Kim Rosenberg is a Partner in Freshfields’ Global Projects Group, based in the Middle East. She has over 20 years of experience in engineering & construction projects, which she has supplemented by completing a Masters in Construction Law. Kim is ranked in Lexology as a Thought Leader – Global Elite for Construction and in Chambers Global for Construction: Dispute Resolution, with clients describing her as “an outstanding professional. She is up to date with best industry practices. Her responsive nature adds immense value; she is flexible and available, and I have total confidence in her advice.”. Kim also sits as an arbitrator in construction disputes.

From an industry perspective, Kim is Treasurer of the Society of Construction Law (Gulf), a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, a Board member of the International Construction Law Association, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Kim was chair of the committee that drafted the 2nd edition of the UK Society of Construction Law’s Delay and Disruption Protocol. She is also co-editor and a co-author of the Sweet & Maxwell publication “Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects”. Kim is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales and Australia, and a foreign registered legal consultant in Dubai and Singapore.

Kagan Aktas is a Managing Director with Secretariat and is based in Dubai, UAE. He has 17 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in project scheduling, construction and contract management, forensic delay analysis and expert advisory for construction and engineering projects. Mr. Aktas has consulted on construction projects throughout the world in relation to preparation of forensic delay analyses and independent expert reports, schedule and budget control, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, Mr. Aktas has experience in the areas of general contracting and structural & civil engineering.

Mr. Aktas has advised clients on issues involving project and contract administration, delay issues, and claim preparation. He has been appointed as an independent delay expert in numerous occasions and has extensive experience with matters involving schedule delays stemming from project impacts. His experience includes the preparation and review of schedule analyses relating to matters of delay, disruption, productivity, time impacts, acceleration, and other project management and dispute issues.

Prior to working in the consulting field, Mr. Aktas worked in the areas of general contracting, construction management, and research and development. He held contract management responsibilities for the construction of various private projects around the world and several research projects within the US. His responsibilities included project planning, subcontractor management, change order analysis and preparation, implementing project control systems, monitoring progress and project budgeting.

Mr. Aktas has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal Construction as a future leader in the field.

Paula Boast is Head of Construction Engineering & Projects for the Middle East Region. Based in Bahrain since 2006, she specialises in construction projects throughout the region, in particular Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. Her extensive experience includes real estate and development, regeneration, infrastructure and utilities, hotels, leisure and tourism, residential, industrial and commercial, education and healthcare, both in the private and public sectors. Paula acts on behalf of government and regulatory clients including Ministry of Works, project employers and developers, lenders and investors, contractors, subcontractors and consultants.

Projects Paula has worked on include Shangri-La Oman, Bahrain National Assembly, Durrat Al Bahrain, Doha Convention Center, Bahrain Bay to include Four Seasons Hotel, Riffa Views, Diyar Al Muharraq, Bahrain Airport, King Abdullah Medical City, Education City Doha, Lusail Doha, Investment Gateway Bahrain and Reef Island. Paula also assisted the Bahrain Ministry of Works in the drafting and publication to market of its first ever Standard Suite of Construction Contracts (2009 Edition) based on FIDIC forms.

Adrian Cole is a construction law specialist and an expert in resolving energy, infrastructure, and real estate development disputes.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Adrian studied engineering and construction and practiced as a quantity surveyor and has first-hand experience of the practical issues in the engineering and construction industries. He led King & Spalding’s highly regarded Middle East Dispute Resolution Team until December 2020.

Adrian is a trained and experienced arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator / DAB member and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Adrian has worked both in-house (International Counsel to Vinci in Hong Kong and Paris) and in private practice in the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Middle East. Adrian’s wide experience in domestic and international arbitration allows him to bring a commercial and pragmatic approach to the resolution of disputes.

Adrian is ranked by Who’s Who Legal as one of the top 25 construction dispute lawyers in the World.

Chambers Global ranks Adrian as Tier One for Construction who “stands out as a strong expert in construction-related dispute resolution" and “is noted for his arbitration skills” and is “strongly rated as an excellent professional by his peers”.

Legal 500 describes him as “excellent in arbitration, with a deep understanding of the [construction] industry” and is rated for “expertise on construction aspects of major projects”.

