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<p class="MsoNormal" XSSCleaned="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #333333; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The one day</span><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #333333;">&nbsp;<span XSSCleaned="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">conference was organised with the support of ICC UAE and took place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Festival City, Dubai.</span> <span XSSCleaned="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Essam Al Tamimi; Senior Partner at Al Tamimi &amp; Company and Chairman of ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration, welcomed the attendees with Sami Houerbi; &nbsp;Director ICC Arbitration and ADR Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East &amp; Africa; Partner, BKH Law firm (Tunisia) and Joe Tirado, Partner, Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration Winston &amp; Strawn; Senior Vice Chair, IBA Mediation Committee (UK).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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