Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law
Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Hotel - Leisure management, Infrastructure, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Real Estate
Jurisdiction:
Afghanistan, France, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Publications
Peer reviewed Persian translations of the IBA Rules on Conflict of Interest and Party Representation and the IBA Rules on Taking of Evidence (published in 2018) Co-Author: Tackling Global Construction Claims in the Middle East - Bahrain Chamber of Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration Review - Kluwer Law International (2017). Author: The Road to Qatar’s Construction of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Stadiums - International Bar Association’s ICP publication – online (2016) Author: Tips for Construction Contractors to Avoid Costly Missteps, (Chadbourne’s Project Finance NewsWire) April (2013) and Lexology on-line (2013) Co-Author: Construction Law 2008 (Publisher: Getting the Deal Through) United States’ chapter Co-Author: Construction Law 2007 (Publisher: Getting the Deal Through) United States’ chapter
Teaching
teaches advanced award writing through various arbitral institutions including Maldives and Sri Lanka, DIAC
Education
LLB in Civil Law LLM (International Trade and Business) Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York CIArb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
Other Information
Aarta Alkarimi is an attorney, Chartered Arbitrator a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and an accredited mediator through the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) in International Trade & Commerce from Fordham University, New York City and a Diploma in International Arbitration (DipIArb) from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She started her practice in 2003 in a boutique construction law firm in the New York offices of a major US law firm. In 2009 she moved to the Abu Dhabi offices of White Shoe US Law firm where she continued her practice in alternative dispute resolution, mostly serving the construction and energy industries. In 2016 she established Chrysalis, a boutique dispute resolution consultancy where she continues to practice as counsel, arbitrator, and mediator. Aarta has served in over 50 arbitrations mostly related to the construction, infrastructure, energy and international trade. She serves on the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Council on Diversity & Inclusion and is the past chair of the IBA’s Project Establishment Sub-Committee. She is the vice-Chair of the IBA's Construction Committee. She tutors arbitration and award writing and lectures frequently on construction, energy, and diversity issues.
