Dialogue with Judges: Judicial Support for Arbitration in a Changing World

REF: EP26053

Dialogue with Judges: Judicial Support for Arbitration in a Changing World

REF: EP26053

Building on RAC’s series of conferences with judiciary members from the MENA region and beyond, the session will examine how fundamental issues of arbitration are responding to current challenges and trends, alongside recent shifts in the relationship between international arbitration and state courts and the impact of international courts on the legal landscape. Designed as a dialogue, the session will encourage a direct and lively exchange of views among the panelists.

Among the speakers are:

– Excellency Justice Ahmed Bakry – Judge of the Commercial Court of Abu Dhabi (UAE);
– Respected Justice L. Nageswara Rao – Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India;
– Mohammed Al Shobaki – Former Judge, having 16 years of distinguished experience as a Judge in various courts across Jordan.

The speakers line-up will be updated.

Date & Time

Wednesday 11 November 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Registration

Registration

EVENT CALENDAR 2026

  • Monday 09
  • Tuesday 10
  • Wednesday 11
  • Thursday 12
Monday 09 November 2026
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 am
09 November 2026
Vertex Beach & Wellness Morning DAW 2026
The Vertex Companies LLC
REF: EP26091
Monday
8:30 am - 11:30 am
09 November 2026
Monday
8:30 am - 10:30 am
09 November 2026
Arbitration in the Midst of Geopolitical Tensions – The Essentials Toolkit
McNair International
#Commercial arbitration#Investment arbitration
REF: EP26107
Monday
8:30 am - 7:30 pm
09 November 2026
Ciarb Congress comprising of YMG and Main Committee events.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UAE Branch
REF: EP26096
Monday
9:00 am - 11:00 am
09 November 2026
Solid Ground: How Dubai’s Construction Sector and Dispute Resolution Framework Is Engineering Resilience Against Regional Disruption
39 Essex Chambers
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Construction#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining#Investment arbitration#Public International Law#Transportation
REF: EP26040
Monday
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
09 November 2026
Monday
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
09 November 2026
Hadef & Partners – UAE Arbitration: The Good, The Bad and the In Between
Hadef & Partners
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration#Other
REF: EP26031
Monday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
09 November 2026
Russia Related Arbitrations – Recent Developments
Russian Arbitration Center
#Commercial arbitration#Investment arbitration
REF: EP26151
Monday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
09 November 2026
Monday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
09 November 2026
Armed Conflict and Investment Arbitration: Who Bears the Losses?
Laborde Law
#Investment arbitration#Public International Law
REF: EP26124
Monday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
09 November 2026
Monday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
09 November 2026
How the New Global Reality Is Reshaping Disputes in the MENA Region
Al Khalili, Al Ghailani & Co. LLP (K&Co.)
REF: EP26078
Monday
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
09 November 2026
Monday
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
09 November 2026
ADG Legal – Freezing Injunctions: Practical Do’s, Don’ts and Limitations
ADG Legal
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration
REF: EP26070
Monday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
09 November 2026
PwC Middle East
PwC Middle East
REF: EP26060
Monday
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
09 November 2026
Dubai Arbitration Week Opening Reception
Dubai Arbitration Week Organizing Committee
REF: EP26090
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Tuesday
8:30 am - 10:30 am
10 November 2026
Tuesday
8:30 am - 10:30 am
10 November 2026
Renewable Energy Projects Under Pressure: Performance, Interfaces, and the Disputes That Follow
Yendall Hunter
#Commercial arbitration#Construction#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining#Technology
REF: EP26024
Tuesday
8:30 am - 10:30 am
10 November 2026
Tuesday
9:00 am - 11:00 am
10 November 2026
Tuesday
9:00 am - 11:00 am
10 November 2026
Pinsent Masons and Osborne Partners – Energy Transition as a source of disputes: what is driving the next wave of energy arbitrations?
Pinsent Masons
#Commercial arbitration#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining
REF: EP26138
Tuesday
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
10 November 2026
DIAC Annual Conference
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
REF: EP26089
Tuesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10 November 2026
