Dentons

Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones is the managing partner, and heads the Dispute Resolution and Construction practice, of Dentons' Doha office. He has over 29 years of experience in construction, projects and engineering law having acted for clients in all sectors of the construction and engineering industry. He has experience in acting for a wide range of clients in the Middle East, Europe, Far East and the CIS. He has advised extensively on major infrastructure projects, power plant, process plant and landmark hotel office and retail developments. Andrew's practice also involves all forms of dispute resolution varying from national and international arbitration and litigation in the Technology and Construction Court to statutory/contractual adjudication, ADR (including mediation and expert determination). He has recently been involved in cases which included issues arising from delay to projects, loss and expense, termination issues, final account disputes, professional negligence and defects. Andrew is ranked in Chambers and is regularly published in various journals and lectures widely on issues related to International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.

Gabriel Olufemi

Gabriel Olufemi is a senior associate in the Dentons Middle East Construction and Dispute Resolution practice. He has been working in the Middle East since 2014 and has more than 10 years of experience working on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering matters. Specializing in construction and engineering law, Gabriel has extensive experience providing legal advice on high-value complex projects for the public and private sector in the Middle East (including Qatar, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia), Africa and the UK. These have included road, airport, heavy rail engineering infrastructure, stadia infrastructure and facilities, independent sewage treatment plants and renewable energy projects. He advises clients during all stages of the project lifecycle from design to financial close, including providing advice on project structure, procurement strategy, contract strategy, operation and maintenance, dispute avoidance and international arbitration.

Paul Prescott

Paul Prescott is a partner and leads the Construction and Dispute Resolution practice in Saudi Arabia. He has more than 20 years' experience, of which more than 10 years have been spent in the Middle East. He has substantial experience advising government departments, investors, sponsors, developers, lender clients and joint venture contractors on major construction, infrastructure, real estate, hospitality, wastewater, energy and process engineering projects in the Middle East. These have included logistics facilities, airports, road and heavy rail engineering infrastructure, stadia infrastructure and facilities, hotels, mixed-used developments, independent sewage treatment plants, renewable energy projects and food manufacturing plants in the Middle East and globally. Paul has extensive knowledge and in-depth experience of standard form contracts for the procurement of construction and engineering projects using the FIDIC suite of contracts, NEC, ICC, ICE, MF/1 and LOGIC. He has considerable experience advising clients on PPP arrangements, EPC arrangements, framework agreements and target cost arrangements. He also assists clients in resolving disputes, including supporting them in achieving successful outcomes with the use of ADR techniques, which include mediation, expert determination and arbitration. He leads our arbitration practice in Saudi Arabia. Paul is ranked in Chambers Global for four consecutive years and has a Building Information Modelling Project Management certificate from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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