Alanood Sinjab

Alanood Sinjab concentrates on commercial litigation and international arbitration. She has acted as counsel for claimants and defendants/respondents in disputes across a wide-range of industries including construction, corporate acquisitions, finance, hospitality, infrastructure, licensing, manufacturing, renewable energy and space & satellite. She has worked on a number of disputes before the English Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court. She has also handled arbitrations under DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules with seats in Dubai, London and Paris.

Arbitration

• Advising a UK-subsidiary of a leading US-listed construction, mining and engineering equipment manufacturer in a sanctions-related dispute against its Lebanese distributor.
• Advising a high-profile real estate developer in several arbitrations relating to the design and construction of various luxury commercial and residential projects in the UAE.
• Advising a major energy company in a dispute relating to one of the largest desalination plants in the Middle East.
• Advising an international hospitality and entertainment company in relation to claims concerning the construction of a resort in West Africa.
• Advising a Spanish consortium in two winning arbitrations relating to the construction, commission and performance of two thermal-solar (CSP) power plants in Africa.

• Listed as a key lawyer for International Arbitration - Legal 500

• BPP University Law School, GDL and LPC
• University of St Andrews, MA (Hons) International Relations and Philosophy with a study abroad programme at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po)
• London School of Economics and Political Science, European Union Law

• England and Wales

• Árabe
• Inglês
• Francês