor, Office 307
Business Bay, Al Abraj Street
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
T +971.4.514.8330
Structural Engineering
Building Information Modeling
Facade Consulting
DeSimone provides innovative structural design and analysis services
to architects, owners, and developers for all types of buildings at all
project phases. Dedicated to the successful execution of program
design concepts and the optimization of building systems, we have
designed some of the tallest and most recognizable structures and have
helped our clients realize their vision.
As buildings become more complex so does their detailing and
construction. We utilized BIM to illustrate construction means and
methods, identify and detail the most complex components of a buildings
structure, as well as produce diagrams, expert report illustrations, trial
exhibits, and demonstrative expert witness testimony.
From initial concept to completion, DeSimone’s Facade Consulting
team collaborates with architects, owners, and developers to deliver
resilient facade/building envelope systems that address architectural
intent, long-term performance, sustainability, scheduling, and budget
objectives.
• New Building Design
• Renovation/Preservation
• Construction Services
• Base Isolation/Damping
Consultation
• LEED/Sustainable Design
• Performance-based Design
• Peer Review
• Value Engineering
• Pre-Purchase/Due Diligence
• Feasibility Studies
• Risk Assessment/Risk
Integration
• Building Enclosure
• Roofing
• Water Proofing
• Windows/Glazing
• Building Maintenance
• Investigation
• Evaluation
• Design Solutions
• Construction Administration
DeSimone Consulting Engineers www.de-simone.com forensics@de-simone.com
16. www.drakeqs.co.uk
0161 711 0844
Contact us to discuss your latest project
MEP Quantity
Surveyors
and Dispute
Resolvers
Experts in MEP on
projects from the simple,
to the spectacular.
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www.hanscombintercontinental.com
EXPERT ADVISORY
EXPERT WITNESS
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HANSCOMB INTERCONTINENTAL PROVIDE
EXPERTS SERVICES TO THE GLOBAL
ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION,
ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES.
INFRASTRUCTURE
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
COMMERCIAL
DEFENCE
EDUCATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HEALTH
HOSPITALITY
HOUSING
MANUFACTURING
MINING AND METALS
OIL AND GAS
PHARMACEUTICALS
POWER
PUBLIC SECTOR
RETAIL
SCIENCE
SPORT AND LEISURE
TRANSPORT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITIES
WASTE
WASTE TO ENERGY
REFURBISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE
OFFSHORE
MARINE ENGINEERING
SHIPBUILDING
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
19. HANSCOMB INTERCONTINENTAL, 5 CHANCERY LANE , LONDON
www.hanscombintercontinental.com
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
21. HANSCOMB INTERCONTINENTAL, 5 CHANCERY LANE , LONDON
www.hanscombintercontinental.com
EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES
Our team comprise expert witnesses with experience of
being cross examined in litigation, arbitration, adjudication
and before Dispute Boards.
Disputes requiring technical expertise often involve an
elaborate technical matrix of fact and opinion. Complex
investigations, interrogation and interpretation of the cause
and impact of various competing causes are required.
We will deliver concise reports that explain complex
technical interactions in a clear and unambiguous manner.
DISCIPLINES INCLUDE:
Quantum
Delay Analysis
Architecture
Building Services
Civil and Structural Engineering
Construction and Engineering
Contract Administration
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Project Management
We are happy to provide an independent view on the
merits of any potential action and of any remedial works
proposed or already undertaken.
OUR EXPERTS COMPLY WITH A SET OF STRICT CRITERIA:
A minimum of 25 years’ industry experience;
They have cross examination experience;
They have been trained in the expert’s duties in both Litigation
and Arbitration and hold third party expert witness accreditation.
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
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sharing with other participants in the case.
Secure Communications - the platform
has its own messaging system.
Document signing –parties and neutrals
can securely sign documents on the
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Multiple Language Interfaces - available
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plus Arabic and Hindi. More languages
planned.
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Data Storage - data uploaded to the
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Reporting – Exportable charts of monthly
cases, values and dispute types.
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Notices sent from the platform can be
Ad hoc and Institution Cases – platform
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Dedicated Servers - our server space is not
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otherwise or applicable laws or procedural
rules, the data uploaded to the platform is
capable of being archived or deleted
permanently.
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has a single log-in, which gives them access
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25. www.rowfield.co.uk
Rowfield is a firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors that specialise in
providing commercial management, dispute resolution and project
support services to the construction industry. We are headquartered
in Cardiff, with offices in London.
Sophia House
28 Cathedral Rd
Cardiff CF11 9LJ
Tel: 02920 660145
simon.yates@rowfield.co.uk
CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS
EXPERT WITNESS
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
29. Advocate Dispute Resolver
Chantelle Humphries
Key Memberships and Qualifications
• Advocate of the High Court of South Africa since 2013
• Previously Qualified and Admitted Attorney
• More than 10 years’ experience
• Dispute Resolver specialising in construction disputes
Summary
I am widely experienced in power projects, construction claims and
dispute resolution. I have been appointed in arbitrations and in
adjudications on an ad hoc and named basis.
I have experience of JCT/FIDIC/JBCC/Bespoke and NEC forms of
contract and have drafted submissions, pleadings and opinions
examining concurrent delays, disruption, condition precedents,
foreseeability, purposive approach, penalties and damages.
I am familiar and understand the work of forensic planners and
quantity surveyors.
I am client and party facing and an experienced advocate and dispute
resolver who understands and crystallise claim situations early
allowing cost effective dispute resolution.
E: chumphries@law.co.za
M: 00 2784 405 1372
Nationality
• South African
Qualification
• LLB (UJ)
• LLB (London) (final year)
Professional Membership
• FCIArb
• FPD
• 41AonMediation
Sector Experience
• Power Plants
• Oil Gas
• Renewable Energy
• Rail Infrastructure
• Roads Bridges
• Process Plants
• Mining
• Nuclear
• Buildings
Geographic Experience
• United Kingdom
• South Africa
• Botswana
• Zimbabwe
Core Skills and Services
• Advocate
• Dispute Avoidance
• Dispute Resolution
• Claims Prosecution
• Claims Defence
• Contract Management
• Arbitration
• Adjudication
• Mediation
30. Ms Bernadette Barker
BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA MSc (Construction Law Arbitration) FCIArb C.Arb
DipICArb MIFireE
Chartered Architect, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Adjudicator,
Accredited Mediator Fire Risk Assessor
Bernadette has over 35 years’ experience since qualifying as an architect in
1984. In this time, Bernadette has gained experience in a range of roles across
various sectors of the construction industry with extensive experience in high
end retail.
In 1993 she established Barker Consultants.
Bernadette is presently involved in carrying out external wall reviews of both
completed buildings and those under construction.
Contact Details
Tel: +44 (0) 208 874 700
Tel: 07885 059 618
Email: bernadette@barkerconsultants.com
Website: barkerconsultants.com
ADR Panels
Member of Presidential Panel of Construction Adjudicators - Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators
Member of Presidential Panel of Arbitrators - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member Property Dispute Panel - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member CIC Register of Adjudicators.
Member CIC Low Value Disputes Register of Adjudicators.
