Construction Law UAE

We focus on some of the topics which have been keeping our Construction and Dispute Resolution team busy in recent months.

First, we look at the FIDIC White Book which is widely-used in the UAE as the platform document for client-consultant contracts. We at Denton Wilde Sapte are admirers of FIDIC’s Silver, Red and Yellow Books. However, we are less comfortable recommending the White Book to our clients. Some of the reasons why are outlined in “FIDIC White Book: the fundamental things apply”.

Our guest contributor in this issue of Construction Law UAE is Udayan Mukherjee, a member of our UAE Project Finance team. Even the impact of “hundred dollar oil” on public funds has not blunted the regional appetite for infrastructure and utility procurement using project finance. Contractors working in these markets will, therefore, need to understand the imperatives of lenders’ direct agreements. In “Direct Agreements: necessary but evil?” Udayan explains the whys and wherefores.

No issue of Construction Law UAE is complete without a look at trends and developments in the regional construction dispute resolution scene. In “Mediation: will the rubber hit the road?” and “Arbitration in the DIFC: all dressed up and somewhere to go” we look at some of the changes that may, or possibly may not, be afoot.