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This is an online event hosted by CIArb's Qatar Branch, taking place on December 15 2021 at 3.30pm UK time/6.30pm Qatar time, GMT+3. Please check your local time zone.
The webinar will address the following subjects:
• Understanding the fundaments of a contract in construction from inception to closure.
• Identifying key terms of a contract and avoiding common mistakes.
• Importance of the contract review and negotiations stage for avoidance of future
disputes.
• Variations risk management.
• How a robust claim avoids disputes and safeguards respect and relationships.
Cost: This event is free of charge.
Registration: Pre-registration is required.
Event Speakers
Legal Manager
KEO International Consultants
Doha, Qatar
Paola is a trilingual Senior Legal Practitioner and Construction Claims Consultant with
over 21 years’ experience in MENA and the GCC. Member of the Beirut Bar Association.
Started her career in the year 2000 as a lawyer with international law firms in Lebanon then
relocated to Qatar in 2008 with a major Construction Claims and Project Management
Company where she provided valuable advice on legal, contracts, management, procedures
and strategies for landmark projects, and obtained a wealth of construction contracts and
project management experience. In 2014, she focused her career on claims, contracts risk
management and dispute avoidance by transferring to the claims dedicated division within
her company. In 2019 she joined KEO International Consultants as their head of legal (Legal
Manager) where she leads and manages the legal, contracts and claims departments and
oversees the day to day corporate and projects matters through all KEO offices located in
Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, KSA and Bahrain.
Paola worked with and represented renown contractors, employers and consultants on
major developments and liaised with local and international legal counsels and technical
experts and contributed to winning major claims and complex arbitration and litigation
cases.