| 10am-10.45am | Registration and networking |
| 10.45am-11am | Opening remarks
Jehad Kazim |
| 11am-11.15am | Launch
Robert Stephen Raymond Bentick |
| 11.15am-11.45am | Fireside chat
Tariq Khan Dr Michael Pryles AO PBM |
| 11.45am-1pm | Panel 1: Emerging technologies in arbitration: Safeguarding due process
Moderator Dr Rouven F Bodenheimer |
| 1pm-2pm | Lunch and networking |
| 2pm-3.15pm | Panel 2: Boardroom perspectives: Managing challenges and mitigating commercial risks
Moderator Erin Miller Rankin |
| 3.15pm-3.45pm | Coffee and networking |
| 3.45pm-5pm | Panel 3: Changing global landscapes: Tariffs, investments and the future of arbitration in the Middle East
Moderator Anne K Hoffmann |
| 5pm | Closing remarks
Christopher Coello Hedberg |
Format: In Person
Keeping it in the Family – Arbitration for Billionaires
Mishcon de Reya is delighted to be hosting an event at Dubai Arbitration Week, where we will explore the unique challenges associated with international arbitration involving high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and family estates.
Using investigations and information to support dispute resolution and enforcement in financial services and investment proceedings in the international and cross-border context.
Global risk management firm Forward Global shares insights and challenges regarding the deployment of investigations, communications and information in the support of multi-jurisdictional and cross-border financial services and investment disputes and enforcement proceedings.
Evolution of DIFC law: Exploring the New Court Law and updates on Interim Remedies
Bridging Perspectives: An Evening of Arbitration Networking
As part of the prestigious Dubai Arbitration Week, ICC UAE is pleased to propose an exclusive networking reception that will convene a select group of distinguished ICC Arbitration Commission members, legal experts, in-house counsel, and leading international arbitration professionals.
This intimate evening is designed to foster meaningful dialogue, facilitate the exchange of regional and global perspectives, and strengthen professional ties across the arbitration and ADR community. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Dubai’s growing role as a hub for legal innovation, the event will provide a relaxed yet refined setting for engaging discussions on emerging trends, institutional developments, and collaborative opportunities in cross-border dispute resolution.
DALDS Dinner
Dinner
Chasing Shadows: Uncovering the Real Money Behind Corporate Veils
Dyakin, Gortsunyan & Partners (DGP)
Vantage Intelligence
E is for Arbitration
Join Ridge & Partners, Hogan Lovells, and guests as they come together to discuss the topic ‘E is for Arbitration’ which will focus on a range of topical issues from making the arbitral process more efficient to enforcement of arbitral awards in the Middle East.
The esteemed panel includes Lucy Osborne (Partner and head of Ridge Technical Expert Witnesses), Emerson Holmes (partner in the International Arbitration group at Hogan Lovells), Refki El-Mujtahed (Founding Director of REM) and Ruth Stackpool-Moore (Senior Investment Manager global dispute finance at Omni Bridgeway). Niralee Casson, an architectural expert witness at Ridge & Partners, will host the discussion.
Investing in Saudi Arabia: In-House Counsel Insights into Navigating an Evolving Market and Preventing Disputes
Interim Awards Without Borders: Recognition and Enforcement of Interim Awards in the UK, UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia
The session will address:
The process of obtaining, recognizing, and enforcing interim arbitral awards between the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
The interplay between the Middle East and the UK in this field.
Whether the process has been simplified in recent years.
How civil law courts in the region are responding to interim arbitral awards, including those from common law jurisdictions such as the UK.”