Arbitration & Mediation

Not every dispute needs to go through the courts - and in many commercial contracts, arbitration is the agreed mechanism for resolving differences. Blackstone Law UAE represents clients in arbitration proceedings before all major arbitration centres operating in the UAE, including DIAC, ADGM, and the DIFC-LCIA. We prepare comprehensive arbitral submissions, engage expert witnesses where required, and present cases with the discipline and persuasiveness that arbitration demands.

We also facilitate mediation for clients who want to resolve disputes faster, more privately, and at significantly lower cost than formal litigation or arbitration. A negotiated settlement - reached from a position of well-prepared legal strength - is often the most intelligent commercial outcome available. We are straightforward about when it makes sense and when it does not.