Professional Profile

Mr. Ateem has intensive construction management and dispute resolution experience particularly in projects’ planning, cost management, contracts administration, claims management, expert opinion, determination, and arbitration. He has been practicing his career internationally being involved in several projects in the Middle East and North Africa. Mr. Shady brings to the firm a valuable blend of academic and practical performance.

Through his experience, Mr. Ateem has been working extensively with international forms of construction contracts such as FIDIC, JCT, and NEC3; he has successfully undertaken various contractual aspects from project initiations through execution to completion and closing-out stages. Mr. Ateem is a renowned specialist in the areas of delay and quantum analysis, contracts management, claims preparation, assessment, defense, and arbitration.

Mr. Ateem recorded in his curriculum vitae a diversified category of projects that include infrastructure, bridges, high-rise towers, museums, hotels, hospitals, residential villas, and marine structures, in addition to oil and gas projects. He has experienced all the construction industry trades from deep foundations to final fit-out works.

Mr. Ateem, a certified RICS Expert Witness has acted in the capacity of Arbitrator in institutions, such as the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and the Russian Arbitration Center as well as Ad-hoc cases. He has also acted as Expert Witness in various matters before the UAE Courts, and proceedings conducted under DIAC, ADCCAC, and DIFC-LCIA rules.

Location

Dubai, UAE

Nationality/ies

Egyptian

Proficient Language(s)

English
Arabic

Main Profession

Engineer

Current Ocupation

Partner at InShield International Consultancy

Gender Identity

Male

Date of Birth

19 October 1983

Employer and/or Professional Affiliation(s)

InShield International Consultancy

Degrees / Certificates / Education

Bachelor of Laws, MSc. in Construction Law
Dispute Resolution, BSc. in Civil Engineering

Professional Training

Certified RICS Expert Witness
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Relevant memberships in professional organizations

Board member, Society of Construction Law
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member, Project Management Institute
Member, Egyptian Engineering Syndicate
Member, Egpytian Society of Engineers

Arbitral institutes that they are listed as an arbitrator with

Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC)
Russian Arbitration Center (RAC)

Arbitral institutes that they have experience with

International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration (ICC)
Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC)
Dubai International Financial Centre - London Court of International Arbitration (DIFC-LCIA)
Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC)

Are they a full-time arbitrator

Yes

Date of first appointment as arbitrator

26 September 2018

Date of most recent appointment as arbitrator

10 October 2022

Number of appointments as arbitrator

6

Highest value of arbitration dispute appointed as an arbitrator for

AED 2,000,000

Number of appointments as chair on an arbitral tribunal

1

Number of arbitral awards issued

4

Number of arbitration disputes they were counsel to

12

Highest value of arbitration dispute they were counsel to

AED 300,000,000

Number of arbitration disputes they were an expert witness to

5

Jurisdictions they have experience in

United Arab Emirates
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Oman
Qatar
Kuwait

Applicable jurisdictional laws to arbitration that they have experience in

International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration (ICC)
Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC)
Dubai International Financial Centre - London Court of International Arbitration (DIFC-LCIA)
Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC)

Value of arbitrator liability insurance

N/A