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Fatima Balfaqeeh is a Legal Counsel, independent Arbitrator, Mediator, and a Business Consultant. Her career began two decades ago in government and semi-government entities in Abu Dhabi, leading contracts and procurement function. She has worked extensively within commercial, legal and operational matters across a wide array of sectors, including construction-related fields, governance enforcement in contracts and procurement, project-related finance, payables, and banking credit facilities for corporate clients. In 2018, Fatima launched her own consultancy which now evolved into a Law firm. She is a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), RICS as a chartered Facilities Management Surveyor, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain (CIPS). She also is a board member in the ICC-UAE, the Vice Chair of the ICC UAE’s Commission on Arbitration & ADR Steering Committee, and a board member on World Regional Board for MENA of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).