Kassem Younes

Kassem’s professional experience includes:

• Appointed Expert, acting for the Claimant, a Middle East contractor in a UAE based arbitration to opine on the loss of profits and other losses related to the unlawful call of bank guarantees.
• Led an ICC UK arbitration matter between a major Saudi petrochemical manufacturer and a US contractor. Work included assessing economic damages suffered due to the delay in the start-up of production. 
• Led a Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) arbitration matter between UAE based manufacturer and contractor regarding the loss of profits and increase in costs on a delayed construction development.
• Led a Jordan arbitration matter, acting for the respondent, in a dispute between a general contractor and a Jordan based hotel developer. Work included assessing the incremental costs incurred by the developer as a result of the delay and non-performance by the contractor.
• Led a high-profile forensic investigation engagement to assess large scale corruption allegations against former Middle East government officials. These included a variety of cases involving corruption, kickbacks, money laundering and embezzlement of public funds, as well as assisting to liaise with international law enforcement agencies to assist in asset recovery. 
• Led a forensic investigation engagement to assess procurement fraud allegations against the former management of a publicly listed company. 
• Led a forensic investigation on behalf of a governmental entity regarding procurement fraud allegations in the construction of a major amusement park in UAE. Work included conducting investigative interviews with whistleblowers and suspected employees.
• Led a large international arbitration dispute seated in Paris between two Middle East contractors regarding their major Qatari JV projects. 
• Led a dispute in a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, acting for the laimant, an international Hotel Operator in its dispute with a Russian Hotel Owner to opine on the loss of profits and other losses in connection with a terminated operation agreement.
• Led a forensic investigation engagement on behalf of a large Middle East parastatal to assess large scale misappropriation allegations against the former general manager in their contracting subsidiary. 
• Led a forensic investigation into a UAE based investment fund to assess fraud and mismanagement allegation against the fund manager in relation to the construction costs of a mega solar project.
• Led a forensic investigation engagement on behalf of the owners of a Pharma entity with operations across several continents. Work involved assessing allegations for fraud by the formerc management.
• Led a forensic investigation on behalf of an African banking group to assess fraud and misrepresentation allegations against a major multinational group in relation to unsettled project funding facilities.
• Appointed expert advisor, acting for an international contractor in a local court matter, to assess contractual breaches committed by the developer and to quantify damages suffered by the contractor.
• Appointed expert advisor, acting for a UAE investor in a local court matter, to assess contractual breaches committed their joint venture partner in an aluminum manufacturing entity and to quantify damages suffered due to the project failure.
• Appointed expert advisor, assisting a local agent of an international contractor with their claim against the contractor before the Abu Dhabi Courts. Work included quantification of the financial compensation due to the local agent as a result of the illegal termination of the agency agreement.
• Appointed expert advisor, acting for an international electronics manufacturer to assist with their claim against their local distributor before local courts. 
• Appointed expert advisor, acting for an international airline carrier in a UAE Supreme Union Court matter, to assess the impact of the contractual breaches by their distributor on their overall sales and market share in UAE. 
• Managed a large shareholder dispute before the Center for Amicable Settlement of Disputes in Dubai. Our work included assessing various shareholders’ claims and allegations and reporting our findings to the Dubai Court. 
• Managed a major Dubai Court shareholder dispute for a multi-national family owned business group. Our work included forensic review of all major transactions over a period of 30 years to assess damages as a result of transactions that have not been performed on an arm’s length basis.