Faris Shehabi

Faris Shehabi is a Partner at Dentons in Dubai, specializing in Dispute Resolution. He has over 15 years of experience in complex international trade and commercial disputes, including proceedings under ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC, and LMAA rules, as well as before the courts of the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, DIFC, and ADGM.

Faris has acted in a broad range of high‑value disputes across the energy and infrastructure, shipping and commodities, banking and finance, and shareholder sectors. Notable matters include acting for a state‑owned solar energy company in an US$80 million ICC dispute; acting for a large contractor against a major regional developer in numerous DIAC arbitrations; acting for a PRC state‑owned oil and gas company on a multi‑phase offshore project in Africa; and acting for the successful claimant in a US$70 million English High Court case dealing with bribery and torture issues (Shagang Shipping Co Ltd v. HNA Group Co Ltd), subsequently upheld by the UK Supreme Court. He also represented the largest private steel mill in China in securing the setting aside of an award on jurisdiction before the English High Court in a case worth almost US$70 million (Jiangsu Shagang Group Co Ltd v. Loki Owning Company Ltd).

Faris holds an LL.B and B.Comm from the University of New South Wales (2005) and an International Master in Law from IE Law School (2012). He is qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2015), the High Court of Australia (2006), and the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2006). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly speaks at regional and international events.

He has been recognised as Up and Coming in Dispute Resolution by Chambers & Partners Global (2026), with clients noting that "Faris is able to lead the team handling the case and interact with multiple stakeholders to deliver the needed results." He speaks English, Arabic, and Spanish.