"Keating Chambers is considered the leading set for construction disputes in the UAE and wider Gulf region." Legal 500 2023
Members of Keating Chambers have been acting in disputes in the Middle East and Gulf region for over 30 years, and are instructed in the largest, most complex, and highest value disputes, arising from airports, road and rail projects, power stations and factories, on- and off-shore oil and gas, dredging, and hotels and other commercial and residential properties.
Keating Chambers has been described as the “go-to chambers for complex Middle Eastern matters” and members have experience of disputes arising from projects in the Arab countries (particularly the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar), Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. Usually, these disputes are subject to the laws of the country where the project took place.
Many senior members of Chambers have acted as arbitrator in major cases in the MENA region, and are familiar with the applicable legal, cultural and commercial considerations.
Recent Case Examples
- Numerous major arbitrators arising out of delays to the construction and expansion of airports in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and KSA.
- Acting on both sides of a multi-billion dollar dispute concerning the construction of a new metro system in the Gulf.
- Seven barristers from Keating Chambers worked on an ICC arbitration about the termination of the contract for a hospital project in Doha.
- Disputes related to the construction of gas-fired power stations and desalination plants.
- DIAC claim related to an alleged failure to construct supporting infrastructure for a development off the coast of Dubai.
- ICC arbitration relating to defects in the construction of a high-rise building in Dubai.
- ICC disputes concerning the construction of a sewage treatment works in Doha and Dubai.
- A dispute concerning the design of onshore and offshore facilities in the Gulf, and safeguarding against the effects of cyclones.
- Acting for the contractor in arbitration proceedings concerning a petroleum research facility designed by Zaha Hadid.
- Claim by hotel developers concerning termination due to the concealment of failed concrete test results.
- Various disputes arising out of the construction of roads, bridges and interchanges in the MENA region.
- Claims arising out of dredging and land reclamation projects in the Gulf.