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Sarah Alaiwat

Associate

Sarah is an Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in our Dubai office, with experience acting for individual and corporate clients in a wide range of disputes, including high-level, complex and multi-jurisdictional matters.  

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About

Prior to qualifying into the Dubai office, Sarah completed her training contract in the firm’s London office where she undertook contentious seats within the firm’s commercial dispute resolution and construction engineering and project’s teams.

Sarah has since gained experience acting on a broad range of disputes, including commercial and construction disputes and international arbitrations under DIAC and the UNCITRAL Rules.  

Sarah is admitted to practise in England and Wales.  

Experience

  • Advising a leading financial institution in summary proceedings in England, on its claim for damages, expenses and costs in relation to an abandoned aircraft.
  • Advising a global construction contractor on a dispute involving claims for extensions of time, prolongation costs and delay damages.
  • Advising on multi-jurisdictional proceedings in England and the Isle of Man in relation to allegations of fraud.
  • Advising a leading financial institution on arbitration proceedings involving restricted and unrestricted wakala agreements.  

Recognition

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  • Leading_firm_496523_1
  • Charles Russell Speechlys_ME winner personalised_2019_574931_1
  • LAW-FIRM-OF-THE-YEAR-BAHRAIN
  • Oath-Winner-2018

Our thinking

  • International Arbitration: 2024 in Review

    Thomas R. Snider

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  • Private Mergers & Acquisitions in the United Arab Emirates

    William Reichert

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  • VARA issues much-anticipated regulations for Dubai Virtual Asset Regime

    Sarah Alaiwat

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  • CDR – Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative 2022

    Paula Boast MBE

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  • Paula Boast, Glenn Bull, Anna Hackworth and Sarah Alaiwat write for CDR - Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative

    Paula Boast MBE

    In The Press

  • Bahrain Ultimate Beneficial Owner (“UBO”) Rules Take Effect

    William Reichert

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  • Amendments to the Bahrain Commercial Companies Law

    William Reichert

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  • The Kingdom of Bahrain and Israel

    Lara Haidar

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  • Update: The Kingdom of Bahrain & COVID-19: Bahrain’s reaction to the global pandemic

    William Reichert

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  • The Kingdom of Bahrain and COVID-19: Bahrain's reaction to the global pandemic

    Patrick Gearon FCIArb

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