International Arbitration and the Courts

Course Aims and Objectives

This course will examine how the DIFC and ADGM Courts interact with arbitration at every

stage of the process – before the tribunal is constituted, during the proceedings, and after an

award is issued. Using the UNCITRAL Model Law as a benchmark, it will analyze when and

how parties can seek court assistance (for stays of court proceedings, interim measures, tribunal

appointments, evidence-taking, jurisdictional challenges and arbitrator challenges), as well as the

post-award toolbox (recognition and enforcement, set-aside applications, and related

confidentiality issues).

Throughout, the course adopts a comparative, practice-oriented approach to the DIFC and

ADGM frameworks, equipping participants with concrete strategies for using these common law

courts to support and protect arbitration seated in those jurisdictions, in the UAE, or abroad.