Pierre Kayrouz is the founder of Kayrouz & Associates and a senior litigator and arbitrator with more than twenty-four years of experience in complex disputes across the UAE. He acts for multinational corporations, institutional clients, and individuals, with a practice centred on construction and infrastructure disputes.
Pierre represents clients before the UAE courts and the region's major arbitration centres, including the DIFC, DIAC, the ICC, and the LCIA. He handles construction defects, delay and disruption claims, bond calls, land acquisition, and contractual enforcement, supported by experience across real estate, civil, commercial, property, and environmental law.
He also advises on liability assessments involving insurers and third-party subcontractors, and on matters arising from injuries and fatalities on construction sites. His work is built on close case analysis, precise pleadings, and a practical approach to resolving disputes.
Alongside his client work, Pierre mentors the firm's junior lawyers and sets its litigation and arbitration strategy, reinforcing the firm's standing as a leading disputes practice in the region.
Core Responsibilities
- Facilitating client communication and service coordination
- Managing administrative workflows and supporting legal teams
- Ensuring smooth interdepartmental collaboration
- Representing the firm in client-facing engagements with professionalism and care
Areas of Practice
Arbitration
Litigation and dispute resolution
Corporate and commercial
Real estate
Construction
Core Responsibilities
- Facilitating client communication and service coordination
- Managing administrative workflows and supporting legal teams
- Ensuring smooth interdepartmental collaboration
- Representing the firm in client-facing engagements with professionalism and care
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted to practice in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Academic
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Lebanese University, 2000
- Master’s Degree in International Law and Legal Studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2021
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Personal Status Law, City University Ajman, 2020
- High School Diploma, Collège des Frères Mont La Salle, 1995
Licenses & Certifications
- Rédaction de contrats – Université de Genève, GSI, Issued May 2020
- Framing Your Communication to Inspire and Convince – TU Delft, Issued Apr 2020
- Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills – University of Michigan, Issued Apr 2020
- Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract – HarvardX, Issued Mar 2020
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