Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025

Abdulredha Al Lawati

Founder at Abdul Redha Haider Advocacy & Counsels

Aisha Abdallah

Partner - Head of Dispute Resolution at Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP

Alaa Naji

Founding Partner at Naji Khairan Advocates and Legal Consultants

Albaraa Abdulaziz M Alwahaid

Co-Founder at Ihtikam Law Firm and Legal Consultancy

Alex Burton

Managing Director at FTI Consulting

Alex Layden

Partner - Disputes at Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota

Alexander Bernard Whyatt

Partner at Eversheds Sutherland

Alexander Fessas

Secretary General at ICC International Court of Arbitration

Alexander James Kelsall

Partner at DWF LLP

Alexander Reeds

Associate Director at Raedas

Ali Al Aradi

Lawyer, Arbitrator, Mediator at ALI AL ARADI ATTORNEYS & LEGAL CONSULTANTS

Ali Al Mohamed Abdulla Al Zarouni

Managing Partner at Horizons & Co. Law Firm LLC

Ali Kairouani

Professor of International Law and Arbitration at Mohammed V University

Ali Shehab

Global Director of Special Projects & Services - Maritime at DNV

Alison Eslick

Senior Associate at Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Dispute Resolution, Saudi Aramco

Amr Hossam

Head of Arbitration | Legal Consultant at Agile Project Management Advisors

Amr Hossam is a Senior Legal Consultant and the head of the Arbitration practice at the firm. He brings a wealth of expertise in managing complex and high-value institutional and ad hoc arbitrations and litigations across MENA jurisdictions. His areas of specialization include construction and engineering, commercial, technology, public property, public procurement, corporate, intellectual property rights, and sales of goods.

Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Alajlan

Partner, Head of Disputes Resolution at AS&H Clifford Chance

Dr. Abdullatif Al al-Sheikh

Dean of the College of Law and Political Sciences at KSU

Dr. Abdulmohsin Al-Zuhair

Director & Managing Counsel, International Litigation at Saudi Aramco

Dr. Ahmad Al-Khamis

Managing Partner at Harasani & Alkamees Law Firm

Dr. Ahmed Ahmed

Chairman of the Hearing Committee at Saudi Anti-Doping Committee

Dr. Alqusaimi Salah

SIAM Arbitrator at SIAM

Dr. Ameera Alqayem

SIAM Arbitrator at SIAM

Dr. Dani Itani

Counsel at Zamakhchary & Co.

Dr. Emad Hussein

Senior Fellow, Independent Arbitrator, Mediator & Academic at Singapore International Disputes Resolution Academy

Dr. Faisal Al Fadhel

Legislative Expert

Dr. Faris Al Garni

Assistant Deputy Minister for Regulations Development at Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Habib Al Mulla

Founder at Habib Al Mulla & Partners, SCCA Court member

Dr. Hamed Merah

CEO at Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration

Dr. Mahmood Hussain

Founding Partner at M&CO Legal

Dr. Ziad Al-Sudairy

International Arbitrator and Principal at The Law Office of Ziad A. Al-Sudairy

Drew Holiner

Jurist, King's Counsel at Monckton Chambers

Dries Deforche

General Counsel at ADEERA

Dyfan Rhys Owen

Partner at Ashurst LLP

Edmund Kronenburg

Managing Partner at Braddell Brothers LLP

Edward James

Head of Content & Research Middle East & Africa at MEED

Elie Badawi

Lawyer at Bird & Bird

Ellis David Baker

Partner at White & Case LLP

Emad Mohammed Ibraheem Salameh

Partner and Head of Office - Riyadh at Al Tamimi & Company

Emad Zahrani

Managing Partner at Law Firm of Hassan Mahassni

Emma Lee Geange

Executive Director, Co-Head Construction Legal at Red Sea Group

Emma Louise Tormey

Senior Associate at Ashurst LLP

Eng. Husni Madi

Contracts Committee Member at FIDIC

Erin Miller Rankin

Partner at Freshfields

Essam AlAmmari

Deputy Maritime at Saudi Transport General Authority

Euan Lloyd

Partner and Head of Construction & Infrastructure at Al Tamimi & Company

Ewan West KC

Barrister at Monckton Chambers

Fahad AlEady

Senior Associate at Alshahrani Law Firm

GAO Huandong

General Counsel at Lenovo China

Gabriel Olufemi

Partner at Dentons

Geoffrey Walker

Senior Managing Director - Joint Ventures & Partnerships at Ankura

George Guirguis Ibrahim Matta

Director at TBH

George Robert Woods

Barrister at 4 Pump Court

George Vlavianos

Partner and Head of Qatar Office at DLA Piper Middle East LLP

Georges Alboustany

Senior Associate at AS&H Clifford Chance

Gerard Moore

Partner at Mayer Brown

Gertjan Joseph John Kemkers

Senior Office Partner - Riyadh at Mohammed AlDhabaan & Partners Eversheds Sutherland

