PROFILE SUMMARY:
A seasoned expert with 22 years of experience, specializing in techno-legal aspects of contract management, claims, commercial operations, program oversight, and arbitration support. Successfully delivered multi-million-dollar high-end mixed-use hospitality, hospitals, educational institutions, residential complexes, commercial ventures, industrial sites, and infrastructure projects from inception to completion for government subsidiaries, major corporations, developers, publicly listed companies, engineering consultants, and main contractors in diverse cultural settings across Oman, Saudi Arabia, and India.
CORE EXPERTISE:
Contracts Management: Proficient in selecting, drafting, executing, amending, evaluating performance, and closing out various standard, D&B, EPC and bespoke contracts by analysing express and implied terms of contract and tort law.
Claims Management: involves preparing, defending, negotiating, and settling various contentious, non-contentious claims and counterclaims related to delays, disruptions, and quantum.
Commercial Management: entails developing client requirements, creating cost plans, qualitative and quantitative risks, value engineering, tender evaluations and negotiations, post-contract administration, work valuations, and financial control.
Programme Management: encompasses organizing, directing, monitoring, and controlling of multiple projects from their inception to completion. This process includes coordination and supervision of activities among various internal and external stakeholders.
Arbitration: Proficient in substantive and procedural laws necessary for conducting both ad-hoc and institutional arbitration adhering to guidelines established by UNCITRAL, CIArb and IBA.
ACADEMIC DETAILS:
Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, FHEQ Level 7, Leeds Beckett University, UK.
Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Project Management, SCQF Level 11, Robert Gordon University, UK.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (B.E), Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India.
Professional Diploma (PgD) in Forensic Schedule Analysis, College of Contract Management, UK.
Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) in Mechanics of Project Finance, FHEQ Level 7, Middlesex University, UK.
ACCREDITATIONS:
FCIArb – Member the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. (Credential ID – 6109894).
FICCP – Fellow Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners, UK. (Credential ID – 230042).
CCE – Consultant Civil Engineer, Oman Society of Engineers, Oman. (Credential ID – OSE/23/970).
MSCL – Member the Society of Construction Law, UK. (Credential ID – 4853).
MRICS (In Progress) – Member Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Credential ID – 0923501)
FCIOB (In Progress) – Fellow Chartered Institute of Buildings (Credential ID -)
