Adrian Cole

Experience

Areas of Arbitration Expertise

Construction and Engineering disputes (qualified as Engineer / Solicitor), Energy disputes, Real estate and development disputes, Commercial disputes

Years of Arbitration Experience

26 years as specialist disputes lawyer
14 years as arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator

Number of Arbitrator Appointments

62

Number of Arbitral Awards Issued

51 Final Awards plus numerous jurisdictional and partial final awards

Seats of Arbitration

As arbitrator: UAE (Abu Dhabi and Dubai), DIFC, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, England
As counsel: (as above plus) Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait, Republic of South Africa, Morocco, Switzerland

Applicable Governing Laws

As arbitrator: England and Wales, UAE, DIFC, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt
As counsel: (see above plus numerous others)

Institutional Rules

ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC, CIArb, SIAC, HKIAC, IICRA

Other Areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution Expertise

Mediator: UAE, Qatar, UK, Hong Kong
Adjudicator / Dispute Boards: UAE, UK, South Africa
Expert determination: Bahrain, Egypt