UAE Law and Practice Contributed by: Gerard Moore, Patricia Ugalde Revilla, Antonin Sobek and Alanood Sinjab, Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown and its international arbitration team has extensive experience in representing clients in complex, high-value disputes across the Middle East and globally. In the UAE, the firm’s Dubai-based disputes lawyers combine regional knowledge with the strength of a global arbitration platform, working closely with colleagues in key arbitral centres includ - ing London, Paris, Singapore and New York. It regu - larly advises on disputes connected to major projects and investments across the Middle East, including in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt,
Lebanon and other regional markets. The firm’s ex - perience includes arbitrations under leading institu - tional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCI - TRAL and DIAC. Mayer Brown’s lawyers represent clients across a wide variety of industries, including construction, energy, finance, insurance, life scienc - es, M&A/joint venture disputes, mining, real estate, environment, IP, telecommunications, maritime and aerospace. The team also includes Arabic-speaking arbitration lawyers in Dubai, London and Paris.
Authors
Gerard Moore leads Mayer Brown’s Dubai office’s international arbitration
Antonin Sobek focuses on interna - tional arbitration, representing clients in high-stakes construction, commer - cial and investment treaty disputes. In addition to his counsel practice, Antonin sits as arbitrator and accepts
and construction and engineering practices. He is recognised as “an excellent litigator” with a “wealth of experience” in the Middle East and “detailed knowledge of arbitration practice”. He has significant experience in complex, high-value international arbitration and “bet-the-farm” disputes. Recently, he helped a family-run contracting busi - ness win a multi-million dollar ICC arbitration against a large, publicly-listed Middle East conglomerate. Clients value Gerard’s technical ability, strategic judgment and calm approach in crisis situations. He also advises major contractors on significant pro - jects across the Middle East, including arbitration, disputes, contractual and project-related issues in the construction, engineering, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors.
arbitrator appointments. Before joining Mayer Brown, Antonin served as counsel at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, administering over 500 arbitration proceedings, and practised at leading law firms in London and Paris. A regular speaker at international conferences, he has lectured on dispute resolution at Sciences Po Paris, Sorbonne University and Izmir University of Economics. In 2025, he received the Craig Gibson Award for Young Disputes Professional of the Year.
Alanood Sinjab focuses on interna - tional arbitration and commercial litigation, acting for claimants and defendants/respondents in complex cross-border disputes. She has handled arbitrations under the DIAC,
Patricia Ugalde Revilla regularly represents clients in international arbi - tration in complex high-value dis - putes, particularly in commercial disputes in the construction, engi - neering and energy sectors. She also
DIFC-LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules, with seats in Dubai, London and Paris. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors, including construction, infrastructure, finance, corporate acquisitions, hospitality, manufacturing, renewable energy, licensing, and space and satellites. She has also worked on disputes before the English Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court. Alanood’s academic background includes interna -
has relevant experience in investment treaty arbitra - tion. She has acted as counsel before the major international arbitration institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, DIAC, ADCCAC and Madrid Court of Arbitration, among others. Patricia also sits as an arbitrator and has acted as administrative secretary of arbitral tribunals in a number of cases.
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