Member CEDR Arbitration Panel
Member CEDR Construction Adjudication Panel
Member Hunt ADR Panel of ABTA Arbitrators
Member Hunt ADR Panel of Adjudicators
Member UKAdjudicators
Member Disputes Board MENA
Registers
UK Register of Expert Witnesses
Expert Witness
ICC United Kingdom Arbitrator and ADR Database ICC UK Arbitrator Database
(iccarbitratorsdatabase.uk)
31. Speaker Profile
Sharon McGahey
Managing Director, Kroll – Expert Services
Sharon is a managing director in the Singapore office of
Kroll. She is a delay expert with over 22 years of
experience in the construction industry.
She has significant experience in the analysis of
delays in construction and has provided expert
advice on a wide range of disputes involving issues
of delay, disruption, acceleration and project manager
performance. She has been involved in some of the
largest and complex disputes around the world.
Sharon’s experience has been gained from working with owners, engineers and contractors in a
variety of construction fields including healthcare, utility services (power, water, oil, gas),
transportation (airports, roads, rail), mixed-use commercial, hospitality and residential developments.
She has been instructed as an independent expert giving both written and oral evidence on matters
of programming and project delay on construction disputes in arbitration and adjudication.
Sharon holds a BSc (Hons) in Design and Construction Management from the University of
Greenwich, London.
About Kroll
Kroll’s expert services professionals provide independent expert analysis, testimony, advice and
investigation support for some of the world’s most complex and high-profile disputes and projects. In
courts and international tribunals worldwide, they provide expert testimony, help establish facts,
determine values and resolve critical questions.
With nearly 5,000 professionals in 30 countries and territories, we combine global scale with local
knowledge and in-depth expertise to protect and enhance your business.
Contact
E: sharon.mcgahey@kroll.com
T: +65 3163 7786 (Singapore) / +44 207 836 0158 (UK)
M: +65 8110 6902
W: www.kroll.com/en/services/expert-services
32. ABDUL JINADU T +44 (0)20 7544 2600 | E clerks@keatingchambers.com | keatingchambers.com
Practice overview
Abdul Jinadu was called to the Bar in 1995 and has been a practising barrister and arbitrator in Keating
Chambers since 1996, specialising in construction, engineering and energy disputes, and domestic and
international arbitration. He has acted for the full spectrum of clients including construction and engineering
companies, government organisations, corporations, public utilities, local authorities, consultancies,
architects and engineers. He is currently instructed on behalf of the Bereaved Survivors and Residents as a
specialist construction counsel on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
He has extensive experience of a wide range of disputes and advisory work relating to infrastructure
projects. Significant cases have involved oil and gas onshore and offshore facilities, solar power plants,
aluminium smelting plants, pharmaceutical plants, hospitals, mining and marine construction.
He has an extensive international practice both as counsel and as arbitrator acting recently as counsel in
respect of a number of disputes in several jurisdictions in the Middle East and as sole arbitrator and party
appointed arbitrator in respect of major projects internationally including in Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana
and Turkmenistan. Recent appointments include as sole arbitrator in a Tanzanian arbitration and party
appointed arbitrator in a £400m Nigerian dispute. His arbitrator appointments have included ICC and
DIFC-LCIA appointments as well as ad hoc arbitrations. Abdul Jinadu is bi-lingual in English and Yoruba and
maintains significant contacts with his home country of Nigeria. He has well developed contacts in the legal
profession and in the construction and oil and gas sectors in Nigeria. He is Secretary Pro Tem of the Society
of Construction Law Nigeria. He is a member of the Court of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International
Arbitration Centre, a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, a member of the Advisory Board of Africa
Construction Law, and has been appointed to the Directory of African International Arbitrators by the African
Arbitration Association. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK and of the
Botswana Institute of Arbitrators.
Abdul has “a strong adjudication element to his practice” and is a TECBAR accredited adjudicator. In addition
to acting as an adjudicator and giving papers and seminars on the subject, he has acted for clients at all
stages of the adjudication process (advising, drafting, and representation at enforcement proceedings) and
at all levels up to the Court of Appeal.
T +44 (0)20 7544 2600
F +44 (0)20 7544 2700
keatingchambers.com
Clerks’ Details
James Luxmoore
T:+44 (0)20 7544 2769
E: jluxmoore@keatingchambers.com
Sarah Walker
T:+44 (0)20 7544 2658
E: swalker@keatingchambers.com
Areas of practice
— Construction Engineering
— Infrastructure Utilities
— Energy Natural Resources
— IT Technology
— International Arbitration
— Offshore Construction Marine Engineering
ABDUL JINADU
Call: 1995
Keating Chambers
15 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AA
DX: LDE 1045
ajinadu@keatingchambers.com
33. Keating Chambers is a leading set of commercial
barristers’ chambers based in London, with a thriving
domestic and international practice and unparalleled
expertise and experience in construction law.
Our “outstanding silks and juniors” are specialist advocates,
committed to providing the best legal advice, in conjunction
with a practical strategic understanding of the commercial
pressures specific to the construction industry, and the
highest standards of client care. We have “formidable”
experience in all the stages of a construction dispute
from procurement issues and early initial advisory work,
to mediation, adjudication and litigation or arbitration.
Keating Chambers was named The Lawyer’s “Chambers
of the Year” in 2020.
Contact details:
Declan Redmond
Director of Clerking
dredmond@keatingchambers.com
+44 (0)20 7544 2616
+44 (0)7803 246 073
Holly Gavaghan
Business Development Director
hgavaghan@keatingchambers.com
+44 (0)20 7544 2740
+44 (0)7702 777 179
www.keatingchambers.com
Practice areas
n Commercial Dispute Resolution
n Construction Engineering
n Energy Natural Resources
n Infrastructure Utilities
n International Arbitration
n IT Technology
n Offshore Construction Marine Engineering
n PFI/PPP
n Planning Environment
n Professional Negligence
n Property
n Public Procurement
34. 1
Barker Consultants
BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA MSc (Construction :Law Arbitration) FCIArb
C.Arb Dip ICArb MIFireE
Bernadette Barker is a Chartered Architect, Chartered Arbitrator,
accredited adjudicator, accredited mediator and also a fire risk assessor.
In 1994 Bernadette qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators , became a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators in 1999 and undertook in 2014 the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration.
In 2020 Bernadette completed the Hunt ADR mediation skills training
course and is now a Civil and Commercial Mediator and an online
Mediator.
Bernadette’s scope of work encompasses the various roles associated
with the CDM Regulations, dispute management, fire safety, defective
external walls and health and safety.
Guidance is provided to clients, developers, contractors and designers at
various stages throughout the life of the project from inception to
management of the finished project.
Projects worked upon include hotels, retail premises, offices, gyms, live
work units, restaurants and residential accommodation,
Bernadette is presently involved in carrying out external wall reviews of
both completed buildings and those under construction.
