Henry Quinlan

As Arbitrator:

• DIFC-LCIA (sole arbitrator): dispute concerning alleged breaches of DFSA Rules, fiduciary duties and DIFC law arising from the US$ 200 million financing of a hotel project in the UAE
• ICC (co-arbitrator): c.US$25 million dispute concerning the design and construction of a mixed-use development in the UAE
• Sitting as sole/co-arbitrator in c.10 other arbitrations (ICC, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ad hoc etc)

As Counsel:

• Representing a prominent Indian businessman in a $600 million financial services / real estate dispute involving numerous parallel proceedings across the world, including an LCIA arbitration seated in Singapore
• Representing two prominent Indian businessmen in an LCIA (India) Rules arbitration in relation to claims totalling US $1 billion, relating to several large-scale real estate projects in India. (Seat: New Delhi; Rules: LCIA (India)
• Acting for a UAE company in a c.US$ 50 million post-acquisition/shareholder dispute with a Saudi company, in LCIA mediation and potential LCIA arbitration
• Acting as counsel in various proceedings in the DIFC, Dubai World Tribunal (including undertaking the advocacy in jurisdictional challenges)

Henry has published articles on issues relating to international arbitration (including in Arbitration International, The Status and Operation of Unilateral or Optional Arbitration Clauses and Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Developments in Bahrain: Creation of a New Arbitral Institution and Introduction of a Form of Statutory Arbitration). He writes regular articles on arbitration in the UAE and DIFC for Practical Law Company.

• Enforcement in Dubai: two recent cases, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, March 2016
• Shareholder disputes in the UAE: Corporate disputes, Sept 2015
• Mediation and ADR in the Middle East: Corporate disputes, June 2015