Into Darkness and Beyond: Contracts Under Fire

As tensions escalate across the Middle East and West Asia, companies are stress testing their contracts and their crisis playbooks. This panel examines how parties can navigate volatility without losing sight of what anchors effective dispute resolution.

Using past examples and a focused hypothetical scenario - an Indian contractor delivering a Middle East project under a contract providing for London seated arbitration – the panel will discuss the key issues of invoking force majeure or frustration, managing suspension of contracts, breach and termination risk, and choosing the right dispute strategy. We also address the on the ground realities that determine outcomes: securing reliable human source intelligence, preserving evidence, safeguarding personnel, ensuring cash flow is maintained for projects, and planning for asset tracing and recovery from the get-go.

Expect a lively, practice led discussion offering takeaways for in house counsel and practitioners across the Middle East, India, and the UK on how to protect value today while positioning contracts and disputes for tomorrow.