Freddie Akiki

Associate

Areas of Focus

Freddie Akiki

Associate

fakiki@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Associate in the Middle East disputes practice.
  • Specializes in high-value, complex and cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration.
  • Multijurisdictional experience, having worked in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, London and Tokyo.

Freddie Akiki has broad experience in both commercial litigation and international arbitration, covering a wide range of sectors. He has particular strength in advising owners and contractors on the resolution of disputes arising out of complex international infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on projects in the Middle East.

Freddie also has experience of non-contentious work relating to the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects in the Middle East. He has wide-ranging multijurisdictional experience, both in-house and in private practice, having lived and worked in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, London and Tokyo.

At university, Freddie graduated with first class honors, achieving a first class result in each of his four years of undergraduate study. He also received a number of academic awards, including the Heimann Prize for consistently outstanding academic performance.

Representative Work
  • Representing a Middle Eastern government against the engineer relating to the construction of a new international airport.*
  • Representing the owner in a dispute against the contractor in relation to the development of a mixed-use development in the Middle East.*
  • Representing a Middle Eastern sovereign state in an ad hoc arbitration against the main contractor in relation to the construction of a major expressway in the Middle East.*
  • Representing a Middle Eastern government against a contractor in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in connection with a civil works package (including a new runway and upgrade of the existing runway) as part of the construction of a new international airport.*
  • Advising a state-owned Middle Eastern transport developer and operator on the resolution of claims by several contractors for extensions of time and additional cost under various bespoke design and build contracts.*
  • Providing ongoing advice to a major Middle Eastern public petroleum and natural gas company regarding matters of contractual interpretation and contract drafting in relation to procurement, construction and consultant contracts.*
  • Advising a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on potential claims against a contractor for defective works carried out by the contractor during the construction of a healthcare facility in the Middle East.*

* Work completed prior to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Education
  • L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2016

  • GDL, BPP University Law School, England, 2015

  • M.Sc., St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 2013

  • B.A., University College, London, 2012

Bar Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Member of the Society of Construction Law.

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