Mazin’s primary area of practice is construction, covering both contentious and non-contentious work for clients based in the GCC.
Mazin is a Partner in the firm’s Dubai offices where he is a member of the Construction, Engineering and Projects team. Mazin acts for a range of clients primarily based in the GCC in relation to various business sectors including amongst others construction and engineering, industrial manufacturing, general trading, insurance and hospitality. Such clients range from multinational construction companies, manufacturing and technology companies, hotel operators to reputable family business owners as well as high net worth individuals.
Since 2015, Mazin has focused his practice in construction disputes under arbitration. Mazin has acted for clients in high value disputes conducted by the ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC and ADCCAC providing all-inclusive legal services. Mazin also works closely with local advocates and litigators on contentious matters before the national courts of the UAE and Bahrain.
Mazin is qualified to appear before Bahrain Courts and is fluent in both English and Arabic.
Michael is a projects and construction partner and has been based in the Middle East with Clyde & Co LLP since 1998. During his time in the Gulf Michael has been involved in many of the region’s highest profile construction projects and disputes.
Michael is well known for conducting complex construction arbitrations pursuant to the DIAC, LCIA and ICC Rules of Arbitration. He has represented parties in numerous disputes involving variations, extensions of time, early termination and related issues. He has been appointed as a sole arbitrator by the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and is a judge of the Bahrain Court of Cassation assigned to the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution Court.
In addition to conducting disputes, Michael reviews and drafts conditions of contract and the associated suite of documents for infrastructure and building projects and has extensive experience of the FIDIC Conditions.
Michael is the author of “Construction Law in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016), which includes a commentary on the application of the FIDIC Conditions (1999) in the GCC. He has presented papers at various conferences including the Commercial Law Conference in Bahrain for members of the region’s judiciary at the invitation of the United States Department of Commerce, the first international conference of the Society of Construction Law as well as the first conference of the Gulf branch of the Society of Construction Law in Dubai.
He is recommended in the top tier of all the leading independent legal directories including Who’s Who Legal, Chambers Global and Legal 500.
His day job is working with a growing PMC organisation, PMKConsult in the region and previously Mark was an Executive at 2 major PMC / Engineering companies.
A Civil Engineer with over 30 years’ global experience in construction and engineering, Mark has delivered major construction projects from nuclear to rail and infrastructure to building mega projects. Mark’s current ICE roles involve looking after the interests of the 1000 members registered here in the UAE and the many ICE members resident or seconded into the MEA region.
Mark is Chairman of Darjeeling Cricket Club, the oldest such club in Dubai and a Corporate Representative of the British Business Group, Abu Dhabi. He recently was appointed to the Engineering and Technology Advisory Board of the University of Birmingham. He is a regular contributor to white papers and conferences in the region and for ICE.
Paula 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.
Paula is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Pedram is a RIBA Chartered Architect with master’s degree in architecture. He is co-founder of U+A who has set goals and visions for the company to become one of the world’s finest design studios.
Pedram has over 23 years of architectural design experience in hotel & hospitality design, residential housing, high-rise and commercial mixed-use development. He provides an expertise in initiating Project Briefing and Development Strategy, Space Planning, Program Management, Technical Detailing & Project Strategic Management from inception to completion on multitude projects. He has worked in many projects in MENA region including Dubai Towers, Emirates Towers Expansion, Maritime City, Dubai Hills, Creek Harbour Towers, Floating Homes etc.
Being in Dubai, UAE over 20 years gave him a vast knowledge on the region’s culture as well as understanding of developers/clients which resulted to numerous project awards in Dubai and MENA region.
Dr. Peiman Kianmehr is the Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at American University in Dubai (AUD). He accomplished his PhD program at University of Waterloo-Canada in water resources group. His expertise is in environmental engineering and sustainable built environment. Prior to joining AUD, he worked with Environment Canada and he also worked as the director of several dam construction and water transmission projects. During his work at AUD, he has published about 40 journal and conference papers in prestigious journals and conference proceedings. He received several awards including School of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award and best paper awards from international conferences held in Montreal, Dubai, Zurich and Ottawa.
Manosh De is an award-winning urban development professional specializing in resilient, human-centered, and sustainable city solutions across global contexts.
With over 22 years of experience, Manosh has led transformative, cross-disciplinary projects across the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean—collaborating with teams spanning design, economics, engineering, sustainability, and smart city innovation.
He combines expertise in policy development, urban design, and strategic partnerships to deliver outcomes aligned with sustainable development goals and regulatory frameworks.
Manosh currently serves as an advisor at ADPIC, Abu Dhabi’s Projects and Infrastructure Center, which oversees major capital projects aimed at enhancing quality of life across the Emirate.
He is an alumnus of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, a UK Chevening Scholar, and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.
Peter is a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with over 10 years’ experience across the Middle East, Africa, UK and Eastern European real estate markets.
Currently, he is a senior manager in the strategy & product development team at TECOM Group.
Professor Ammar Kaka graduated with an Honours degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Construction Management. On completion of his PhD, he joined the University of Liverpool as a faculty member and in 2000, joined Heriot-Watt University as a Professor of Construction Economics and Management. During the years he spent at the Edinburgh campus, he assumed a number of roles including leader of the Construction Management research group and Director of Learning & Teaching.
In 2010 he joined the Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus as the Provost and Vice Principal. Professor Kaka’s contribution to transnational education in general and to Dubai’s education landscape in particular has been immense. With a student population of 4000 and a growing research culture, the Dubai campus is recognised as one of the UK’s leading providers of transnational education.
Professor Kaka has an international reputation for research on the assessment, planning and control of construction projects. Author of more than a hundred research papers, he has held numerous funded research grants with impact demonstrated by the extent of citation and direct industrial application. He is a fellow of RICS, the Conseil International du Bâtimen Lead for the Middle East and North Africa and a member of the editorial boards of a number of international academic journals. He has supervised more than 30 PhD students to completion, many of whom have developed into senior roles in governments, industry, and academia.