Contact Details
Tel: +44 (0) 208 874 700
Tel: 07885 059 618
Email: bernadette@barkerconsultants.com
Website: barkerconsultants.com
35. Robert Sliwinski
Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Mediator Dispute Board Member
ArbDB Chambers
Robert has a wealth of legal and commercial experience from all most 40 years’
involvement in all aspects of the property and construction industry. He continues to act
as a party representative whilst undertaking appointments as arbitrator, adjudicator,
expert determiner, mediator and dispute board member.
Robert’s work as a neutral dispute resolver has involved him in cases in both the UK and
internationally as the sole decision maker and as part of a panel of two or three members.
He has also acted as Counsel in litigation and arbitration (both domestically and
internationally).
The types of disputes he has been involved with include claims for professional negligence,
property, landlord tenant, delay analysis, costs, variations, defects, interpretation of
contracts, repudiation, and many other aspects of contract in the areas of building, civil
engineering, mechanical electrical, waste water treatment and process engineering as
well as property related issues.
Robert has substantial knowledge and experience of the contracting and dispute
processes within the United Arab Emirates, Africa and the Far East (Singapore, Hong Kong
and Malaysia). His role as a neutral dispute resolver has taken him across the world
including the Middle East, USA, Caribbean, Europe and Cyprus.
Robert provides training, seminars and undertakes assessments on international and
domestic arbitration, mediation as well as adjudication on behalf of the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators both in the UK and overseas. He is also a regular speaker at various
seminars and conferences on all aspects of alternative dispute resolution.
Robert now lives and works mainly out of Dubai where is currently Counsel at a leading law
firm which has allowed him to expand his practice as the dispute resolver and client
representative in the Middle East and Asia whilst maintaining a presence in the UK.
You can contact Robert by email or telephone as below:
Email: robert.sliwinski@arbdb.com
Telephone: +44 2035149020
Mobile: +971 585373470
36. Rachel Gwilliam
Senior Legal Manager at Bouygues Energies Services, Industry
London, England, United Kingdom
Rachel is a Solicitor specialising in construction and engineering law. She has worked exclusively in
this field since 2001. She has particular expertise in contentious construction and has conducted a
large number of adjudications for employer, contractor, consultant and sub-contractor clients.
Honours and awards
I am rated as a Construction Law practitioner in the leading guides to the legal profession. The Legal
500 provides:
“The ‘extremely intelligent, diligent and thorough’ Rachel Gwilliam is particularly accomplished on
the contentious front and is praised for ‘quickly evaluating nuanced and difficult situations’.”
Chambers Partners (2018) provides:
“Rachel Gwilliam handles both transactional and contentious matters, and is an expert in the
construction aspects of housing developments. Clients say: She provides balanced and realistic
advice, encouraging negotiated settlement of disputes and taking control of outcomes.”
I won a Commendation in the 2010 Society of Construction Law Hudson Prize for mypaper “Open
Season for Ambush? How “Disputes” Have Changed from Nuttall v Carter to Cantillon v Urvasco”. My
paper ‘Protocoligorically Correct? Recoverability of adjudication costs under the Pre-Action Protocol’
was “Highly Commended” in the 2012 Society of Construction Law Hudson Prize competition. My
paper ‘Recovering adjudication costs under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act’
won Second Prize in the 2015 Society of Construction Law Hudson Prize competition.
Professional memberships
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court
• Member of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association (TeCSA)
• Member of the Adjudication Society
• Member and Regional Representative of the Society of Construction Law
37. Relevant work experience includes:
Preparing a framework agreement and call off contracts for a Fibre to the Home network.
Successfully defending Third Party proceedings against a contractor in respect of a render and envelope scheme.
Drafting a bespoke development agreement and ancillary construction documentation for the design and construction of a
new archives building for six local authorities on a guaranteed maximum price basis.
Defending a multi-party action for nuisance and breach of statutory duty arising from dust caused by the maintenance of a
viaduct on a public highway - resolved by mediation.
Drafting framework agreements and associated contract terms for a Registered Social Landlord
Successfully defending an action for breach of statutory duty and nuisance arising from vibration induced damage allegedly
caused to a domestic property by the construction of a new bypass.
Representing a contractor in respect of adjudication proceedings issued by a subcontractor relating to the installation,
testing and maintenance of ducting and cabling works. Successfully resisting enforcement of the adjudicator’s decision.
Acting on behalf of a crisp manufacturer in connection with the collapse of installed drainage systems to the client’s
premises. Multi-party dispute resolved following a successful mediation.
Working collaboratively with a University’s Estates department to prepare building contract amendments, warranties and
consultant appointments to meet the Estate team’s specific requirements and concerns.
38.
39. Charles Brown LLB FCIArb
After university Charles trained as a solicitor and qualified in 1980. He held a practising certificate continuously
until September 2014 and was a partner first at Freedman Co before moving as a partner to international
law firms Dechert in 1997 and Duane Morris in 2003. In 2005 he realised a long held ambition and founded
Charles Brown Solicitors until retiring as a solicitor to set up Charles Brown ADR Services Ltd and concentrate
his practice as Arbitrator, Adjudicator and business consultant.
Charles has always practiced in the commercial sector combining transactional work with dispute resolution.
He has substantial experience in the construction, engineering, infrastructure and Utilities industries and has
acted for national and international companies and governmental agencies. His international experience
includes work in Europe, Middle East/Gulf, South East Asia and North America.
Throughout his career Charles has advocated the alternatives to litigation in the resolution of disputes. He
joined the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1980, becoming a Fellow in 2000, a Chartered Arbitrator in
2004, and is a member of the CIArb and other arbitration panels in the UK and Gulf states.
He was Chairman of the South East Branch of CIArb from 2009 to 2012. He became a member and later chair
of the Examination Board of the Institute and subsequently Chairman of its Board of Management from 2011
to 2013. He will be the President of CIArb in 2015 the year in which it celebrates its centenary.
Arbitration
Charles has acted for clients in well over 100 arbitrations and has been appointed as arbitrator in more than 25
references. He has experience of both ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations under ICC, CIArb and
other international rules. The arbitrations in which he has been involved include construction, infrastructure
and Utilities (Water and Telecoms) and have involved claims from £50,000 to £150m .
He lectures extensively on arbitration including International Arbitration for the LLM course of a UK university
and at conferences throughout the world including North America, Middle East/Gulf, South East Asia and
Europe.
Adjudication
His first adjudication was in 1998 and he has been appointed as adjudicator in more than 75 referrals involving
sums from less than £50,000 to in excess of £20m and declaratory decisions about contract interpretation,
termination and quality issues.
Charles co-authored and has continued to tutor and examine post graduate diploma courses in Construction
Adjudication for two UK universities for more than 10 years and speaks extensively about adjudication at
national and international conferences.
He is also a DAB member for infrastructure projects in the Middle East and Bulgaria, and a water project in the
UK.
His mediation experience is equally extensive and in the last ten years all except one of the disputes in which
Charles was instructed as a solicitor and which were litigated were finally resolved by conciliation or mediation
rather than court judgment.
Charles is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, a member of IBA (ICP section), TeCSA and SCL.
