Faris Shehabi

Personal Bio

Job Title: Senior Associate

Areas of Expertise: Adjudication,Arbitration,Mediation

Faris Shehabi is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution practice 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 (ICC, UNCITRAL, 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, shareholder disputes and health and life sciences.

Faris is an international arbitration specialist having acted in appeals on points of law, procedural matters and issues of jurisdiction, as well as various applications for interim and interlocutory relief from both tribunals and the courts. 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.