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Mr Jonathan Ely BSc Civil Eng, GDE Civil Eng, LLB, FAASA FCIArb

Job title: Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Commercial Specialist
Country: South Africa

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: South Africa
Disciplines: Arbitration, Adjudication

Personal bio

Jonathan is a specialist commercial consultant, arbitrator and adjudicator with dual civil engineering and law qualifications. Jonathan has over forty-five years of experience on complex engineering and construction projects, working for clients, consultants, contractors, and project management companies. His experience is predominantly in the power, minerals and mining fields, locally and internationally, but he is familiar with most other engineering and construction work. Jonathan is well versed in all aspects of project management controls (cost control, commercial/contract management, logistics and planning) over the whole life cycle of a project, from pre-feasibility to final close out. Jonathan has a comprehensive understanding of the FIDIC, GCC, JBCC and NEC standard contract forms. He has “hands-on” and management experience in arbitration, adjudication, mediation and litigation, both as a protagonist and as the arbitrator or adjudicator, and has been involved in over 150 adjudications, 40 arbitrations and 25 dispute boards.