Tel/fax: 44 (0) 20 8722 8868 Email: clb@charles-brown.co.uk
Address: Charles Brown ADR Services Limited, 7 The Byway, Sutton ,Surrey, SM2 5LE
40. Suryen Nullatamby
SENIOR ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
I am a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team,
specialising in construction law. Clients choose me for my
pragmatic and commercial approach and for my ability to
articulate complex issues and ideas. I am also chosen for
my personality and outlook and my extensive experience in
construction adjudications. I am based in our Chelmsford office
and am available for a free 15 minute chat over the phone on
01245 453827.
A specialist construction lawyer,
I have advised clients in a range
of construction and engineering
projects of varying size and
complexity, including acting for
main contractors, sub-contractors,
employers, construction professionals,
public bodies and developers in
real time project management,
dispute avoidance, dealing with
payment applications and the
issue of contractual notices and in
the resolution of all type of
construction disputes.
My experience in dispute work includes
acting on behalf of either referring
or responding parties in over a 100
construction adjudications, 7 of
which were reported at enforcement
stage, on a range of construction
issues including disputes under most
standard forms of building contacts
such as the JCT, NEC, ICE and FIDIC;
payment disputes, delay and disruption
claims; extension of time and loss and
expense claims; defective designs and
workmanship; final account and non-
payment of retention disputes; and
professional negligence claims.
Recent notable works include acting
for contractors in respect of defective
cladding works and materials (post-
Grenfell Tower fire and enquiry) and
the enforcement of adjudication
decisions in the Technology and
Construction Court.
I am also a certified and accredited
Construction Adjudicator and
Arbitrator, serving on the following
panels and nomination bodies:
Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) President’s
Panel of Adjudicators (LVD)
Construction Industry Council (CIC)
Panel of Adjudicators
Hunt ADR - Arbitration Panel
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(CIArb) Business Arbitration Panel
UK Adjudicators - Construction
Adjudicator’s Panel and Low Value
Disputes Adjudicators Panel
Construction Plant-Hire Association’s
(CPA) Adjudicators Panel
I am a solicitor of the Senior Courts of
England and Wales with Higher Court
Rights of Audience (Civil Proceedings),
I was initially been Called to the Bar
by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s
Inn and since 2005 I continue to be
a practising barrister of the Supreme
Court of Mauritius.
I am a Fellow Member of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators and a member
of the Society of Construction Law, the
Adjudication Society and a committee
member of the King’s College
Construction Law Association.
When not working, I enjoy travelling
and love visiting new places of interest.
I also enjoy cooking and football.
QUALIFICATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS
MEMBERSHIPS
MSc in Construction Law and
Dispute Resolution,
King’s College London
Diploma in Adjudication in
the Construction Industry Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(RICS)
Bar Vocational Course,
The City Law School, City University
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with
Honours
01245 453827
suryen.nullatamby@birkettlong.co.uk
41. With offices in Chelmsford, Basildon and Colchester,
Birkett Long is focused on people – its clients,
employees, business partners and local communities.
Tracing its roots back to 1821, the firm’s specialist
lawyers, patent attorneys, independent financial advisers
and HR experts work in dedicated teams to offer the full
range of advice.
Birkett Long is vibrant and dynamic, with people
and community at its heart. This manifests in a
commitment to investment in staff and technology,
charity involvement and service offering.
The firm’s staff are protected, their wellbeing at the
forefront. A Wellbeing Commitment focusing on
mental, physical, and financial wellbeing is in place,
and the firm has 13 qualified mental health first
aiders. An Employee Voice Group provides staff an
opportunity to influence decision making.
It’s not just about knowing the law
Birkett Long assists local charities, organisations, and
schools, by providing practical and financial support.
An Events Fundraising Committee arranges regular
social and fundraising activities for staff and their
families. Staff have contributed more than £250,000
to chosen charities over the last 10 years.
Despite the pandemic, the future remains bright
for Birkett Long. In 2021, the firm will celebrate
its 200th anniversary with a ‘Random Acts of
Kindness’ campaign that will run for 12 months.
The campaign looks both externally and internally,
with facets targeting staff, clients, business
partners, local charities, and other organisations
in the firm’s community.
www.birkettlong.co.uk
#BLTwoHundred
enquiry@birkettlong.co.uk
COLCHESTER CHELMSFORD BASILDON
Birkett Long LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Authorisation No: 488404)
42. SEAMUS O’DOHERTY
DIRECTOR
BERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP
London
T +44 (0)20 3725 8350
M +44 (0)7966 107 354
sodoherty@thinkbrg.com
Qualifications
• Dip. Construction Technology
• BSc. (Hons) Quantity Surveying
• LLB (Hons)
• P.Grad. Dip. Const. Law
• Dip. International Arbitration
• Dip. Adjudication
• Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil
Expert Certificate
• Accredited Mediator
• Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors
• Fellow, Society of Chartered Surveyors
Ireland
• Member, Chartered Institute of
Building
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators
Seamus is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, a Chartered
Builder, an adjudicator, arbitrator, and accredited mediator
with nearly 30 years’ experience in commercial and project
management and related disciplines. He has worked for
engineering and construction companies, consultancies, and
client organisations on projects in various countries including
the UK, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, USA,
India, China, and the Middle East.
Seamus’ experience includes cost planning, estimating,
procurement, contract, claims (typically related to delay and
disruption, loss and expense and final accounts) and
commercial management on a broad range of projects
including rail, metro, power, steel plants, pharmaceutical oil
and gas, airport, bridge, commercial, residential, civil,
educational, health and industrial. He has worked with
standard and bespoke main contracts and sub-contracts
including NEC, JCT, ICE, FIDIC.
In addition to his experience as a construction professional,
Seamus has been involved in a wide range of dispute matters
and provided independent Expert evidence. He has also
assisted clients and their legal teams with litigious matters in
the formulation of strategy, preparation of documents and
case presentation in adjudication, arbitration, and litigation in
the UK and abroad.
Seamus is regularly appointed as the independent Quantum
Expert in construction and engineering disputes. He is also a
dispute resolver and a panel member of the RICS President’s
Panel of Construction Adjudicators, UK Adjudicators, the CIC
Low Value Disputes Adjudication Scheme, the CIArb
Business Arbitration Scheme and is a CEDR ADR Official.
Seamus has been appointed as the adjudicator or arbitrator in
disputes involving construction and engineering, aviation,
and the surveying activities of RICS member firms. He is a
Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators.
43. Damian James – Director
Damian is a leading expert in the area of quantum, delay, disruption and cost
evaluation. He has been appointed as advocate in arbitrations and as expert in
adjudications. He is widely experienced in engineering and construction claims and
dispute resolution. He has particular expertise in the preparation of detailed claims to
recover client entitlements.
Damian is skilled in the complex discipline of delay analysis and disruption valuation.
He is able to disentangle global claims to establish the relationship of particular
cause and effect, particularly in matters of dominancy and concurrency.