Adrian is “highly recommended” by PLC Which Lawyer.

Adrian was awarded a Gold Award by the Dubai International Arbitration Centre for Arbitral Chairman of the Year in 2018.

Adrian has sat as Tribunal or has been instructed as Counsel in arbitrations under most of the major arbitral rules including UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC, CRCICA, SIAC, HKIAC, BCDR-AAA, CIArb and IICRA.

Adrian has decided over 80 significant and complex construction cases sitting with some of the world’s leading construction arbitrators and is listed by Chambers Global 2021 and 2022 as one of the most in demand arbitrators.

Adrian has been appointed a judge in the Court of Cassation in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Philip Dunham is an international arbitration partner in Signature Litigation’s Paris office with over 30 years’ experience, representing clients across a broad range of sectors and jurisdictions.

Philip’s practice covers both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations spanning numerous jurisdictions. He is an acknowledged expert in advising in relation to construction and engineering, oil and gas, telecoms, shareholder, agent and joint venture disputes, and regularly acts both for and against states and state-owned entities. He has represented clients in a number of high-value global disputes, with a particular focus on the Balkans, MENA, Latin America and South East-Asia.

He acts both as counsel and arbitrator handling a broad range of disputes conducted under ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, BCDR, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID rules.

Philip has been recognised in the Who’s Who Legal guide in France every year since 2016 for his arbitration expertise. He is also ranked in Chambers Europe 2023 and in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Guide for international arbitration.

The Legal 500 notes that Philip will “go to great lengths to learn about his clients – their industries, strengths, assets and liabilities, as well as their concerns, so as to be sure that the solutions he provides would be the most suitable and innovative solutions to suit his clients’ needs.” It further highlights Philip’s “great analytical skills, such that he can parse through complex legal situations to reveal the critical issues at the core, and to then arrive at logical conclusions to resolve them.” The Guide also states that Philip has “excellent people skills” and is “personable, persuasive and able to read others well.”

Eliane Fischer practices in the area of dispute resolution and international arbitration. She focuses on complex international construction and engineering cases, oil and gas disputes, sales, supply and distribution contracts, blockchain and crypto disputes as well as on joint venture and post M&A disputes. Who is Who Legal praises her as standing out among peers as “a brilliant counsel in complex construction disputes” thanks to her “highly pragmatic and efficient approach” and commends her “excellent knowledge of the construction industry”, her strategic and straightforward thinking and the exceptional ideas she brings to her cases. Eliane represents parties and acts as arbitrator in cases under various arbitration rules. She also advises applicants in cases before the European Court of Human Rights.

Emily Fox is partner at Herbert Smith Freehills' International Arbitration team in Paris. She is experienced in commercial and investment disputes, in particular international arbitrations in the oil and gas, mining, construction, aviation and banking sectors and with particular experience of projects in Africa.

She has represented clients in a number of international arbitrations, both ad hoc and under the rules of major arbitration centres.

Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills, Emily worked in the international arbitration groups of major international law firms in Paris and London.

Emily is dual-qualified as a Paris Avocat and a Solicitor of England & Wales. She has taught a class on international arbitration in the Energy sector at Sciences Po since 2018, and regularly publishes on international arbitration.

Lara Hammoud is a qualified French lawyer and has over twenty years industry experience in International Arbitration.  She has spent the last nine years as in-house counsel managing the disputes team at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Prior to this, Lara started her career in Paris working at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as Deputy Counsel then as Secretary to the ICC Commission on Arbitration before moving to private practice with a Magic Circle law firm in Paris and Abu Dhabi.

Lara has issued over forty awards in construction and commercial matters and has been appointed as tribunal chair, sole and party-appointed arbitrator in both common and civil law jurisdictions under UNCITRAL, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA and ICC arbitration rules seated both in Europe and the Middle-East.

She is the writer and editor of numerous articles and books relating to international arbitration. She also regularly appears as speaker in international conferences and arbitration workshops.

Lara speaks fluently Arabic, English and French and is proficient in Italian. She is a renowned member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR.

Rónán has broad experience in a wide range of construction and engineering disputes. Both as sole counsel and junior counsel, he has represented employers, contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers in Court proceedings, domestic and international arbitrations, and adjudications.