Ghanim Aldabbous

Partner and Head of the Corporate Division at ASAS Law Firm

Ghazanfar Shah

Senior Managing Director at K2 Integrity

Giorgio Adib Sassine

Associate at Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP

Girgis Abdelshahid

Managing Partner at Shahid Law Firm

Gloria Lim

Chief Executive Officer at Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Graham Coop

Partner & Head of Public International Law and Co-Head of Energy at Pinsent Masons LLP

Guillaume Hess

Special Counsel at K&L Gates LLP

Guy Elkington

Senior Managing Director - Construction Disputes at Ankura

Gwen de Vries

Director of Content and Market Development at Wolters Kluwer

Joanne Lau

Secretary-General at Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

John Fletcher

Executive Director, RICS Dispute Resolution Service at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

John Henry Barlow

Partner at HFW

John Joseph Packer

Senior Legal Counsel at Bechtel

Joke Aliu

Managing Partner at Aluko & Oyebode

Jonathan Hancox

Manager at Kroll

Jonathan Marshall

Advisor to the Minister and Head of the International... at Ministry of Finance

Jonathan Sutcliffe

Partner at K&L Gates LLP

Jonathan Tickner

Partner at Peters & Peters

Jonathan Wood

Chair of International Arbitration at RPC

Jong Moon Choi

Senior Advisor at Yoon and Yang

Joseph Durkin

Senior Vice President at Burford Capital

Joseph Lee

Partner at Yoon and Yang

Joshua Benjamin Coleman-Pecha

Senior Associate at HFW

Joza AlRasheed

Managing Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills

Juan Saez Garcia

Partner at Accuracy

Judge Fatima Faisal Hubail

Judge of the Supreme Civil Court of Appeal

Khaled Moyeed

Dispute Resolution Solicitor at Gatehouse Chambers

Khaled is a dispute resolution solicitor with experience in international arbitration, mediation, and litigation. He has represented the Yemeni Ministry of Oil and Minerals and the Government of Yemen on a number of international arbitrations and an investment treaty arbitration, with claims ranging from US$35 million to US$1 billion.

Lucy Reed

President at SIAC Court of Arbitration

Luka Kristovic-Blazevic

Partner at Baker & McKenzie

Manawi Alharbi

Legal Researcher at GSTC

Marc Saroufim

Managing Partner at Al Akeel & Partners in Cooperation with Mayer Brown

Marc Veit

Partner at LALIVE

Marcus Khoury

Head of Legal and General Counsel at Averda

Marcus Morrison Mackay Starke

Counsel at Obeid & Partners

Mariam Gotsiridze

Principal Research Fellow at Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy

Mariana Zhong

Partner at Hui Zhong Law Firm

Marike Paulsson

Secretary-General at Council for International Dispute Resolution for the Belt and Road Initiative

Mark Raymont

Head of Risk Advisory Services Middle East Construction at Pinsent Masons

Martin Creek

Partner at Zamakhchary & Co.

Martina Polasek

Secretary-General at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Matthew R. M. Walker

Partner, Construction Dispute Resolution at K&L Gates LLP

Megren AlShaalan

Partner at Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP

Paul Coates

Partner at Clifford Chance

Paul David Taylor

Partner and Regional Head of Arbitration at Al Tamimi and Company

Paul Sandosham

Partner & Head of Energy, Infrastructure and Resources at Clifford Chance Singapore

Peng Cheng Tay

Head of Energy, Projects & Construction Practice at WongPartnership LLP

Penny Madden

Partner at Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP

Philip Dunham

Partner at Signature Litigation LLP

Pinky Anand

Governing Board Member at Indian Council of Arbitration

Pranay Lekhi

Associate at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP

Prof. Andrés Jana

Founding Partner at Chair of ICCA’s Judiciary Committee, Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution

Prof. Dr. Georges Affaki

Lawyer at AFFAKI

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf

International Arbitrator at ABDEL RAOUF LAW FIRM

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab C.Arb FCiarb

Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr

Founding and Managing Partner at Amr and Partners Law Firm

Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid

Founding Partner and Professor of Law at Obeid & Partners

Robert Andrew Sliwinski

Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator & Mediator at Insight Legal FZE

