Dr. Omar Hisham Alhyari
Assistant Professor of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution
British University in Dubai
Academic Qualifications
PhD – Arbitration Law - University of the West of England, Bristol UK - 2008
Master’s Degree in Private Law - Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Amman Jordan – 2003
Bachelor’s Degree in Law - Amman University, Alsalt Jordan – 2000
Professional Experience
British University in Dubai, UAE – Assistant Professor of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution - 2017 to date
Hussain Lootah and Associates (Attorneys and Counselors at Law), Dubai UAE - Partner – 2014 to 2017
Altamimi & Co., Sharjah UAE - Senior Associate – 2014
Hussain Lootah and Associates (Attorneys and Counselors at Law), Dubai UAE - Legal Consultant / Senior Legal Consultant – 2009 to 2013
Haitham Haddadin and Associates, Amman Jordan – Trainee Lawyer / Lawyer - 2000 to 2004
Other Experience
Arbitration - Have acted as an arbitrator in many cases (since 2011) (Registered arbitrator at the London Court of International Arbitration, Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre, Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre, Ajman Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre, & RAK Centre of Reconciliation & Commercial Arbitration)
Expertise – Have acted as a court’s expert through nomination by the Ministry of Education.
Training - Have delivered training sessions on construction law and dispute resolution.
University of Dubai, UAE – Adjunct Lecturer – 2012 to 2016
Published Works
Handling Unbalanced Pricing in Bidding Regulations for Public Construction Projects, (with Khaled Hyari), Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, Vol. , Issue .
Is the Engineering and Construction Contract Legally Less Competitive Than the Red Book in Civil Law Countries? (with Abdullah Al Ani), Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 2022, Vol.14, Issue 3.
Impact of Variation in Estimated Quantity Clauses on Allocating Financial Risks in Measurement Contracts, (with Khaled Hyari), Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 2021, Vol. 13, Issue 4.
Post award arbitral tribunal’s mandate under the UNCITRAL Model Law and national laws based thereon, (with Abdullah Al Ani), Heliyon, 2021, 7.
Annulment of Arbitral Awards: A New Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law’s Legal Framework, (with Abdullah Al Ani), Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 2020, Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2021 Best Paper Award - issued by the Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction and the Construction Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers).
Applicability of the 2017 FIDIC Red Book in Civil Law Jurisdictions, Arab Law Quarterly, 36 (2020) 1-20.
Does the “new” UAE arbitration law need to be modified? International Arbitration Law Review, 2020, 23(4), pp. 253–278.
Owners' Obligations under FIDIC Construction Contracts, online: 22 December 2020, and hard copy in Collaboration and Integration in Construction, Engineering, Management and Technology (Part of the Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation book series), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, London 2019, Springer, 2021, pp. 197–202.
Does the Court under article 216 of the UAE Civil Procedures Law have the right to consider the validity of conversion of a sole establishment to an LLC company? Lexis Middle East Law Alert, December 2016.
Challenging an Arbitral Award on Jurisdiction under UAE Law, Newsletter of the German Middle East Lawyers Association (GERMELA), May 2015, 5.
Challenging Arbitral Awards under the Model Law and Arab and English laws based thereon, 2009, Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.