Rónán has particular experience in high-value international arbitrations concerning infrastructure and energy projects and involving complex issues of technical evidence and law.

Both Chambers and Partners UK and The Legal 500 recommend Rónán as a leading junior in the construction and professional negligence fields.

Mehmet Karakoc is a Managing Director at Secretariat and co-leads Secretariat’s delay analysis practice in London. He is a Civil Engineer and a member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Building and Society of Petroleum Engineers.

He is regularly appointed as an independent expert on matters of planning, delay and disruption. He has provided oral and written testimony (both in the capacity of a party-appointed and tribunal-appointed expert) numerous times in arbitration proceedings and other common forms of dispute resolution.

Mehmet has undertaken commissions in more than 35 countries, from West Africa to South America. These include mega projects such as the tallest building in Europe, a US$9-billion gas pipeline project, a €8-billion nuclear power plant and a US$-billion semi-conductor facility.

Who’s Who Legal recognizes Mehmet in its Construction Expert Witness, Consulting Expert and Arbitration Expert categories, and reports that Mehmet “combines powerful cognitive skills with outstanding performance on the witness stand” and his “expertise in construction cases is second to none".

Wendy is a senior partner at gb².  She is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.  She has over 25 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry, specifically on major projects in the power sector during her time with Arup, in both site based roles and project office roles.  Her years working as a consulting civil engineer provides her with a sound basis for her primary role as a programming, delay and disruption expert.

Wendy is known for her pragmatic and proportionate approach to her analyses, and her ability to absorb a large amount of information in a short period of time and work with a lean efficient team, and her ability to assist the Tribunal at hearings and remain composed in difficult cross examinations. She has undertaken analyses on major projects around the world in most sectors.

Wendy never set out to be delay expert as her interest was always in project execution being a civil engineer. Having fallen accidentally into this role, she has now testified in and in arbitration hearings seated in London, Singapore, Finland, Dubai, Bucharest, Johannesburg, Brisbane, Sydney, Santiago, Stockholm, and Vienna, and in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the Supreme Court of Queensland.  She has experience as a party and Tribunal appointed expert and has given evidence to arbitral tribunals on over 30 occasions. She was awarded Who’s Who Legal’s Construction Expert Witness of the year in 2019, 2021 and 2022.

Michelle is the founding partner of Rock Rose Legal FZ LLC, a boutique counsel and advocacy service provider incorporated in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to founding Rock Rose Legal FZ LLC, Michelle was a partner in two international law firms heading up  the specialist construction and infrastructure and energy dispute teams in the Middle East in both firms. Michelle has been based in the Middle East for over 20 years and has practiced as a disputes lawyer for the last 30 years. Michelle has represented clients in arbitration proceedings under the major international and regional arbitration rules including the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, DIAC and ADCCAC seated in Paris, London, Geneva, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman.

Michelle undertakes counsel and advocacy services in both arbitration and also the DIFC Court. She is a qualified Solicitor Advocate and also has rights of audience in the DIFC Courts. She also sits as an arbitrator and is regularly appointed by arbitral institutions, including the ICC and LCIA.

Michelle regularly speaks and writes on construction and international arbitration issues. She is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers Global for UAE Construction Disputes and is the only woman listed in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Construction in the UAE in recognition of constant praise by clients for continued excellence. She is also named as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal. Michelle was shortlisted for Construction Lawyer of the Year and UAE Lawyer of the Year at the Legal 500 Middle East and North Africa Awards 2024.

Tayo Okunade is a senior member of Accuracy’s project advisory and disputes team based in London. He specialises in addressing issues of delay and causation arising from complex construction and engineering contracts. 

With over fifteen years of professional consulting experience, Tayo is a Who's Who Legal recognised delay expert, with a specialism in forensic programming and planning topics. He has extensive experience of advising contracting parties and stakeholders in both formal dispute and pre-dispute situations globally. 

Tayo regularly provides written evidence in dispute resolution forums. He also has experience of giving oral evidence under cross examination and "hot tubbing" in international arbitration proceedings. He is currently appointed in arbitrations under ICC and LCIA rules. 

