The discipline of mediating the dispute,
not litigating it.
PDR is a specialist mediation-led chambers advising landowners, developers, contractors and institutional capital across the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We exist for a single purpose — to resolve real-estate and construction matters at the table, in confidence, before they reach a tribunal or a court list.
Our work is organised around five focused areas — chaired mediation of contractor disputes, EPC and FIDIC project mediation, pre-contract risk architecture, real-estate dispute resolution and rent, lease and inheritance advisory. Every engagement is led by senior counsel and delivered through structured settlement, not adversarial process.
Confidential settlement in weeks rather than arbitration cycles measured in years. Fixed retainers aligned to client risk. Sealed-file discretion as standard. Senior partners — not delegates — at the table from first meeting to final agreement. This is how we preserve asset value, programme dates and the commercial relationships our clients depend on.
From tower cranes in Dubai to giga-project EPC in Riyadh — we sit between employer, contractor and sub-contractor to broker settlement on the project, not in a tribunal.
Recent writing.
Three jurisdictions. One mediation-led voice.
Principal chambers · Mediation & real-estate committees
SCCA mediation · Giga-projects & EPC counsel
Zamalek office · CRCICA mediation · Civil & commercial code