Robert Andrew Stephen

Registrar at Dubai International Arbitration Centre

Robert Lawrence

Partner at HFW

Robert Sliwinski

Lawyer & Arbitrator at ArbDB

Roberta Wertman

Legal Director at Eversheds Sutherland

Romain Loubeyre

Deputy CEO at Elseco Limited

Ron Nobbs

Partner and Middle East Head of Construction Disputes at Stephenson Harwood LLP

Rosie Goncare

Partner at Hill Dickinson

Rozana Al Tayyar

International Arbitrator & Mediator at Taswea

Saad Hegazy

Managing Partner at Resolve International

Saad Mansor AlMansor

Managing Partner at SAHAM Law Firm

Saba Al Sultani

Partner and Head of Intellectual Property and Technology at DLA Piper Middle East LLP

Sachin Kerur

Head of Middle East Region at Reed Smith LLP

Sadaff Habib

Independent Arbitrator at Equanimity Arbitration

Sajid Suleman

Barrister at No5 Barristers Chambers

Saksham Agrawal

Chief of Staff at Fox & Mandal

Salaheddin Al-Bashir

Founder and Senior Partner at International Business Legal Associates IBLAW

Sally Kotb

Partner at Baker & McKenzie

Sam Karim KC

King's Counsel, Arbitrator at Gatehouse Chambers

Samaa Haridi

Partner at King & Spalding

Sami Tannous

Regional Managing Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Sami Thamer Awadh AlRasheedi

Acting General Counsel - Corporate Legal at ACWA Power

Samuel Whitehouse

Managing Director at FTI Consulting

Sanaullah Aman

CEO at Saarosh ADR Center

Sanjay Rajendra Patel

Barrister at 4 Pump Court

Sanjeev Gemawat

Group General Counsel at Essar Group

Sara Abdullah Aly Aalamri

Partner at Clyde & Co

Sara Al Haqbani

Associate at Alshahrani Law Firm

Sara Koleilat Aranjo

Partner at Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP

Sarah Gonem

Partner at Zamakhchary & Co.

Sarah Malik

CEO and International Counsel at SOL International Limited

Sarah Walker

Partner at King & Spalding LLP

Sari Maddah

Head of Legal & Compliance at Nesma & Partners

Saud Abdullah Alammari

Managing Partner at Dr. Saud Al-Ammari Law Firm

Saud Al Saab

Partner at Clyde & Co

Sawsan Tahboub

Head of Engineering & Contracts Department at Allied International Management - AIM

Sean Brannigan

Barrister at 4 Pump Court

Sean Cameron

Head of Disputes and Litigation at NEOM

Sean Whitham

Of Counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills

Sebastian Lukic

Attorney at Schoenherr Vienna

Shahad Alsughayer

Director at Club Investments at the Ministry of Sports

Shamlan Sawalehi

Court of Appeal Judge & Judge in Charge of Arbitration Division at DIFC Courts

H.E. Justice Shamlan Al Sawalehi has over 23 years of experience in international commercial and financial litigation in common law, civil law, and Sharia’ legal systems. He has experience in arbitral practice in civil and common law systems and has served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and Chairman of arbitral tribunals.

Shaun Henriques

International Mediator at Gulf Mediation

Shehab Mamdouh

Managing Associate at Fichte & Co Legal

Sheikh Dr. Thani Ali Al Thani

Vice Chairman at Qatar Lawyers Association

Sherif Akl

Director Middle East at International Chamber of Commerce

Simon Isgar

Partner at BLK Partners

Simon Shooter

Partner at Bird & Bird

Sir William Blair

Former Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court of England and Wales at 3VB Chambers

Sophia Agishev

International Tax Advisor at Yaz Tax

Sophie Eyre

Partner at Bird & Bird

Steve Feldman

Global Chair of Complex Commercial Litigation Practice at Latham & Watkins

Tammam Kaissi

Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tammam specializes in complex international arbitration proceedings with a focus on the energy and construction sectors in the Middle East and Northern Africa. He has represented multinational companies, States, and State-owned entities in numerous international commercial and investment treaty arbitration proceedings under most of the main arbitration rules, including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and DIAC.

Tarek Audi

Senior Vice President and Chairman of PIF’s Legal Disputes Committee at Public Investment Fund (PIF)

Tarek possesses a unique blend of in-house and private practice disputes experience, having also served as disputes counsel for four years at another GCC sovereign fund. He has represented clients in matters before various international forums – including ICSID, ICC, and the LCIA.

Zeina Obeid

Partner at Obeid & Partners

Dr. Zeina Obeid is a Partner at Obeid & Partners, based in Dubai, where she practices in the Litigation & Arbitration Department. She has acted as lead counsel in major international arbitration cases across the Middle East and North Africa region. She also acts as an arbitrator in several domestic and international arbitrations, both ad hoc and under international institutional arbitral rules, including those of the ICC, DIAC, LCIA, CRCICA, BCDR-AAA, and DIFC-LCIA.