Find Out More:
For more information, including a recent recording of a webinar on adjudication in
Africa, see www.damian-james.co.uk
Email: damian@damian-james.co.uk
44. Delay Quantum Experts
Providing dedicated expert witness and
dispute resolution services to the
construction and engineering sectors
www.damian-james.com
damian@damian-james.com
45. DEAN SAYERS
Director Sayers Commerical
London, England, United Kingdom
T: 07710 422671 E: dean@sayerscommercial.co.uk
http://www.sayerscommercial.co.uk
Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Mediator, Contract Dispute Resolution Consultant, Claims Consultant,
Quantity Surveyor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Freeman of the
Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, Regional Liaison Officer on the Executive Committee of the
Adjudication Society, Regional Convenor on the London/South East Committee of the Adjudication
Society, Member of the Adjudication Society and Member of the Society of Construction Law, my
work involves all of the following -
- Sitting as Adjudicator
- Sitting as Arbitrator
- Sitting as Mediator
- Party Representative in Adjudication proceedings
- Party Representative in Arbitration proceedings
- Party Representative in Mediation
- Establishing liability and prosecuting or defending claims for extensions of time and loss and/or
expense
- Establishing liability and quantum for defects, variations, changes, damages and other matters
under the contract or otherwise at law
- Forensic Analyses of Interim Applications and Final Accounts
- Prosecuting or defending claims for payment
- Negotiating on any matters in dispute prior to third party intervention
- Review and advice on contract terms prior to entering into contract
- Negotiation on contract terms prior to entering into contract
- Drafting of contract terms
- Advice on legal interpretation of contract terms, and prosecuting or defending claims accordingly
- Advice on all matters pertaining to the Housing, Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
(as amended by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009) and the
associated Scheme for Construction Contracts 1998 (as amended 2011)
46. - Advice on dispute avoidance measures
- Providing legal, contract and commercial training
- Traditional Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management function
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Adjudicator on the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Presidential Panel of Construction
Adjudicators
Adjudicator on the Construction Industry Council (CIC) Register of Adjudicators
Adjudicator on the panel of UK Adjudicators.
Adjudicator on the panel of Hunt ADR Services.
Arbitrator under Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Business Arbitration Scheme (BAS)
Arbitrator under the ABTA Arbitration Scheme
Accreddited Civil Commercial Mediator
Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
47. D-r Eng. Adriana Spassova
PhD in Construction Project Management
MSc Civil Engineering
MSc Construction Law Dispute Resolution King's College London
Partner EQE Control OOD
FIDIC Accredited Adjudicator and Trainer
Member of the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Adjudicators
Founder and Chair of the Bulgarian Society of Construction Law
ESCL President
A Civil Engineer with more than 30 years professional experience as a designer, construction
manager and consultant. As Head of Logistics Department, Construction Manager, later Head
of Tender and Contracts Department in the biggest steel structures contractor in Bulgaria
Metalni Construczii for more than 10 years, she managed international contracts in Bulgaria,
Israel, Serbia, Russia and Greece. From 1998 she started her career as consultant in the
supervision of works under the first FIDIC contracts implemented in Bulgaria in Kozloduy
NPP. In 2000 founded EQE Control and continued her career as Partner and Managing Director
of EQE Control, company of ABS Group, licensed Bulgarian consultant for design and
construction supervision. She has managed the licensed consulting services for the biggest
project in Bulgaria: 600 MW TPP AES Galabovo (1,5 billion EUR), St Nikola Wind Park
Kavarna 156 MW, 176 m high Europe Tower Sofia, Business Park Varna, 6 World Bank Cross-
Border projects. She has more than 20 years FIDIC experience: preparation of tender
documentation; Resident Engineer/ Engineer in nuclear safety/ waste management/
infrastructure EC financed projects; claims consultant; arbitration expert, presently DAB. From
2013 she changed her position to Marketing Manager, in order to allocate more time to
construction law, focusing on training, claims management and dispute resolution under FIDIC
contracts. From 2015 she teaches Project Management with FIDIC Conditions of Contract at
the University of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy. From 2020 she teaches Module 2
for FIDIC Professional Diploma at the British College of Construction Management. In the
last 6 years, she has been the Planning and Contracts Key Expert in the preparation of railway
projects with 1 billion EUR budget. She has delivered FIDIC accredited trainings in Bulgaria,
USA, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
D-r Spassova is the first FIDIC approved adjudicator from Eastern Europe and Middle Asia on
the FIDIC President’s List. She is a Dispute Board member in Bulgaria, Serbia, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine.
48.
49. Brandon Malone LLM FCIArb FRICS WS
Solicitor Advocate, Arbitrator
Adjudicator, Mediator
Brandon Malone is a highly experienced construction lawyer
working in Edinburgh, London and internationally. He is a
member of the adjudication panels of RICS, CIC, CIArb and
UK Adjudicators, and the arbitration panels, of AAA/ICDR,
New York, SIAC, Singapore, CIETAC, Beijing, DIAC, Dubai,
EDAC, Ankara, SCCA, Riyadh, RSPP, Moscow and BCDR-AAA,
Bahrain. He is an RICS Accredited and IMI qualified mediator.
Brandon chairs the board of the Scottish Arbitration Centre,
and is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and
ADR.
He works from Brandon Malone Company, Edinburgh,
Quadrant Chambers, London and HFI Consulting in the Mid-
dle East.
www.brandonmalone.com www.arbitration.scot
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Sean Sullivan Gibbs
ARBITRATOR-ADJUDICATOR-EXPERT DETERMINER-DAB MEMBER
POSITION
Director
DISCIPLINE
Quantum
Contracts
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc Construction Management
LLB (Hons)
Post Graduate Diploma Arbitration
Post Graduate Diploma Bar Studies
RICS Diploma Adjudication
LLM
Barrister
Direct members exam (QS) SCS
Member ICE
Assoc Fellow ICHEME
Fellow RICS
Fellow CIARB
Fellow Assoc Arb
Fellow CIOB
Fellow CICES
Fellow BIARB
Bond Solon Accredited Expert Witness
Specialisms/skills
Expert Advisory / Witness
Sean has held directorships and senior commercial positions with contracting and
consultancy firms in the United Kingdom and Internationally. With over 30 years’
experience in the onshore and offshore construction and engineering industries
across the globe Sean has worked across the continents of Europe, Asia, Middle
East, Africa and the Americas. In particular he has extensive project and dispute
resolution experience in the GCC region working on DB and EPC projects in
Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
He has acted as quantum expert before various dispute resolution tribunals
including adjudication, dispute board, expert determination and arbitration.
Sean holds a current Cardiff University Bond Solon accreditation as an expert
witness and is on the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and the Arbitrators
Association panels of experts.
Project experience includes major airport developments, industrial process plants,
commercial developments, military and police installations, heavy engineering in
respect of onshore and offshore oil gas facilities and pipelines, highway
interchanges, tunnels, leisure resorts, nuclear, water treatment and desalination
plants, waste to energy, biomass, onshore and offshore windfarms, renewables,
mines, ports, hospitals and rail/metro projects.
Projects have been based on numerous standard and be-spoke Conditions of
Contract, including the NEC/ECC Suite of Contracts, JCT Suite of Contracts, ICE
Suite of Contract, FIDIC Suite of Contracts, I Chem E Suite of Contracts, ICC
Suite of contracts and other EPC / Split EPC / EPIC / FEED / EPCM /LSTK
forms.
