Will Cadwaladr

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Will has over 9 years’ experience working on projects and disputes in the Middle East, and has assisted clients in relation to several high profile matters during his time in the region.  

His contentious practice involves assisting clients with large, complex and high value construction disputes in litigation and arbitration. His non-contentious practice includes drafting / negotiating construction contracts and ancillary documentation for his clients, and advising on contractual / commercial issues as these arise. Sitting across both is his experience in providing project counsel assistance, which he has done in both the UK and UAE. 

Will also shares responsibility for delivering the firm's Health & Safety offering in the Middle East, and advises clients on criminal / civil liabilities following a site incident or fatality. He has assisted several clients in relation to the criminal investigation process(es) that may follow, and spoken at leading industry events on these topics.

Prior to relocating in early 2016, Will trained and qualified with the firm in London. Time in the UK included a 5-month secondment to a leading UK-based contractor.

Experience

• Advising a UAE public sector client in defending a claim in respect of delay & varied works on a major infrastructure project in Dubai. DIAC arbitration. Dispute value AED3 billion.
• Advising an international contractor in various disputes in Oman for delay and associated costs in relation to a number of major infrastructure projects. Dispute value $25 million.
• Advising a leading international oilfield services provider in respect of a dispute concerning its final account, concerning an offshore wind farm in the UK. Final account value £50 million.
• Advising a leading international contractor on a defect claim (water ingress), concerning a luxury residential development on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. DIFC-LCIA arbitration. Dispute value AED75 million.
• Advising a leading GCC contractor in defending a defect claim (cladding) in relation to a commercial development in the DIFC in Dubai. Ad-hoc UNCITRAL arbitration. Dispute value AED60m.
• Advising a leading GCC contractor in pursuing a claim concerning defective cladding before the Dubai Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation. Dispute value AED7 million.
• Assisting multiple contractor clients in relation to security / bond calls in the UAE, and the associated attachment actions.
• Advising international and GCC contractors on multiple workplace injuries/fatalities occurring in the UAE, and judicial proceedings before the Public Prosecutor and/or local courts.
• Drafting bespoke contracts and consultancy agreements based on the FIDIC suite of contracts, and ancillary documentation for various contractor and sub-contractor clients.
• Advising a leading GCC developer on the full suite of construction documents for a skyscraper in Dubai worth AED14.6 billion.
• Acting in a project counsel role for clients during the lifetime of a project to assist with dispute management and resolution, and advising on other project-related issues that may arise.