Ilham Kabbouri

Representing a major engineering company with expertise in designing and developing airports in an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute with the main contractor on an air base project; the dispute concerns the non-payment of invoices, delay and entitlements to cost and time relief for the same

Representing a state-owned entity in an arbitration relating to the provision of IT services; the dispute concerned issues of performance and entitlement to payment for services rendered

Advising a contractor in respect of a dispute with the employer on a major infrastructure project; the dispute related to the settlement of its final account, return of its bonds, alleged defects and whether it complied with the defects liability regime under the main contract

Representing a major luxury hotel operator in a mediation in relation to a dispute with the owner of the hotel under a long term Management Agreement (MA); the dispute centered around the interpretation of the force majeure clause in the MA and whether (and to what extent) it would excuse performance of the operator’s obligations in respect of the hotel’s financial performance

Representing a MEP Subcontractor in a DIAC arbitration relating to a dispute with the main contractor on a research center project; issues involved variations, completion, entitlements to costs and time relief for delay

Representing multiple respondents in ICC proceedings, defending claims by multiple claimants including a major Saudi private equity fund totaling $175 million in relation to a put option over shares and rent payments under commercial leases in Dubai