Boutique by Design - International by Instinct
Fatma is a Solicitor with extensive experience in international arbitration with a focus on major infrastructure projects. She has acted in numerous international arbitration, mediation, and dispute adjudication board (DAB) proceedings.
Fatma is an accomplished international arbitration lawyer with over 15 years of experience. Specialising in infrastructure projects and FIDIC Contracts, she holds a distinguished reputation as a trusted advisor to multinational corporations, State entities, and high-net-worth individuals involved in arbitration.Â
Fatma has successfully handled disputes across a wide range of sectors, including energy, construction, transportation, and international trade. She has guided Clients through intricate claims arising from delay, cost overruns, defects, and change orders under leading arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, ICSID, DIAC, and UNCITRAL.
Fatma excels at crafting innovative strategies to protect Client interests, whether through early resolution, effective claims management, or representation in arbitrations, mediations and before DABs. She also has experience in the commodities sector before the LMAA, FOSFA, and GAFTA. She is appointed as Arbitrator and has sat as Sole Arbitrator and as Co-Arbitrator. She contributes articles to legal publications, and participates in professional debates to promote best practices.
The maxim of ne ultra petita is well-understood. But, Tribunals also enjoy discretion to conduct arbitrations efficiently. What happens when these two concepts clash? What if the parties do not seek a particular relief, but a tribunal orders it believing such relief aids efficiency? The Paris Court of Appeal considered the above in Tecnimont […]
The Singapore High Court in DRL v DRK [2026] SGHC 32 upheld an Award rendered by a SIAC-administered arbitral tribunal which had terminated an arbitration on the basis that it was impossible to proceed with the arbitration due to sanctions. The situation is nuanced. We say this because – different to Singapore – Courts in […]
Hamish Lal was the Presiding Arbitrator of a Tribunal that also included Sir Patterson Cheltenham (former Chief Justice of Barbados) and Ms Vicki Telford B. Arch, MBC, FCIArb, RA, BIA. The Tribunal sat at the University of the West Indies on 26 February 2026 at the Final Hearing of the Berrys International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition […]
Hamish Lal has been Author of Part A of the Manual of Construction Agreements, published by LexisNexis, since 2015. The Manual of Construction Agreements is a comprehensive guide to the law and practice governing construction contracts, with a focus on the major standard form agreements. Part A provides an in‑depth analysis of the relevant areas […]
Hamish Lal has been both General Editor and the International Case Note Editor of the Construction Law Journal, published by Sweet & Maxwell, since 2022. Ece Tahan is Editorial Assistant of the Construction Law Journal. The Construction Law Journal provides an authoritative forum to which construction law professionals can turn for guidance, comment, and informed […]
Case law on FIDIC Contracts is always instructive. In Uniform Building Contractors Ltd v Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago [2026] UKPC 2, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council looked at the FIDIC Yellow Book (1999 Edition). The Judgment provides authoritative guidance on (i) the proper analysis of variations; (ii) the limits […]
