Kim Rosenberg is a Partner in Freshfields’ Global Projects Disputes Group, based in Dubai, with over 20 years of experience in international disputes (particularly relating to construction and infrastructure projects) and she sits as an arbitrator in construction disputes. Given her disputes experience, Kim is aware of the long list of benefits to parties of participating in mediation, not least the opportunity to achieve the early resolution of their dispute. Kim has been involved in many complex disputes that have been successfully resolved through mediation.

Kim is ranked in Chambers Global UAE for Construction: Dispute Resolution and was included in the inaugural Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist Middle East. From an industry perspective, Kim was chair of the committee that drafted the 2nd edition of the UK Society of Construction Law’s Delay and Disruption Protocol (the stated purpose of which is to provide a means by which parties can reach resolution and avoid unnecessary disputes). She is a committee member of the Society of Construction Law (Gulf), a Board member of the International Construction Law Association, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers. Kim is co-editor and co-author of the Sweet & Maxwell publication Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects. She is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales and Australia, and a foreign registered legal consultant in Dubai and Singapore.