ROAP Construction (EMEA) 2025/6 FINALS – 7 April 2026
The ROAP Construction (EMEA) Finals bring to a close our advanced remote oral advocacy and cross-examination courses, by featuring the most persuasive and skilled participants on each course.
The outcome of the finals will be determined by a panel of world-class arbitrators consisting of Prof Doug Jones AO (President) to whom the ROAP Construction (EMEA) 2025/6 edition is dedicated, Kim Franklin KC, and Thomas H. Webster
The event will take place live online on 7 April 2026 from 2:00pm to 5.40pm GMT. Provisional event programme:
- 2:00pm GMT – Welcome from the ROAP Construction (EMEA) Co-chairs, and introduction by the ROAP Construction (EMEA) 2025/6 Dedicatee, Prof Doug Jones AO
- 2.10pm GMT – CROSS-EXAMINATION FINALS
- 3.35pm GMT – ORAL SUBMISSIONS FINALS
- 5.20pm GMT – Tribunal decisions for both Finals
- 5.40pm GMT – Word of thanks from the ROAP Construction (EMEA) Co-chair
You will find short bios of our finalists and tribunal members below.
TRIBUNAL FOR ROAP CONSTRUCTION (EMEA) 2025/6 FINALS
Prof Doug Jones AO, Professor Doug Jones AO is a leading international commercial and investor-state arbitrator and an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court. Doug has experience in both ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations under the AAA, ACICA, AIAC (formerly KLRCA), AMINZ, CRCICA, DIAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, KCAB, LCIA, PDRCI, QICCA, Resolution Institute, SCC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, VIAC and other international rules. He sits regularly as an arbitrator in London; in addition to many other jurisdictions, from Singapore to California, Dubai to Kuala Lumpur. He has also acted as counsel and mediator in numerous ADR procedures in infrastructure related disputes. The over 190 arbitrations in which Doug has been involved include infrastructure, energy, commodities, intellectual property, commercial and joint venture, and investor-state disputes spanning over 30 jurisdictions around the world. Amounts in dispute in arbitrations in which Doug has sat as arbitrator are in excess of some billions $US. Doug was appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court in 2019. Doug has published and spoken extensively and holds professorial appointments at a London university and two Australian universities. He has offices in Sydney, Australia and Toronto, Canada, and chambers in London, UK.
Kim Franklin KC is a recognised specialist in the construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors. She acts as a full-time arbitrator, dispute board member and adjudicator, resolving disputes arising from complex projects in international arbitration, dispute boards and as UK construction adjudicator. Appointed for arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, DIAC and HKIAC rules in the UK, Europe, the Gulf and Asia, she acts as Sole Arbitrator, Party Appointed and Tribunal Chair. Appointed King’s Counsel in 2016, Kim has a flair for technically complex, document-heavy disputes, with a reputation for clarity, strong case management, and sound strategic judgment.
Thomas H. Webster is a lawyer active as an arbitrator, counsel and mediator in international disputes. He has acted as arbitrator in over 150 arbitrations and as counsel in over 75 cases and has also been involved in numerous annulment and enforcement proceedings. His varied arbitrations have been conducted under virtually all major international arbitration rules, at most major places of arbitration and under common and civil law. He is the author of the Handbook of UNCITRAL Arbitration (third edition due in January 2019), the Handbook of ICC Arbitration (4th edition to be published in November 2018) and the Handbook of Investment Arbitration.Tom has a JD from the University of Toronto, an LLM from Cambridge University and a DEA from the University of Paris I (Sorbonne) and is admitted to practise in England, France, the United States (New York) and Canada (Ontario). He is fluent in French and German. Before setting up his independent practice, which he has conducted in Paris and London, he was a partner of a major New York law firm.
FINALISTS (Forthcoming)