Cross-Border Disputes in a Changing Trade Environment: Sanctions, Asset Recovery and Execution Risks
Fichte & Co
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Transportation
REF: EP26113
Tuesday
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
10 November 2026
Sanctions and Arbitration: Recap of 2026 Developments and Outlook for 2027
Lansky, Ganzger, Goeth + Partner (LGP)
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration#Investment arbitration#Public International Law
REF: EP26009
Tuesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10 November 2026
“AVOIDING ENERGY DISPUTES – BECAUSE UNEXPECTED CHANGES IN THE UNDERLYING BUSINESS ARE INEVITABLE”
Ed Osterwald
#Commercial arbitration#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining
REF: EP26029
Tuesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10 November 2026
Mega-Projects Under Pressure: Managing Subcontractor Disputes
MRP-Advisory
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration#Construction
REF: EP26071
Tuesday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
10 November 2026
Tuesday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
10 November 2026
Event Title:
Ketrone
REF: EP26054
Tuesday
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
10 November 2026
Nuclear Projects and Arbitration: Emerging Risks and Disputes
Young ITA
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Construction
REF: EP26011
TBC
Tuesday
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
10 November 2026
Tuesday
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
10 November 2026
Developments in arbitration in 2026: common and civil law perspectives
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
#Commercial arbitration
REF: EP26025
Tuesday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
10 November 2026
Come and See. Choose the UAE.
Alsuwaidi & Company
#Commercial arbitration
REF: EP26121
Tuesday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
10 November 2026
Are Claims and Counterclaims Against Companies in Bankruptcy Admissible in Arbitration Under UAE Law?
Triumph & Co.
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Construction#Other
REF: EP26132
Tuesday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
10 November 2026
SIAC Dubai Event 2026: Arbitrating Giga Projects and Energy Transition Disputes
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
#Commercial arbitration#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining#Investment arbitration#Other
REF: EP26056
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
10 November 2026
Title “Excusing Performance and Enforcement in the Sanctions Era”
4-5 Gray's Inn Square
#Commercial arbitration#Technology
REF: EP26073
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
10 November 2026
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
10 November 2026
Fraud, Arbitration and the Global Asset Chase
Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants
REF: EP26062
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
10 November 2026
Tuesday
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
10 November 2026
Drinks/Networking Event in collaboration with Fulcrum Capital & Singularity Legal
Mintz Group, Fulcrum Capital & Singularity Legal
REF: EP26007
Tuesday
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
10 November 2026
Tuesday
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
10 November 2026
Akin Drinks Reception
Akin
REF: EP26125
Tuesday
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
10 November 2026
Two Cities, One Question: Paris or Dubai as the Seat of Arbitration?
LPA Law, Paris Place de l'Arbitrage
REF: EP26137
Tuesday
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
10 November 2026
DALDS Dubai Arbitration Week Dinner
Alec Emmerson
REF: EP26163
Tuesday
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
10 November 2026
Bin Sevan Annual Jazz Dinner 2026
Bin Sevan Advocates and Legal Consultants
REF: EP26150
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Wednesday
8:00 am - 9:30 am
11 November 2026
The Arbitration Information Battlefield: who controls the narrative?
Digitalis, Brunswick Group, Mishcon de Reya
REF: EP26122
Wednesday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
11 November 2026
INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS & ADR MARATHON 2026
L2
#Commercial arbitration#Construction
REF: EP26005
Wednesday
8:30 am - 10:30 am
11 November 2026
Wednesday
9:00 am - 11:30 am
11 November 2026
Effective Enforcement of Judgments and Awards
Mintz Group, McNair International, Hadef & Partners
REF: EP26093
Wednesday
9:00 am - 11:00 am
11 November 2026
DIFC Trusts and Interim Relief: Lessons from Abramenko v Chuprin
Serle Court, Trowers & Hamlins
REF: EP26133
Wednesday
9:00 am - 11:30 am
11 November 2026
Wednesday
