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10 - 14 NOVEMBER 2025

Venue: Ritz Carlton - DIFC - off Sheikh Zayed Road

Panel Discussion: From Tribunals to Courtrooms: Recognition, Enforcement & Setting Aside of Arbitral Awards in Qatar, UAE, KSA & Oman

The panel will bring together leading legal experts to explore how arbitral awards are treated by courts across key GCC jurisdictions – Qatar, UAE, KSA, and Oman.

While a detailed agenda and list of discussion points will follow shortly, the session will provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of recognition, setting aside, and enforcement mechanisms, as well as judicial attitudes toward foreign arbitral awards in each of these jurisdictions.

Topics will include comparative insights on court intervention, practical challenges in enforcement, trends in successful challenges, recent legal reforms, and forward-looking recommendations.

DAB: effective dispute resolution or a checkbox?

Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs) are increasingly included in construction contracts, but do they truly serve as an effective dispute resolution mechanism, or are they merely a contractual formality? This panel brings together international experts to examine the practical role of DABs, their effectiveness in resolving disputes, and whether they deliver real value in today’s projects.

Global Crises, Global Solutions: The Role of International Arbitration

The panel will address a variety of issues including:

The utility of international arbitration to institutions in times of crisis (including how it could be applied to modern day contexts)
Key features of arbitration that can be used practically to manage fast-moving disputes
How arbitration can be coupled with other tools to negotiate a successful outcome to complex issues
Case study on crisis management issue

The Battle of the Seats: The Attractivity of Civil and Common Law Seats

This event will include a keynote from a leading arbitration practitioner; it will follow with a brief presentation on the French arbitration law reform followed by a panel discussion of the reform and its salient points. A second panel will take a comparative approach, looking at various points discussed in the first panel from a broader, civil law jurisdiction perspective.

Asset Tracing, Restructuring and Enforcement: Middle East Update

Please join us, for a panel discussion exploring the shifting landscape of fraud and restructuring in the Middle East. Driven both by traditional risks and emerging digital threats, the panel will draw upon their local and global experiences to stay ahead of complex risk.

Recent Developments in Sports Arbitration

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the preparation to Olympic Games in the KSA, the ATP Tour and World Judo Championships, Formula 1, swimming, triathlon, etc., in the UAE as well as sport sponsorships and athletes’ contracts and arrangements, have triggered a growing interest in sports law and, as a consequence, in sports arbitration in the ME.

The first and most prominent sports arbitration institution is the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The CAS, initially derived from the International Olympic Committee, has gained its independence and legitimacy and has become the most recognized arbitration institution in sports.

Three CAS-approved lawyers and arbitrators are proud to present the most topical aspects and issues in the international sports arbitration.