Legal services for the construction industry in Dubai & UAE
Why clients trust us
Common disputes we handle in construction industry
Defects and rectification claims
We advise on latent defects, patent defects, decennial liability under UAE law, defects liability period disputes, and claims against contractors and consultants.
Delay and liquidated damages claims
We act in claims where employers impose liquidated damages and contractors rely on extensions of time, employer-caused delay, variations, and concurrent delay arguments.
Payment disputes and recovery
We represent contractors and subcontractors pursuing unpaid certified works, interim payment certificates, final account disputes, retention release, and challenging unfair set-offs.
Performance bonds and guarantees
We advise on bond calls, wrongful encashment challenges, and urgent injunctive relief applications when employers or banks threaten to call bonds.
Termination disputes
We handle disputes arising from wrongful termination, termination for convenience, contractor walk-off, and the financial consequences that follow contract termination.
Who we represent in the construction industry
We act for the parties who carry real risk on UAE construction and infrastructure projects: developers, main contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and lenders.
Whether you are delivering the works, funding them, or supervising them, we focus on protecting your position when contracts, timelines, or payments come under pressure.
Project delays mounting? Contractor underperforming? We help you enforce programme obligations, manage terminations, and recover losses without derailing the project.
Developers and employers
Facing LD claims or chasing payment from an employer? We protect your margin, pursue what you are owed, and defend against unfair deductions.
Main contractors
Stuck at the end of the payment chain? Hit with back-charges? We pursue your entitlements and manage your exposure under back-to-back contracts.
Subcontractors and suppliers
Engineering and design consultants
Project managers
Investors and lenders
How we handle construction matters
The UAE construction sector runs on tight margins, aggressive programmes, and complex contracting chains. Projects worth hundreds of millions flow through multiple tiers of contractors, consultants, and suppliers, each carrying risk they didn't always price for.
When delays hit, variations stack up, or payments stall, the legal consequences move fast. Liquidated damages accrue daily. Bond calls come without warning. Retention stays locked. And disputes that start as commercial disagreements end up in arbitration.
We work with construction industry clients who need lawyers that understand this environment. Not just the law, but how projects actually run, where risk concentrates, and what's commercially at stake.
We have handled hundreds of resolved disputes across regulated and dispute-heavy industries, including construction.
The matters we advise on are typically:
Financially material
Multi-party and document-intensive
Time-critical
Exposed to regulatory and enforcement risk
We assess your position
You tell us what's happening. We review the contracts and correspondence and give you a straight answer on where you stand.
We set a strategy
We agree on the objective, the approach, and the fee structure before we start work.
We execute
Whether it's negotiation, arbitration, or litigation, we handle the matter directly and keep you informed throughout.
We close it out
Our goal is resolution, not prolonged billing. We push for outcomes that protect your commercial position.
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