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This webinar is part of Ciarb's Ongoing Learning– a range of learning opportunities designed to help you deepen your knowledge and skills, and keep you informed and up to date. Look out for more information about Ongoing Learning in the coming months. Attendees will receive an Ongoing Learning certificate as part of this webinar, which counts towards 1.5 hours of CPD/CLE. Recordings will be available after the event. If you are unable to attend the live event, buying a ticket will still give you access to the recording. 

Michael Tonkin BSc DipArb DipICIArb FRICS FCIArb FCIOB FDBF MAE CArb is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Builder, CEDR Accredited Mediator, RICS Accredited Expert Witness and testifying Expert Witness in quantum with 35 years of experience in the construction industry. He leads HKA’s Expert Services practice for the Middle East, Asia & Africa.

He acts as an expert witness in quantum and has been instructed around sixty-five times as a party appointed Expert Witness, a single joint Expert Witness and a Third Party Expert Evaluator on disputes up to US$4bn in value. He has given oral testimony in traditional cross-examination as well as concurrent evidence/hot-tubbing. Michael has acted as “Coordinating Expert” across several disciplines of expert. He is a Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Global Elite Thought Leader and has published various material on the role of the expert witness.

Pamela is a Partner, head of the Doha office and global co-head of International Arbitration at Pinsent Masons. Pamela is an active member of the Ciarb, a board member of the National Association of Women in Construction and a co-head of the Campaign for Greener Arbitration’s MENA Chapter. Pamela relocated from London to Qatar in 2014 and advises clients on complex infrastructure and energy projects in the Middle East during project execution phase, and in formal litigation and arbitration proceedings. 

Lucy Greenwood is an independent arbitrator specializing in international commercial and investment disputes.  She has practised international arbitration since 1998 (in London, Paris and Houston) and has acted as arbitrator in more than 90 arbitrations since becoming a full time arbitrator in 2017. She is highly regarded for her prompt, efficient resolution of disputes and active case management of arbitrations and is particularly in demand as a chair for major energy disputes. She is ranked Band 1 by Chambers, as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Arbitration and was shortlisted by Legal 500 for Arbitrator of the Year in 2023.  Lucy is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Texas attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. She is a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Past Chair, International Committee, Dispute Resolution Section, American Bar Association, Past Chair, North America Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.  She is the founder of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations, an initiative to reduce the environmental impact of international arbitrations. More information is available at www.greenwoodarbitration.com