Dubai Arbitration Week
Effective Enforcement of Judgments and Awards
Join Mintz Group, McNair International, and Hadef & Partners for a practical discussion on the challenges of enforcing judgments and awards, navigating commercial distress, and recovering assets across the MENA region amid ongoing geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
Date: 11 November, 2026
Venue: Salon 2, Ritz Carlton, DIFC
Time: 09:00-11:30
Against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical uncertainty and sustained economic and operational disruption across the MENA region, businesses are increasingly confronting circumstances in which established contractual relationships come under significant strain. Interrupted operations, liquidity constraints, payment defaults and deteriorating counterparty positions can rapidly transform commercial challenges into complex disputes, restructuring scenarios and recovery considerations.
The panel will examine the lifecycle of commercial distress – from the initial disruption of contractual performance through to dispute resolution, enforcement and recovery. At the heart of the discussion is a practical question: What should a business, its lawyers and its investigators actually do from the moment geopolitical disruption causes a commercial relationship to fail through to the point at which it must decide whether – and how – it can recover its money.



