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Robert Whitehead Work

• 2026 -now Mediator @ DIFC Courts
• 2018 -now Registered Practitioner - Part I and Part II @ DIFC Courts
• 2026 -now Arbitrator @ Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• 2024 -now Arbitrator (and member of the ICC UAE Focus Group) @ ICC Arbitration
• 2024 -now Arbitrator @ Dubai International Arbitration Centre
• 2025 -now Next Generation Arbitrator @ Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD)
• 2025 -now Arbitrator @ ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association
• 2025 -now Arbitrator @ Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)
• 2025 -now Arbitrator and Mediator - FCIMArb @ Center for International Mediators and Arbitrators (CIMA)
• 2024 -now CIMA World Fellow (Ghana) and Professor of Practice in International Arbitration @ Center for International Mediators and Arbitrators (CIMA)
• 2024 -now Arbitrator (and Member of the LCIA Arab Users' Council) @ London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• 2024 -now Arbitrator @ Russian Arbitration Center at Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration
• 2024 -now Practitioner @ ADGM Courts
• 2024 -now Mediator @ Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
• 2025 -now Fellow - FCIArb and Chartered Arbitrator @ Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• 2024 -2025 Member - MCIArb @ Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• 2022 -now HoD - Dispute Resolution - DIFC and ADGM Courts and International Arbitration @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2024 -now Partner @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2022 -2023 Junior Partner @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2022 -2022 Acting HoD - Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration team @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2020 -2022 Senior Associate @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2020 -2020 Supervising Associate @ Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
• 2024 -now Chairperson of the Board @ Amity University
• 2022 -now Industry Advisory Board Member @ Amity University
• 2025 -now Member Relations - Part of the Membership Committee (part of the Leadership Team) @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• 2024 -2025 Education Coordinator (part of the Leadership Team) @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• now Facilitator Head (part of the Leadership Team) @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• now Visitor Host (part of the Visitor Host Team) @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• 2022 -2023 Quality Assurance Chair - Membership Committee (part of the Leadership Team) @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• 2022 -2022 Training Coordinator @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• 2021 -2022 Referral Coordinator @ BNI Emperor - Dubai, UAE
• 2012 -now SRA Qualified Lawyer (Registration No. 456445) @ Solicitors Regulation Authority
• 2023 -2025 Core Launcher - Part of the BNI Chapter Accelerator Launch Program - BNI Unlimited @ BNI Where 78 (100 % Online)
• 2019 -2020 Mid-Level Associate (Insolvency and Dispute Resolution - UAE) @ Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel
• 2017 -2019 Associate (Dispute Resolution - UAE) @ KBH Kaanuun
• 2016 -2017 Associate (Dispute Resolution - UK) @ Clyde & Co
• 2014 -2016 Solicitor (Dispute Resolution - UK) @ BLM
• 2012 -2014 Junior Solicitor (Dispute Resolution - UK) @ SAS Daniels LLP
• 2010 -2012 Trainee Solicitor (UK) @ Clarion Solicitors
• 2010 -2010 Senior Business Consultant @ CSG - APAC
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• 2008 -2010 Business Consultant @ CSG - APAC
• now Summer Legal Intern (vacation scheme) @ Clarion Solicitors
• now Summer Legal Intern (vacation scheme) @ Walker Morris LLP
• 2006 -2006 Activity Leader (Management Team) and Lead Football Development Coach (UK) @ EF Education First
• 2005 -2005 Activity Coordinator @ EF Education First
• 2004 -2004 Gap Year - Travelling @ STA Travel
• 2003 -2004 Assistant @ UK Ministry of Defence