Venue
Online Webinar
Timings
10 July 2026, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Overview
High net worth disputes require a discreet and strategically focused approach. Arbitration is often the preferred forum for resolving complex, high-value conflicts involving private wealth, trusts, and cross-border assets.
In this webinar, leading experts share practical insights on how to approach arbitration in the Middle East, including key strategic decisions, confidentiality considerations, and enforcement challenges across jurisdictions.
Key Topics Include:
- Choosing arbitration over litigation in high value disputes
- Strategic selection of arbitral seat, governing law, and tribunal
- Confidentiality and privacy considerations for high net worth clients
- Managing cross-border enforcement and asset tracing
Programme
11:55am (UK) / 2:55pm (UAE) – Audience Logs On
12:00pm (UK) / 3:00pm (UAE) – Chair’s Opening Remarks
12:05pm (UK) / 3:05pm (UAE) – Arbitration for High Net Worth Disputes: Best Practice & Strategy across the GCC
Speakers(s): Thomas Williams KC (Selborne Chambers), Natasha Dzameh (Selborne Chambers), Shane Jury FCIArb (Akin) and Paul Taylor (Al Tamimi & Company)
12:45pm (UK) / 3:45pm (UAE) – Panel Q&A
1:00pm (UK) / 4:00pm (UAE) – Chair’s Closing Remarks
Speakers
Thomas Williams KC specialises in commercial and chancery litigation, and international arbitration.
He is an experienced advocate before courts and arbitral tribunals. He appears frequently in the High Court (including the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court) and the Court of Appeal. He has been lead counsel in arbitrations governed by the major institutional rules, and in ad hoc arbitrations under the Arbitration Act 1996.
Thomas’s litigation practice involves a wide range of commercial, corporate, insolvency and regulatory matters, often with an international element. He has considerable experience of the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, and frequently works with lawyers in other jurisdictions. He has significant experience of cases in the Qatar International Court (both at first instance and on appeal), and the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Tribunal. The focus of his arbitration practice is on complex commercial and construction disputes.
Natasha is a commercial and chancery barrister and accredited mediator. Her commercial practice spans arbitration, commercial dispute resolution, civil fraud, company and partnership disputes, professional negligence and insolvency. She has a particular interest in claims involving breach of trust and fiduciary duty, including complex allegations of fraud. Alongside her commercial work, Natasha is regularly instructed in traditional chancery matters, including trusts, probate and estates, disputes concerning beneficial interests in property, and the commercial aspects of real estate litigation.
Natasha is frequently instructed as sole counsel in high-value, multifaceted litigation, often against significantly more senior opponents including KCs and multi-counsel teams. She is consistently ranked as a leading junior by Chambers UK and The Legal 500 for Commercial Dispute Resolution, Chancery and Real Estate Litigation. She also has experience of acting as part of larger teams on substantial, document-heavy disputes and has been led by more senior practitioners.
She has experience of offshore litigation and currently serves as Junior Counsel to the Crown on the Attorney General’s Panel. From 2023 to 2025, she was appointed to the Legal Services Panel for the British Virgin Islands.