Peter Rosher is an international arbitration lawyer who brings decades of deep experience in the construction, energy and infrastructure sectors to serve as a full-time independent arbitrator, based in Paris.

Until December 2025, Peter practiced for more than 35 years at major US and UK law firms in London and Paris, culminating in his role as Global Chair of the International Arbitration group at Reed Smith LLP.

He has acted as counsel in both institutional and ad hoc proceedings, subject to many different systems of law and under various arbitral rules, including ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL.  To the extent possible in large law firms, Peter has also served as presiding, party nominated and sole arbitrator in disputes arising out of complex construction projects. By now operating in a small structure, the conflicts of interests that are so prevalent in large firms for arbitrators can be avoided.

Dual qualified to practice in England and Wales and France, Peter has extensive experience in both civil and common law jurisdictions, under a wide variety of laws and cultures, with a particular focus on Africa (both North and sub-saharan), the Middle East, Asia and Eastern and Continental Europe.

Peter is fluent in English and French and is able to handle complex arbitrations in either language.

Peter’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of claims arising out of complex construction and infrastructure projects, including nuclear facilities, roads, railways, oil and gas, power plants, petrochemical, mining, hydroelectric, water treatment and data centres.  He has extensive experience with all major forms of international construction contracts (especially FIDIC, NEC, ENAA).  Over many years, Peter has acquired a detailed knowledge of the construction industry and construction projects.  He has extensive experience in pre-arbitration negotiations and dispute board proceedings, particularly under FIDIC and NEC contracts. Peter knows that no construction projects or disputes are identical. He is intimately familiar with managing technically complex, fact and document intensive construction arbitrations effectively and expeditiously.

Peter is recognised in leading legal directories both as a leading international arbitration practitioner and as a specialist and thought leader in the fields of construction, energy and infrastructure by all the major legal directories.  He is a former President of the French chapter of the Society of Construction Law, holds a post-graduate degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College, London and is a visiting lecturer in construction law and international arbitration at Paris-Pantheon-Assas, Sciences Po and Montpellier Universities. He is on the Faculty for GAR Construction and Advocacy and for ROAP, has co-chaired GAR Live Construction for 8 consecutive years and he regularly speaks at international conferences and contributes to legal and industry journals/commentaries.

Peter holds British and Irish nationality.  He has been based in Paris since 1993.

Juan Sáez leads Accuracy’s Project Advisory and Disputes team in the Middle East. He is regularly appointed as an independent delay expert witness on delay, disruption and acceleration on large capital projects worldwide.

Nominated by clients and peers as a Global Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2023, Juan has provided expert advice to governments, private owners, contractors, subcontractors and funders on over 40 major capital projects in over 20 countries. Juan is known for simplifying complex matters and presenting expert evidence in a way that assists tribunals in making informed decisions. WWL says: “He comes fully prepared and cuts through the white noise to get to the heart of the issue".

Juan’s role also encompasses providing strategic advice to major clients in energy, real estate and infrastructure through all stages of the project cycle. From Dubai he supports a broad spectrum of regional and international clients, covering from Latin America to Asia. Juan holds a double engineering degree from École Centrale Paris and Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, and an applied economics degree from Université Paris Dauphine. He speaks English, Spanish and French.

Andrea Stauber is a partner in the International Arbitration group at King & Spalding. Andrea’s practice focuses on resolving complex international commercial disputes, particularly relating to engineering and construction projects in the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors. She advises clients in relation to a variety of high-value disputes around the world, particularly across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Andrea is a solicitor advocate and regularly represents clients in arbitrations under a variety of rules including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, AAA, UNCITRAL and ICSID. She is dual-qualified in Australia and England, and practiced in Australia, Singapore and the US prior to making London her home.

Andrea is ranked as an 'Up and Coming' Partner by Chambers UK in Construction: International Arbitration 2025. She is recommended by Legal 500 as a Key Lawyer for International Arbitration and Construction - Contentious, and was recognised as a Rising Star on their International Arbitration Powerlist in 2019. She is noted as a "Future Leader" in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal. Her clients describe her as "remarkable" and "a pleasure to work with", and note that she "quickly understands and orchestrates her client's case to perfection".

She is also an elected member of Council of the Society of Construction Law (UK) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.