Ahmed El Far has co-authored the “Subcontracts and Multiparty Arbitration in Construction Disputes” chapter with Stavros Brekoulakis of 3 Verulam Buildings and National University of Singapore in the sixth edition of Global Arbitration Review’s The Guide to Construction Arbitration.

Major construction projects typically involve several parties and interrelated contracts, including subcontracts. While the provisions of the main contract between the employer and the contractor do not usually become a part of the subcontractor’s agreement, a dispute arising out of the main contract may give rise to claims and disputes under the subcontract and vice versa.

The chapter explores the use and importance of subcontracts in construction law, as well as their relationship to main contracts. The authors also discuss the circumstances that give rise to multiparty arbitration in construction disputes. In doing so, particular attention is given to the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) conditions of contract and subcontract for construction.

To read the chapter online, please click here.

ABOUT AHMED EL FAR

Ahmed, a senior associate in our London office, has extensive experience acting as counsel in complex, high-value international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a wide range of sectors (including energy, finance, and construction) under all major arbitral rules.

Ahmed regularly publishes on commercial and international law matters. His recent publications include the monograph on Abuse of Rights in International Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2020). He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, published by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Ahmed is an Officer of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Arab Regional Forum Committee and a Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.