He is actively involved with construction law institutes and organizations including
The Adjudication Society, Society of Construction Law (UK), The International Bar
Association, The Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, UK Adjudicators and HK
Adjudicators. Sean also sits as an arbitrator and adjudicator and through this
experience better understands what the tribunal expects from those giving
evidence.
Sean is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators and of the City of
London.
52. Practice Summary
James Bridgeman SC is a dual-qualified Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Statutory
Adjudicator with a practice based at the Law Library in Dublin, Republic of Ireland and is a member of chambers at
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square London. He has been in general Civil and Commercial practice since 1992 (silk 2017) and
has a special interest in commercial and technology law including intellectual property, internet and construction
law, European and International law, International Arbitration, ADR and other forms of dispute resolution.
He served as the world President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2018, prior to which he served a term
as Trustee and has over 20 years continuous service on the committee of the Irish Branch of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators including a term as Branch Chair.
He was educated and resides in the Republic of Ireland and holds practicing certificates as a barrister in Ireland
and England Wales.
clerks@4-5.co.uk +44 (0)20 7404 5252
www.4-5.co.uk
James Bridgeman SC
Year of Silk: 2017 (Inner Bar Ireland)
Year of call: 1989 (Bar of Ireland) 2010
(Bar of England and Wales) 2019 (Bar of
Northern Ireland)
+44 (0) 20 7404 5252
clerks@4-5.co.uk
53. He is presently representing the Irish State and commercial parties in contentious and advisory matters. His live
present caseload as of February 2019 includes matters presently before the Superior Courts of Ireland, Chancery,
Common Law and Commercial, arbitration, construction adjudication (building and ME), international arbitration
and mediation. The issues in dispute include construction, intellectual property (performers rights, copyright and
internet domain names), construction (building and ME), International Treaties, European Law (transposition of
EU Directive), and personal injuries, and advisory counsel on commercial contracts/technology transfer/RD.
Professional Qualifications
• 1989 Barrister at Law (Ireland): Called to the Bar of Ireland.
• 1992 Registered Trade Marks Agent [Not presently practicing as a trade mark attorney].
• 1992 Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• 1998 Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• 2005 Chartered Arbitrator
• 2010 Barrister at Law (England Wales: Call to the Bar of England Wales (Middle Temple)
• 2012 Accredited Mediator, Mediators Institute of Ireland
• 2017 Senior Counsel (SC)(Ireland): patent of precedence from the Government of Ireland
• 2019 Barrister at Law (Northern Ireland)
Academic Qualifications:
• Trinity College, Dublin B.A. (Mod.) History and Political Science
• Kings Inns, Dublin Diploma in Legal Studies
• Kings Inns, Dublin Barrister at Law
• D.I.T ( Bolton St.) Graduate Diploma in Arbitration Law
• D.I.T ( Bolton St.) Graduate Diploma in International Arbitration Law
• University College Dublin Higher Diploma in European Law
• Trinity College, Dublin Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration [Bunni Medal]
Practice
General Litigation
He was called to the Bar of Ireland in 1989. Senior Counsel (Ireland) 2017.
He is an experienced litigator in general practice in the Irish Courts since 1992 and has a special interest in
commercial and technology law including intellectual property, internet and construction law, European and
International law, International Arbitration, ADR and other forms of dispute resolution.
He was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) in 2010 and has since held a practicing certificate
for England and Wales and is a full tenant at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London.
He is presently (March 2019) representing the Irish State and commercial parties in contentious and advisory
matters. His live present caseload as of February 2019 includes matters presently before the Court of Justice of
the European Union and the Superior Courts of Ireland in Chancery, Common Law and Commercial, arbitration,
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54. construction adjudication (building and ME), international arbitration and mediation. The issues in dispute include
construction, intellectual property (performers rights, copyright and internet domain names), construction (building
and ME), the status of International Treaties in European Law, European Law (transposition of EU Directive), and
personal injuries, and advisory counsel on commercial contracts/technology transfer/RD.
Intellectual Property
Prior to commencing practice as a self employed barrister he was and associate lawyer in Cruickshank Co.
Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys engaged in the prosecution of applications for patents, trademarks and
registered designs, drafting and advising on technology transfer agreements and licensing and assignment of
intellectual property licensing. He qualified as a Registered Trade Marks Agent in 1992.
He is regularly instructed in both contentious and advisory matters involving patents, copyright, trade marks,
registered designs and Internet domain names. His clients include Irish government departments from whom he
has received instructions in patent, copyright and trademark matters through the Office of the Attorney General.
He has been appointed administrative panellist (WIPO, Geneva), expert (Nominet UK) and arbitrator (National
Arbitration Forum (USA) to determine over 200 disputes on ownership of Internet domain names since 2001.
He has written numerous articles on intellectual property law including most recently Adjudicating Intellectual
Property Disputes, An ICC Report on Specialised IP Jurisdictions Worldwide (2016)
He lectures on the Law of Evidence on the TCD Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration and
Sometime member of the Irish committees of both the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual
Property (A.I.P.P.I.) and the Licensing Executive Society.
EU Law
He maintains an active interest in EU law, earning a Diploma in European Law at University College Dublin.
In 2010 he was appointed to the Group of Experts invited to advise the EU Commission on the revision of the
Brussels 1 Regulation and arbitration. (
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailgroupID=2467
He is currently representing the Irish State in a matter relating to performers rights before the CJEU.
He recently presented a lecture on The status of the CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement,
a free-trade agreement between Canada, the European Union and its member states) at the CIArb North America
Branch Conference on Investor State Dispute Settlement in Washington DC on 13 September 2018.
Arbitration and Adjudication
He is a Chartered Arbitrator and has acted as tribunal member, arbitrator, both as chair and sole panellist in over
300 arbitrations, tribunals and administrative proceedings. He is regularly appointed as a tribunal member for
UDRP cases by WIPO, NAF, Nominet UK and has also been appointed to determine internet domain name
disputes by Kuala Lumpur Centre for Dispute Resolution and the Czech Arbitration Court (.EU disputes) and the
International Chamber of Commerce (new gTLDs).
He has been appointed as an arbitrator/neutral by party selection and by institutions including the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (Geneva), the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators (London), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-Irish Branch (Dublin), the National Arbitration
Forum (USA), Nominet UK (Oxford, UK).
On 7 November 2014 he was appointed by the Council of the European Union as a member of the panel of 15
arbitrators for the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union
and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea (Council Decision 2014/794/EU) (accessible at
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014D0794qid=1552732427271from=EN)
James Bridgeman has received recognition both in international dispute resolution and in his country of residence.
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55. He was elected and served as world President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for 2018. The Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators is the premier international arbitration membership organisation with 16,000 members
organised across the globe in 40 branches.
He has been appointed as a member of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
panels of arbitrators and conciliators, designated by the Government of Ireland.
(https://icsid.worldbank.org/apps/ICSIDWEB/about/Pages/Panels-of-Arbitrators-and-Conciliators.aspx)
In 2010 he was appointed to the Group of Experts invited to advise the EU Commission on the revision of the
Brussels 1 Regulation and arbitration.
