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David Holloway

Barrister | Mediator | Arbitrator

David is a partner in the international disputes team at Al Tamimi & Co. in Dubai where and leads the firm’s advocacy unit.  David’s current practice involves cases across a number of sectors including banking and finance, joint ventures, family wealth disputes, disputes in the defence and security industries and commercial and trading cases including maritime and commodities disputes. He is also involved in significant cross border fraud and asset tracing cases.

David been appearing as counsel in major commercial cases for over 20 years and has extensive experience of all aspects of international dispute resolution. He is admitted in the UK, the BVI and the UAE and has represented clients in numerous arbitrations conducted under various international institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, LMAA and the various commodity associations) ad hoc arbitrations and in mediations. ). He has played a leading role in developing Al Tamimi’s mediation practice and been involved in many initiatives involving promotion of mediation and ADR in the MENA region.

David also sits as a neutral. He is appointed to the panel of arbitrators of a number of arbitral institutions. He has also served as a Tribunal Member of the Hong Kong Board of Review (tax appeals Tribunal). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and an accredited mediator (IMI accredited

David has spent several years of his life working in China and is a key member of Al Tamimi’s China practice group.  He is also a member of a number of firm- wide committees, including the working group on the practice of English law, the risk and compliance committee (which encompasses sanctions issues) and the diversity equality and inclusion committee.

Email: d.holloway@tamimi.com

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