Dr. Hamish Lal, Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, is ranked Band 1 in both Construction and International Construction Arbitration in Chambers & Partners UK, and in the top tier in the UK Legal 500. He is an Adjunct Professor – University College Dublin (UCD) Sutherland School of Law; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); a Fulbright Scholar; Author, ‘Manual of Construction Agreements’ published by LexisNexis; Editor of Construction Law Journal; and Chair of the Oriel Law Society.