Lawyers

Josh Kemp

Josh Kemp

ADG Legal, United Arab Emirates

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

With 16 years’ specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, as well as construction and infrastructure, Josh leads the firm’s International Disputes, and Contentious Construction practices.

Josh’s commercial disputes practice focuses mostly on shareholder and joint venture disputes, major fraud investigations, contentious insolvency, enforcement and asset recovery. Josh was recently recognized as an Up and Coming disputes lawyer in the Chambers & Partners Global Legal Rankings.

He regularly acts in DIFC Court proceedings and has acted in international arbitrations in many of the major institutions such as ICC, LCIA, DIFCLCIA, DIAC and JAMS.

In the construction sphere, Josh has acted in litigation and arbitration for a range of industry clients such as major engineering construction contractors, O&M contractors, government authorities, employers, consultants and subcontractors.

Josh has a particularly strong track record acting for contractors in arbitration and litigation concerning major infrastructure projects, having successfully led cases recovering several hundred million dollars on delayed, complex projects. Having read law in Australia, Josh subsequently studied a Master of Laws and was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2007. He is also an admitted attorney in the State of New York.

Josh is well-known for his thorough and pragmatic approach to complex problems and his commitment to reaching the best commercial outcomes for his clients.

Josh currently sits as Co-Chair of the Legal Committee for the Arab- Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, which boasts several thousand members across Brazil and the 22 countries of the League of Arab States.

Languages

English

Memberships

State of New York

Education

LLB - Queensland University of Technology (2006)

LLM - Queensland University of Technology (2009)