Freddie Akiki
Associate
Areas of Focus
- International Arbitration
- International Disputes
- Construction Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Disputes & Investigations
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Commercial Arbitration & International Commercial Disputes
- International Investment Disputes
- Associate in the Middle East disputes practice.
- Specializes in high-value, complex and cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration.
- Multijurisdictional experience, having worked in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, London and Tokyo.
Freddie Akiki has broad experience in both commercial litigation and international arbitration, covering a wide range of sectors. He has particular strength in advising owners and contractors on the resolution of disputes arising out of complex international infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on projects in the Middle East.
Freddie also has experience of non-contentious work relating to the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects in the Middle East. He has wide-ranging multijurisdictional experience, both in-house and in private practice, having lived and worked in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, London and Tokyo.
At university, Freddie graduated with first class honors, achieving a first class result in each of his four years of undergraduate study. He also received a number of academic awards, including the Heimann Prize for consistently outstanding academic performance.
- Representing a Middle Eastern government against the engineer relating to the construction of a new international airport.
- Representing the owner in a dispute against the contractor in relation to the development of a mixed-use development in the Middle East.
- Representing a Middle Eastern sovereign state in an ad hoc arbitration against the main contractor in relation to the construction of a major expressway in the Middle East.
- Representing a Middle Eastern government against a contractor in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in connection with a civil works package (including a new runway and upgrade of the existing runway) as part of the construction of a new international airport.
- Advising a state-owned Middle Eastern transport developer and operator on the resolution of claims by several contractors for extensions of time and additional cost under various bespoke design and build contracts.
EducationL.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2016
GDL, BPP University Law School, England, 2015
M.Sc., St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 2013
B.A., University College, London, 2012
L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2016
GDL, BPP University Law School, England, 2015
M.Sc., St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 2013
B.A., University College, London, 2012
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
- Member of the Society of Construction Law.