9:30 am - 11:30 am
11 November 2026
Challenges Against Arbitrators in the MENA Region: A Practical Perspective
ALAIDAROUS Advocates and Legal Consultants
#Commercial arbitration
REF: EP26032
Wednesday
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
11 November 2026
Dialogue with Judges: Judicial Support for Arbitration in a Changing World
Russian Arbitration Center
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Other
REF: EP26053
Wednesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
11 November 2026
AI Centre Stage
Jus Mundi
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Technology
REF: EP26143
Wednesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
11 November 2026
Beyond Force Majeure: Allocating the Legal and Financial Consequences of Regional Conflict in Construction Projects.
Agile Project Management Advisors
#Commercial arbitration#Construction
REF: EP26041
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
11 November 2026
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
11 November 2026
Event title: No Map. New Rules.
ICC YAAF
REF: EP26109
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
11 November 2026
Dubai’s Year in the Spotlight: The 365-Day Round-Up
Singularity Legal
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Investment arbitration
REF: EP26135
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
11 November 2026
From Urgent Relief to Cross-Border Enforcement: Practical Dispute Resolution in the UAE
UCL الدكتور خالد علي الحضرمي
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Investment arbitration#Other#Public International Law
REF: EP26006
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
11 November 2026
Osborne Partners, ELWI and Singularity Legal Drinks Reception
Osborne Partners
#Commercial arbitration
REF: EP26042
Wednesday
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
11 November 2026
Courtside with arbitrateAD: Award Challenges in the Courts based on Arbitrator Conduct
arbitrateAD
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Construction#Other#Technology
REF: EP26115
Wednesday
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
11 November 2026
Clifford Chance: AI in Arbitration – Balancing Risk and Opportunity
Clifford Chance LLP
#Commercial arbitration#Technology
REF: EP26142
Wednesday
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
11 November 2026
Wednesday
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
11 November 2026
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
11 November 2026
Wednesday
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
11 November 2026
Society of Construction Law (Gulf) Debates
Society of Construction Law (Gulf)
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration#Construction#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining#Transportation
REF: EP26076
Thursday 12 November 2026
Thursday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
12 November 2026
Four Courts, One Award: Judicial Perspectives, Cross-Border Advocacy, and the Great Common Law Debate
Balfaqeeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
#Public International Law
REF: EP26119
Thursday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
12 November 2026
he Arbitrator of the Future: Human, Artificial, or Hybrid?
Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre
REF: EP26022
Thursday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
12 November 2026
Navigating the UAE-India Dispute Corridor: Expropriation Risk, Change in Law, and Cross-Border Enforcement
ALAIDAROUS Advocates and Legal Consultants
#Commercial arbitration#Construction
REF: EP26116
Thursday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
12 November 2026
Thursday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
12 November 2026
Paid in What? Arbitrating the De-Dollarised Corridor Between Delhi, Dubai and Moscow
Balfaqeeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
#Business & Finance#Commercial arbitration#Other#Public International Law
REF: EP26130
Thursday
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
12 November 2026
WEConnect: Energy Arbitration in Focus
WEConnect, Alvarez & Marsal, Clifford Chance
#Arbitration related domestic litigation#Commercial arbitration#Energy & Natural Ressources & Mining
REF: EP26082
TBC
Thursday
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
12 November 2026
From Dispute to Award
MAS LAW
#Construction
REF: EP26047
Thursday
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
12 November 2026
EVENT TITLE
Vinson & Elkins LLP
REF: EP26120
Thursday
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
12 November 2026
TBC
Thursday
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
12 November 2026
Thursday
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
12 November 2026
Kroll Client Reception
Kroll
REF: EP26012
Upcoming Event

