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  1. Al Baya Noor
Dubai
Noor Al Baya
Associate
noor.albaya@freshfields.com
Dubai: +971 4 5099 100
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Noor is an associate in our International Arbitration Group, Global Projects Disputes Practice, and Global Investigations Practice. 

She has experience working in arbitration and litigation in the Middle East. She has advised corporate clients in relation to arbitration under various rules, including the DIFC-LCIA, UNCITRAL, and in relation to disputes before the DIFC Courts.

Noor is a native speaker of English and Arabic and is fluent in French.

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International arbitration
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Noor’s disputes experience includes:

  • Advising a Middle Eastern Government on significant delay, disruption, acceleration and variation claims relating to a high-profile infrastructure project valued at hundreds of millions of dollars;
  • Advising a leading global construction company in its dispute against a Middle Eastern governmental entity regarding significant delay, disruption, and variation claims amounting to over US$400 million;
  • Advising a major oil and gas company in relation to multi-billion-dollar defect claims arising from the design of an onshore gas processing facility in Australia;
  • Advising a leading US-headquartered multinational consumer electronics company in relation to the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act requirements;
  • Advising a Middle Eastern investment institution regarding its extension project, including on the merits of claims brought against it by the contractor;
  • Advising a leading UAE-based investment firm in a dispute under DIFC-LCIA arbitration and before the DIFC Courts.
  • Acting as administrative secretary in an ICC arbitration.

 

Noor’s investigation and regulatory experience includes:

  • Advising a multinational mobile telecommunications company in connection with an internal investigation into anti-money laundering and bribery related to US litigations;
  • Advising an automobile distributor in relation to investigations by a GCC Competition Authority;
  • Advising a subsidiary of a Middle Eastern investment institution on a business integrity due diligence exercise;
  • Advising a leading North American investment manager in the DIFC on dawn raid preparedness;
  • Advising a global business school on internal investigations, including guidance on the UAE’s Personal Data Protection Law and ADGM Data Protection Regulation;
  • Advising a leading US-based healthcare company on its global dawn raid strategy, ensuring alignment with UAE laws and best practices;
  • Advising a Middle East oil company on the processing and international transfer of personal data under the UAE’s Personal Data Protection Law;
  • Advising a US-based equity firm on its intra-group data transfer and processing agreement to ensure alignment with KSA Personal Data Protection Law.

Noor Al Baya
Associate
noor.albaya@freshfields.com

T +971 4 5099 100

Dubai Office

ICD Brookfield Place, Level 13

Al Mustaqbal St, Trade Centre

DIFC, PO Box 506569

Dubai
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