Professional Profile

➢ Acted as a judge in FIDIC MA Award 2021.
➢ Acted as a member of the FCL Contract Manager Programme committee assisting with the work being done in implementing the certification programme.
➢ Fully responsible of the business activities of AEH (UK) Limited.
➢ More than twenty-five years’ experience in construction field. Worked in many countries including UAE, Qatar, Saudi, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, and Nepal.
➢ Asel is the founder and CEO of AEH Consultancy, since 2017 she was involved in more than 30 Projects most of them are in claims managements and dispute resolutions.
➢ Outstanding experience in different type of Contract (EPC Turnkey, Design & Build, Construction, DBO, DBOT, DBOO, PPP, Consultancy Agreements & Sub-agreements, and Subcontracts.
➢ Long experience in claims, variations, and settlement agreements.
➢ Long experience in construction dispute resolution both litigation and arbitration.
➢ Excellent communication skills and works efficiently under pressure.
➢ Open minded and have the ability to see the big picture no matter how complicated or confusing things get .
➢ Adhering at all times to the strictest interpretation of all relevant Codes of Practice and Professional Conduct .
➢ Conversational / Writing / Reading English and Arabic.

➢ Acted as an arbitrator under ADCCAC rules of arbitration (Abu Dhabi Seat).
➢ Acted as an expert witness in ICC arbitration case (Abu Dhabi Seat). Claim and counter claim exceeds AED 145 Million.
➢ Acted as a consultant in ICC arbitration case (KSA Seat). Claim and counter claim around SR 100 Million.
➢ Acted as a consultant in ICC arbitration case (KSA Seat). Claim and counter claim exceeds SR 120 Million.
➢ Acted as a consultant in DIAC arbitration case (Dubai Seat). Claim and counter claim exceeds AED 10 Million.
➢ Acted as a claim consultant in 10 court cases presenting the Contractor in six of them and the Employer in the other four. Claims and counter claims values ranges from AED 15 – 240 Million.

Location

Dubai, UAE

Nationality/ies

Lebanese

Proficient Language(s)

English
Arabic

Main Profession

Construction

Current Ocupation

Director
AEH Consultancy

Gender Identity

Female

Date of Birth

May 21, 1973

Employer and/or Professional Affiliation(s)

AEH Consultancy

Degrees / Certificates / Education

MBA IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Lahaye University, Netherlands (2012)

DIPLOMA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Cambridge University – U.K. (2006)

B.Sc. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Damascus University, Syria (1995)

Professional Training

FIDIC Accredit Trainer

FIDIC Affiliate Member

Associate
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Member in the Engineering union, Syria

Member in the Engineering union, Lebanon

Relevant memberships in professional organizations

FIDIC
CIArb

Arbitral institutes that they have experience with

ICC
DIAC
ADCCAC
DIFC-LCIA

Date of first appointment as arbitrator

April 2021

Date of most recent appointment as arbitrator

June 2021

Number of appointments as arbitrator

2

Highest value of arbitration dispute appointed as an arbitrator for

AED 120 million

Number of arbitration disputes they were counsel to

7 (on technical basis)

Highest value of arbitration dispute they were counsel to

SAR 200 million

Number of arbitration disputes they were an expert witness to

3

Highest value of arbitration dispute they were an expert witness to

AED 160 million

Jurisdictions they have experience in

United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
United Kingdom

Applicable jurisdictional laws to arbitration that they have experience in

United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
United Kingdom

Value of arbitrator liability insurance

AED 10 million