Dialogue with Judges: Judicial Support for Arbitration in a Changing World

REF: EP26053

Date & Time

Wednesday 11 November 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

About This Event

Building on RAC’s series of conferences with judiciary members from the MENA region and beyond, the session will examine how fundamental issues of arbitration are responding to current challenges and trends, alongside recent shifts in the relationship between international arbitration and state courts and the impact of international courts on the legal landscape. Designed as a dialogue, the session will encourage a direct and lively exchange of views among the panelists.

Among the speakers are:

– Excellency Justice Ahmed Bakry – Judge of the Commercial Court of Abu Dhabi (UAE);
– Respected Justice L. Nageswara Rao – Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India;
– Mohammed Al Shobaki – Former Judge, having 16 years of distinguished experience as a Judge in various courts across Jordan.

The speakers line-up will be updated.

People

Categories

Themes

#Arbitration related domestic litigation #Other

Regions

#Africa #Americas #Asia #CEE/CIS/Russia #Europe #Oceania #Space #World

Venues

#Al Tamimi & Company Level 7, Central Park Towers Dubai International Financial Centre Dubai, UAE #Al Tamimi & Company Offices,
Level 7, Central Park Towers, DIFC, Dubai #ALAIDAROUS Dubai Office: Anantara Downtown Business Tower 13th Floor, Marasi Drive, Business Bay #Amal's Cafe, Capital Club, DIFC, Dubai #Amal’s Café, Capital Club Dubai #Amazonica #Ashurst Level 18, ICD-Brookfield Place Dubai International Financial Centre Dubai, UAE #Ashurst Perkins Coie, Level 18, ICD-Brookfield Place, DIFC, Dubai #Baker & McKenzie LLP - DIFC #Berlin Meeting Room, Waldorf Astoria DIFC #Bird & Bird (MEA) LLP Level 14, Burj Daman, DIFC, PO BOX 507110 Dubai United Arab Emirates #Bondz Bar & Lounge, Podium Floor, Emirates Financial Towers, DIFC, Dubai #Capital Club #Capital Club (Gate Village, Building 3, DIFC) #Capital Club, DIFC #CAPITAL CLUB, ROOM 7 #Capital Club, The Grill (4th Floor), Building 3 DIFC Gate Village #Captial Club, DIFC, Dubai #Chic Nonna, DIFC #CLAP #Clifford Chance ICD Brookfield Place, Level 32, Dubai International Financial Centre, #Clyde & Co offices, Rolex Tower, DIFC #DIFC FinTech Hive #DIFC Ritz-Carlton (Salon 2) #DIFC, The Arts Club #DLA Piper Middle East, Standard Chartered Tower, Level 10, Dubai #Dubai Marina Pier 7 #Horizon52, ICD Brookfield Place, DIFC #Hutong #Jones Day - Al Fattan Currency House #Josette, ICD Brookfield, DIFC #Jumeirah Emirates Tower #Jun's #Kite Beach #Le Petit BeefBar #Lulu & The Beanstalk - ICD Brookfield #New York Ballroom, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, DIFC #Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) Offices, Level 12, ICD Brookfield Place #One&Only - One Za'abeel #Original Wings and Rings, Liberty House DIFC #Raffles Dubai #Ritz Carlton #Ritz Carlton DIFC #Ritz Carlton DIFC or Waldorf Astoria DIFC #Ritz Carlton DIFC, Salon 3 #Ritz Carlton, DIFC #Ritz-Carlton DIFC #Roberto's, DIFC #Rose Rayhaan by Rotana Dubai #Salon 1 Ritz Carlton DIFC #Salon 3 Ritz Carlton DIFC #Shangri-La #Sunken Garden, Ritz Carlton #TBC #Terrace between the Towers, Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, DIFC #The Capital Club #The Guild #The Guild, DIFC #The Ritz Carlton DIFC, Salon 9 #The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC #The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre #The Ritz-Carlton, Salon 6 #UCL الدكتور خالد علي الحضرمي #Waldorf Astoria DIFC #Waldorf Astoria DIFC - Berlin Meeting Room #Waldorf Astoria, Beverly Hills Rooms #White & Case office #ZOOM (Online Webinar)

Format

In Person

Schedule

Midday