(http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailgroupID=2467 )
In August 2014 following a series of competitive interviews he was appointed by the Deputy Governor of the
Central Bank of Ireland as a member of the quasi-judicial panel to carry out investigations of regulated entities
under the Administrative Sanctions Procedure under Part IIIC of the Central Bank Act 1942
His expertise was recently endorsed by his appointment on 7 November 2014 by the Council of the European
Union as a member of the panel of 15 arbitrators for the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade
Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea
(Council Decision 2014/794/EU) (accessible at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html)
Construction Adjudication
He holds a Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration by University of Dublin and was awarded the
Bunni Medal in the course. He was subsequently appointed as and continues to be a member of the Faculty of the
course.
He has been appointed to the panel of construction adjudicators by the Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and
Innovation ( Official Journal of the Irish Government 22 January 2016
http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/IR220116.pdf).
In 2018 and 2019 he has concluded four construction adjudications including one matter for a € seven-figure
claimed sum and counterclaims.
Mediation
He is an accredited mediator (MII) and has been appointed mediator in intellectual property, commercial, contract,
partnership, workplace and family disputes by appointment of parties and by appointment of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (Geneva).
He is a past Vice-Chairman of the Mediators Institute of Ireland and is a member of the ADR Committee of the Bar
Council of England Wales and has been listed in The International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation 2013-
2015 as being among the world's leading commercial mediators. (
http://whoswholegal.com/profiles/47092/0/bridgeman/james-bridgeman/)
He is a member of the mediator panel on the Business and Commercial Mediation Pilot Scheme established by
the Courts Service of Ireland and Chambers Ireland in 2015.
Panels and Appointments
President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2018
During his presidency of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2018, he chose the theme Quality Assurance and
Ethics in International Arbitration on which he presented lectures in Tbilisi, Kuala Lumpur and Dublin. The theme
was adopted widely throughout the CIArb at conferences inter alia in Abuja, Tbilisi, Kuala Lumpur, Lisbon and
London.
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56. Patrick Waterhouse CEng FICE FCInstCES FCIArb
Patrick is a construction adjudicator, accredited mediator, expert witness, and contract
consultant. He advises clients, contractors, and consultants on all aspects of contracts including
contract documentation, certification, claims and dispute resolution. He specialises in NEC, JCT and
PFI contracts. He is a training consultant and delivers courses on construction law subjects.
Patrick’s work as a contracts consultant following the earlier part of his career with contractors. He
is a chartered civil engineer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an accrddited
mediator, and an adjudicator for construction disputes. He is a member of the registers of
adjudicators of ten leading adjudicator nominating bodies.
He is a member of the Council of Management at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering
Surveyors and sits on the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Dispute Resolution Panel. He chairs the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Professional Conduct Committee.
Patrick has had 2 books published on NEC contracts, a third is due for publication later this year.
Patrick can be contacted at:
Email patrick.waterhouse@bowdonconsulting.com
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/patrickwaterhouse
Twitter @bowdonconsult
Telephone +44(0) 161 941 2722
Mobile +44(0) 7984 861554
Web www.bowdonconsulting.com
57. Giorgiana Tecuci is a lawyer specialized in Construction Law. She
has a Masters Degree in European and International Law and she is
an arbitrator and adjudicator, certified train-the-trainer, certified
project manager, and a FIDIC internationally accredited trainer.
She has extensive experience in Construction Law and in related
fields (eg. administrative law, procurement law) and has been
involved in civil and military projects.
During the 1990’s, she was an active participant in the creation of the new legislative
framework relating to the mineral resources industry and in fields such as public utilities,
public procurement, and state aid.
Since 2002, when she set up the framework for the implementation of the ISPA
environmental programme in Romania, she specifically focussed on the use of the FIDIC
forms of contract: she has provided assistance and advice to public authorities or private
companies in relation to FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1999, and assistance and/or
representation on DABs and arbitration.
She has worked in compliance with the World Bank, EBRD, EIB and EU regulations,
establishing bespoke standardized forms of contract for several states public authorities based
on FIDIC type contracts and other international standards. She has also represented FIDIC in
Romania for a number of years in negotiations on the correct use of FIDIC contracts intended
for public adoption.
She is the co-author of two special FIDIC Accredited modules for the use of FIDIC forms of
contract in the public domain. Giorgiana is also a friendly reviewer of 2017 Yellow Book and
2019 Emerald Book. She remains the Co-ordinator of the FIDIC Central and Eastern
European countries group. In this capacity, Giorgiana initiated the development of a
specialised annual conference for the region in 2015, focusing on practical experience and
guidance on the use and adaptation of FIDIC forms of contract in the CEEC region. In 2018
she was appointed Romanian Representative for the DRBF, to again focus more on dispute
avoidance and resolution in the region, drawing on her knowledge and experience in this
area.
Since May 2020 she has been elected to represent Europe into the Board of Directors of
DRBF Region 2.
TECUCI
PĂLTINEANU
AVOCAŢI
Bvd. Unirii 47, bloc E3A2, sc. A. Et. 6, ap. 23
Sector 3, Bucuresti, Romania
Tel/fax: 40-21-320 0692
Tel: 40-722 218 572
40-722 269 631
e-mail: giorgiana.tecuci@tp-law.ro
e-mail: cremona.cotovelea@tp-law.ro
58.
59. Jessica is an experienced and technically astute Construction Partner based in the Southampton and
London offices of WBD. She is known in London and the South for her expertise in high value and
technically challenging construction and engineering related contentious matters. Jessica defends
and brings claims in the Technology and Construction Court in addition to advising clients in relation
to arbitrations, adjudications, all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution and insurance related issues.
Jessica's clients include household name retailers, utility provides including water, oil and gas, large
contractors and developers, house builders and social housing providers, Universities and
educational establishments, defence contractors, banks and insolvency practitioners.
Examples of experience include advising:
• A major international contractor – advising in relation to defects and delay in relation to a
claim in the Technology and Construction Court. Claim settled favourably at mediation
• Large national contractor – advising in relation to various adjudications and Technology and
Construction Court claims
• Cladding claims – advising developers and Employers in relation to claims arising out of the
Grenfell tragedy and ACM cladding
• Claims against the NHBC – representing various contractors and developers in relation to
coverage claims against the NHBC
• House Builders and residential development – advising various household name developers
in relation to various construction related issues
• Retail – advising on various construction related matters in respect of new store roll-our
programme
• Utilities – advising in relation to an Arbitration concerning a water treatment plan in a dispute
concerning a complex framework and target cost contract.
• Engineering – advising a sub-contractor in relation to an Arbitration concerning a ethane
processing plant.
Contact Information
T: +44 (0)2380 20 8065
jessica.tresham@wbd-uk.com
60. Johan Beyers T +44 (0)20 7544 2600 | E clerks@keatingchambers.com | keatingchambers.com
Keating Chambers
15 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AA
DX: LDE 1045
T +44 (0)20 7544 2600
F +44 (0)20 7544 2700
keatingchambers.com
Areas of Practice
— Construction Engineering
— Energy Natural Resources
— International Arbitration
— Professional Negligence
—IT Technology
Clerks Details
Declan Redmond
T: +44 (0)20 7544 2616
E: dredmond@keatingchambers.com
Johan Beyers
Call Cape Bar: 1992
Practice Overview
Johan Beyers is an international member of Keating Chambers in London, a leading set of barristers’
chambers specialising in Construction, Energy, Procurement, Professional Negligence International
Arbitration. He practices as an advocate at the Cape Town and Johannesburg Bars and is a member of
Maisels Group in Johannesburg. In addition, he is admitted in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
He has held chambers as an advocate in South Africa for more than 27 years, specialising in domestic and
international arbitrations involving construction, engineering, energy, mining, information technology and
commercial disputes.
