Mr Azhar Ali Jamdar FCIArb; FICCP; FCIOB; MRICS

An expert with 22 years of experience, specialising in the techno-legal aspects of Programme Management, Contract and Claim Management, Commercial Operations, Expert Witness services, and Arbitration. Directed multiple large-scale projects such as mixed-use hospitality, hospitals, educational institutions, residential & commercial complexes, industrial facilities, and infrastructure development from initiation to completion for government entities, corporates, developers, public listed companies, engineering consultants, and main contractors in multi-cultural environments across Oman, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Registered as an Arbitrator and Expert Witness on the rosters of Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre, focusing on contentious and non-contentious disputes related to construction and infrastructure projects.

CORE EXPERTISE:

Programme Management: encompasses organizing, directing, monitoring, and controlling of multiple projects from their inception to completion through coordination and oversight of activities among diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Contract Management: Proficient in selecting, drafting, executing, amending, evaluating performance, and closing out various standard, D&B, EPC and bespoke contracts by analysing express and implied terms of contract and tort law.

Claim Management: involves preparing, defending, negotiating, and settling various contentious, non-contentious claims and counterclaims related to delays, disruptions, prolongation, acceleration and quantum.

Commercial Management: entails developing client requirements, creating cost plans, qualitative and quantitative risks, value engineering, tender evaluations and negotiations, post-contract administration, work valuations, and financial control.

Expert Witness: specialising in contentious and non-contentious disputes related to contractual interpretations; claims concerning delays, disruptions, prolongations, variations, defective works, suspensions, terminations, professional negligence, independent audits and evaluations for construction and infrastructure projects.

Arbitration: Proficient in substantive and procedural laws necessary for conducting both ad-hoc and institutional arbitration adhering to guidelines established by UNCITRAL, CIArb and IBA.

ACADEMIC & CPD DETAILS:

Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Project Management, Robert Gordon University, UK.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (B.E), Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India.

Professional Diploma (PgD) in Forensic Schedule Analysis, College of Contract Management, UK.

Professional Certificate (PgC) in Expert Witness, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (RICS), UK.

Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) in Mechanics of Project Finance, Middlesex University, UK.

Contract & Legal Documents Drafting, (CPD), British Legal Centre UK.

Project Audit & Evaluation, (CPD), College of Contract Management, UK.

Legal Writing, (CPD), British Legal Centre UK.

ACCREDITATIONS:

FCIArb – Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.

FICCP – Fellow Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners, UK.

FCIOB – Fellow Chartered Institute of Buildings, UK.

MRICS – Member Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK.

MEMBERSHIPS:

Arbitrator & Expert Witness – Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre, Oman.

Consultant Civil Engineer – Oman Society of Engineers, Oman.

Member – Society of Construction Law, UK.