Experts & Advisors
Zeeshan Javaid
Senior Director
Index Tower, Unit 1701, DIFC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
+971.4.226.2436 Main
+971.55.665.7899 Mobile
Zeeshan Javaid is a Senior Director at Ankura based in Dubai. Zeeshan has nine years’ experience in a wide variety of construction projects and sectors, including: commercial, hotel, residential, stadium, oil and gas, hospital, roads, utilities, and airports. In the last seven years, he has focused on construction claims, dispute resolution, and arbitration/expert witness assistance.
Experience
Zeeshan’s professional experience includes:
- Roads and utilities project in Muscat, Oman: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of claims including prolongation. [$20 million]
- Mixed-use development project in Abu Dhabi, UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims including defects. Dispute concerned a stalled project and forced termination. [$200 million]
- Roads project, Kazakhstan: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation. [$20 million]
- Non-process buildings on a Refinery expansion project, Abu Dhabi UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims. [$35 million]
- Solid Waste Management Centre, Doha, Qatar: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims. [$68 million]
- A twin residential and office towers development, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims including defects. [$80 million]
- A five-building mixed-use development in Abu Dhabi, UAE: Assistant to independent expert advisors (delay and quantum) reviewing extension of time and prolongation costs claim submitted by contractor. [$230 million]
- A five-star hotel project in Dubai, UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance. Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims. [$26 million]
- A Sewage Treatment Plant in Dubai, UAE: Analysis of complex claims including prolongation and counterclaims. [$110 million] • An oil and gas project in Iraq: Quantum expert witness assistance. [$100 million]
- Airport in UAE: Arbitration support (quantum) for instructing lawyers and JV contractor in arbitration. Preparation of claim narratives in contemplation of arbitration proceedings should amicable settlement not be achieved.
- A mixed-use mega project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Assessment of contractor’s variations for the type of contract employed on each package varied from design and build to bespoke.
- Seconded to Middle East Roads and Utilities Contractor: Provided contractual and commercial advice on the assessment and resolution of claims and variations. Duties included generating claims notices, preparing claims notices, dealing with variations, and preparing claim documents for extension of time and prolongation. [Contract value of $700 million] • Major LNG project in Yemen: Third-party independent reports on commercial issues concerning extensions of time and associated costs.
- Oil and Gas Project in Iraq: Assessment of a final account on behalf of a major oil and gas client. [$65 million] • Power Plant in Saudi Arabia: Advised blue-chip client with regards to a force majeure event resulting in preparation of an extension of time claim.
- Hospital development in Abu Dhabi, UAE: Preparation of change order bundles including commercial assessment and agreement with contractor on behalf of the client to ensure auditability.
- Stadium Project in Al Ain, UAE: Provided contractual and commercial assistance.
- Major LNG project in Yemen: A report concerning the political situation in Yemen during 2011 constituting force majeure under the contract.
- Major LNG project in Yemen: Advised client on its liability with respect to a further security situation which led to the suspension of two projects in Yemen.
- Roofing dispute in Dubai, UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance.
- Nickel-Cobalt refinery and Power Plant in Madagascar: Preparation of claim documentation for a Korean contractor. [Contract value of $225 million]
- A leading Dubai based Bank: Provided quantum assistance with regards to payments made in relation to its mortgage portfolio across a number of developments.
- An infrastructure project in Dubai, UAE: Quantum expert witness assistance. [$150 million]
- Mosque Project in Al Ain, UAE: Assisted with the measurement, assessment of tenders, and cost forecasting.
- Education
- LLM, Construction Law and Arbitration, Robert Gordon University
- BSC (Hons), Quantity Surveying, University of Salford
- Certifications
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor
- Affiliations
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Member
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), Member
- Languages
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Urdu