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Bill Smith

Bill heads Bird & Bird's Middle East dispute resolution practice, representing clients engaged in complex project disputes with a focus on international arbitration in the energy and infrastructure sectors. · Bird & Bird

United Arab EmiratesDispute Resolution, International ArbitrationEnglish
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Bill heads Bird & Bird's Middle East dispute resolution practice, representing clients engaged in complex project disputes with a focus on international arbitration in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionInternational ArbitrationInternational LitigationAlternative Dispute ResolutionProject Counsel

Office

United Arab Emirates

Bird & Bird · Bill heads Bird & Bird's Middle East dispute resolution practice, representing clients engaged in complex project disputes with a focus on international arbitration in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

United Arab Emirates

Expertise

EnergyInfrastructureTransportPropertyTourismMiningDefenceHealthcareITTelecommunications

Education

  • University of Adelaide, Degree of Bachelor of Architectural Studies (1989)
  • University of Adelaide, Honours Degree of Bachelor of Architecture (1992)
  • University of Adelaide, Bachelor of Laws with Honours, Stow Prize in Law (1995)

Admissions

  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (2002)
  • Australia (qualified, jurisdiction not specified)
  • Part II Rights of Audience, DIFC Courts (2014)

Languages

English