9 - 13 November 2026
Regional disruption is testing the Gulf’s construction industry like never before. So why is Dubai proving more resilient than many of its neighbours?
Join leading voices from the worlds of economics, development and dispute resolution for a timely discussion on what’s keeping projects moving, supply chains flowing and investor confidence alive amid ongoing regional uncertainty.
Date: Monday 9 November 2026
Timing:
Breakfast/tea/coffee: 8:30–9:00AM
Discussion (including Q&A): 9:00–10:30AM
Description:
In an interactive session moderated by leading practitioner Khawar Qureshi KC, the audience will obtain a unique insight from specialists at the cutting edge of commercial and investment treaty arbitration.
Issues which will be discussed include challenges in respect of party representation, interlocutory applications, and enforcement in the face of geopolitical tensions internationally as well as in the context of the UAE, with invaluable insight from the global investigative standpoint.
Program:
• Introduction and overview by Khawar Qureshi KC – McNair International
• Recent developments in the UAE by Richard Clarke – Kobre & Kim
• Recent developments from an investigative standpoint by Matt Walker – Raedas
• Audience Q&A
Armed conflict leaves investors with real losses and raises a hard question: who bears these losses?
This panel examines how investment arbitration is being used to answer it, and whether it can offer a neutral way to resolving disputes that arise in times of war. Speakers will look at state responsibility and attribution, the difficulty of proving causation when damage results from hostilities, and the protections investors and states rely on, including full protection and security and war-loss clauses.
Moderator: Steven Perian KC (2 King’s Bench Walk)
Speakers:
– Değer Boden (Founding Partner, Boden Law)
– Dr. Faris Nasrallah (Head of Arbitration, Crescent Petroleum)
– Khawar Qureshi KC (Head, McNair International)
– Gustavo Laborde (Founding Partner, Laborde Law)
Agenda:
13:30-14:00 – Lunch: Guests are invited to arrive from 13:30 for a welcome lunch before the event begins.
14:00-15:15 – Panel Discussion: Who bears investor losses in armed conflict? State responsibility, causation and treaty protection, and what arbitration can offer in and after war.
15:15-15:30 – Q&A Session: Following the panel, we will open the floor for a Q&A session where attendees can engage with the panelists and delve deeper into key topics.
15:30-16:30 – Networking coffee: After the formal sessions, join us for a closing reception to network with professionals from the legal, business, and arbitration fields
Date: Monday 9 November 2026
Timing: 11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Description:
Khawar Qureshi KC will moderate a panel discussion involving four leading Russian arbitration specialists who will provide insight from the perspective of the institution, external counsel, general counsel, and arbitrator.
Program:
• Introduction and overview by Khawar Qureshi KC
• The institutional perspective – Valeria Senatorova from the Russian Arbitration Center
• The view from external legal counsel – Dmitry Kaysin Asari Legal
• The arbitrator’s insight – Tatiana Minaeva FCIArb, Principal at TM Arbitration
• The General Counsel’s perspective – Mikhail Sondor of Eurochem
• Audience Q&A
A 90-minute panel on the single assumption that most often explains the gap between claimant and respondent quantum experts: the discount rate. Working through one DCF example, the panel will show how choices on country-risk premium, currency, valuation date and project-specific risk move a damages figure, where risk gets double-counted between cash flows and the rate, and how tribunals have treated these choices in commercial and investment awards.
The session is aimed at counsel and arbitrators who have to test a valuation rather than build one: what to ask the expert, which inputs are evidence and which are judgment, and how to narrow the difference between two experts before the hearing.
Format: 60-minute moderated panel (testifying economist), followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.
Hosted by Forensic Economic Services LLC (Los Angeles).
Email Info@Rule703.com and book your seat before we are all booked.