He has held appointments as acting High Court judge, appeal arbitrator, arbitrator, adjudicator and legal
expert. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.
His practice involves advising and representing parties in domestic and international arbitrations,
adjudications and court proceedings. His clients include international and South African employers,
contractors and consultants on engineering, construction, energy, mining and information technology
projects in many African countries, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and South America.
He holds BA(Law) and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch as well as an MSc degree in
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London, in respect whereof he was the
recipient of the “Arbitration Club ‘Philip Raner’” prize.
He is a co-author of Charrett (ed), The International Application of FIDIC Contracts: A Practical Guide
(Informa Law from Routledge, 2019), a co-founder and the current chairperson of the Society of
Construction Law for Africa (2013-2021) and a member of the construction committee of the Arbitration
Foundation of South Africa.
jbeyers@keatingchambers.com
61. Keating Chambers is a leading set of commercial
barristers’ chambers based in London, with a thriving
domestic and international practice and unparalleled
expertise and experience in construction law.
Our “outstanding silks and juniors” are specialist advocates,
committed to providing the best legal advice, in conjunction
with a practical strategic understanding of the commercial
pressures specific to the construction industry, and the
highest standards of client care. We have “formidable”
experience in all the stages of a construction dispute
from procurement issues and early initial advisory work,
to mediation, adjudication and litigation or arbitration.
Keating Chambers was named The Lawyer’s “Chambers
of the Year” in 2020.
Contact details:
Declan Redmond
CEO/Director of Clerking
dredmond@keatingchambers.com
+44 (0)20 7544 2616
+44 (0)7803 246 073
Holly Gavaghan
Business Development Director
hgavaghan@keatingchambers.com
+44 (0)20 7544 2740
+44 (0)7702 777 179
www.keatingchambers.com
Practice areas
n Commercial Dispute Resolution
n Construction Engineering
n Energy Natural Resources
n Infrastructure Utilities
n International Arbitration
n IT Technology
n Offshore Construction Marine Engineering
n PFI/PPP
n Planning Environment
n Professional Negligence
n Property
n Public Procurement
62. PETER CLYDE
• Legal Director, Construction and Engineering
• Edinburgh, UK
EXPERTISE
Peter is a Legal Director in our Construction, Engineering Environment team.
Peter specialises in the resolution of construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy disputes.
Peter has a wide range of experience of all manner of disputes (from defects claims to complex
extension of time and final account disputes), on contracts including SBCC, JCT, NEC, and
FIDIC. Peter's clients include major energy companies, developers, contractors and funders.
Peter has significant experience of large scale adjudications and court actions as well as all other
forms of dispute resolution, including, mediation and arbitration.
Peter also has in-house experience at Balfour Beatty, where he reported to the Group board,
assisting with the firm’s turnaround strategy, and co-founding a claims team to homogenise the firm’s
approach to managing legal work.
EXPERIENCE
Recent experience includes:
• acting for a sub-contractor on a series of adjudications on delay and cost on two
energy from waste facilities
• advising international airport on disputes with main contractor under NEC3 Option
A
• advising sub-contractor on termination dispute and adjudication enforcement
relating to a flagship Scottish infrastructure project
• advising international water/waste contractor on multi million pound disputes under
NEC 3
• advising renewable energy developer on a dispute relating to environmental
constraints and planning consent
• advising repair and maintenance provider on termination, KPI and payment
disputes
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Society for Construction Law
• MCIArb
+44 (0)131 222 9532
Peter.Clyde@addleshawgoddard.com
63. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 01
Glenn Haley has longstanding experience advising government bodies and major contractors on
notable developments in a range of sectors, as well as advising on arbitrations. One praise-filled
client highlights that Glenn ensures that he gives the client practical advice that is of specific use
within the business context that it is required for.
Chambers Partners Asia Pacific Guide, 2021
GLENN HALEY
www.bclplaw.com
Glenn Haley is a partner with over 35+ years’ experience in all forms of dispute resolution, in
a wide and diverse range of courts and tribunals. He is considered one of Hong Kong's most
pre-eminent dispute resolution practitioners as is recognised by Who’s Who of Construction
Lawyers, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia and Asia Law.
As well as his considerable and varied experience in both litigation and arbitration, Glenn has
been a Chairman of the Buildings Appeal Tribunal, a Hong Kong Law Society Prosecutor and
has acted in various disciplinary tribunals for professional bodies and sporting bodies.
Glenn has been involved in most if not all of the large infrastructure projects constructed in
Hong Kong in the past 30 years. He has extensive experience in handling and successfully
resolving numerous disputes using all forms of dispute resolution processes, including
litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and amicable negotiation, and is a Chartered
Arbitrator (CIArb). He has represented government and semi-government bodies in the
implementation of numerous large-scale infrastructure developments, including airports, rail
projects, bridges, roads, tunnels, power generation projects and commercial structures.
Glenn has advised on the public procurement aspects of many projects in Hong Kong. This
includes both acting for public bodies and also for bidders in relation to Government compliance
or otherwise to applicable public procurement rules. He also has considerable experience in
statutory and disciplinary tribunals in Hong Kong.
Glenn has lived and worked in Hong Kong for the past 30+ years, handling matters throughout
the Asia Pacific region. He is recognised in Band 1 of Chambers for Construction: China.
Glenn Haley
Partner
Disputes and Investigations
T: +852 3143 8450
glenn.haley@bclplaw.com
79. Yasemin Cetinel is the founding partner of Cetinel Law Firm, in Istanbul specialized in
international investment and commercial arbitration, with a specific focus on construction
disputes. She is currently enrolled for a MSc Degree for Quantity Surveying in Heriot-Watt
University. She holds a postgraduate degree in international commercial arbitration from the
Queen Mary and West field College, University of London. She has been involved in
numerous ICSID arbitrations, including cases against the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Georgia and the Republic of Turkmenistan.
She represents and advise contractors of various nationalities in projects or cases in Eastern
Europe, Middle East, Turkic Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She has
extensive experience on FIDIC/ICE based contracts, EPC contracts, construction contracts
with Turkish, Middle Eastern, Venezuelan and Iranian state entities; as well as on dispute
board proceedings in construction contracts. Ms. Cetinel serves as Dispute Resolution Board
Foundation Representative for Turkey. She knows Turkish (native), English, French and
Greek (non-professional).
Cetinel Law Firm,
TurkeyVali Konagi Cad.Poyracik Sok.Camlibel Apt. No.51 D.11/12 Kat: 5 Nisantasi Istanbul
Turkey
www.ycetinel.av.tr