Bryan Dayton

Bryan is a partner at Obeid & Partners. With over 15-years’ experience in international arbitration and litigation, he has represented clients across a wide-range of industries including construction, chemicals, power plants, steel, oil & gas, and agriculture. These cases were conducted under a variety of institutional rules such as the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, and SCC. 

Bryan has substantial experience representing clients in the Middle East with extensive experience involving states and state-owned enterprises.  Prior to moving to Dubai, Bryan was an experienced litigator representing clients before U.S. courts and administrative agencies, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bryan holds a B.A. in economics and political science (2000) from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (2004). He is the author of numerous publications, including recently a co-editor of Dealing with Delay and Disruption on Construction Projects published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2020 in which he co-authored three chapters on time-related claims.

Some of Bryan’s relevant experience includes representing:

•  A Saudi conglomerate against a major U.S. corporation in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration concerning investments made in a logistics and transportation business in Saudi Arabia. 

• A global construction contractor in relation to a +USD250 million dispute with a GCC government entity concerning the construction of the iconic Qatar National Library. 

• A joint venture of international contractors in successfully settling +USD 1 billion in claims with a GCC government entity regarding an iconic construction project. 

• An international hotel chain in a DIAC arbitration successfully defending claims of unlawful termination by one of its contractors.

• French chemical company alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets from a joint venture in a successful +USD 1 billion Paris-based ICC arbitration. 

• A Michigan-based chemical company as claimant in a successful +USD 2 billion LCIA arbitration involving the breach of a joint venture agreement against the Government of a Middle Eastern country. 

• The Mexican tomato industry in successfully resolving a major international trade dispute.

• ArcelorMittal Stainless Belgium NV before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding various international trade issues.

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