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Faris Shehabi

Faris Shehabi is a partner specialising in commercial dispute resolution in Dentons' Dubai office. He has over 15 years' experience working on a wide range of complex international trade and commercial disputes including experience before tribunals in ad hoc proceedings and under regional and international arbitration rules including ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC and LMAA, as well as before the courts of numerous jurisdictions (UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, DIFC and ADGM). His experience is across a range of different sectors including energy and infrastructure, shipping and commodities, banking and finance, and shareholder disputes. He was previously in charge of legal services at a leading international arbitral institution in Asia, is regularly invited to speak at regional and international events and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. · Dentons

United Arab EmiratesInternational Arbitration, LitigationEnglish, Arabic, Spanish

About

Faris Shehabi is a partner at Dentons in Dubai, specializing in commercial dispute resolution with over 15 years of experience in international trade and commercial disputes, including arbitration under rules such as ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC, and LMAA, and litigation before courts in multiple jurisdictions. He has expertise in energy and infrastructure, shipping and commodities, banking and finance, and shareholder disputes, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationLitigationCommercial Dispute Resolution

Office

Expertise

Energy & InfrastructureShipping & CommoditiesBanking & FinanceShareholder Disputes

Education

  • IE Law School, International Master in Law, 2012
  • University of New South Wales, LLB, BComm, 2005

Admissions

  • Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2015
  • Solicitor, High Court of Australia, 2006
  • Solicitor, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2006

Languages

EnglishArabicSpanish