Inside Arbitration: Decoding the Mainland UAE’s Legislative, Judicial and Institutional Landscape

28 October 2025 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. GMT+3 (Türkiye time) | 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. GMT+1 (London time) | Online

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Centre warmly invites you to a webinar featuring Dr. Emad Hussein is an international arbitrator, accredited mediator (CEDR, SIMI and IMI) a keen academic and published author. Drawing on over 20 years of experience as a  leading international arbitrator and accredited mediator, and served in diverse international proceedings and contributed to the advancement of ADR through faculty, training, research, and advisory roles. 
Mr. Hussein will share practical guidance based on his extensive career and his latest publication,‘International Commercial Arbitration in the Mainland UAE: A Legislative, Judicial and Institutional Assessment’.  Published by LexisNexis Middle East, this webinar will explore the evolution of arbitration in mainland UAE, highlighting the interplay between legislation and judicial practice and the role of leading institutions in shaping dispute resolution.
This webinar is an invaluable occasion for  legal practitioners, arbitrators, corporate counsel, and policymakers interested in the practice and development of international commercial arbitration in the UAE.

Speaker

 

Dr. Emad Hussein, FCIArb

Senior Advisor – MENA, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA),

Independent Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, Academic and Published Author,

Abu Dhabi

Moderator

 

Dr. Umar Oseni

Secretary General

OIC Arbitration Centre

Biography of Dr. Emad Hussein, FCIArb

Dr. Emad Hussein is an international arbitrator, accredited mediator (CEDR, SIMI and IMI) a keen academic and published author.

He is empanelled as an arbitrator with several international arbitral institutions such as the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIAC, arbitrateAD, HKIAC, QICCA, CRCICA, SCCA, AAA-ICDR and LCICA. He is also an empanelled mediator with the CAO, World Bank. He is an approved faculty member (AFL) with the CIArb and has trained several arbitrators and mediators under the fellowship route in collaboration with the SCCA. He also conducts regular ADR capacity-building trainings for members of the judiciary in Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iraq in collaboration with the SCCA, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP USA) and UNCITRAL. Additionally, he is also a Senior Fellow with the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) and an Associate Lecturer with the Newcastle University. He is also a Senior Advisor with the CIMAC and a member of the advisory board with the LCICA, OIC-AC, InnovADR and British University in Dubai.

He holds a PhD focusing on international commercial arbitration in the mainland UAE from the SOAS, University of London, UK, a PhD in Management from ISM, USA, an LLM in international arbitration from the Queen Mary University of London, UK and an LLM in   mediation and international commercial dispute resolution from Newcastle University, UK.

 

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