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Nicholas Gould is a partner in the specialist construction, engineering and energy lawyers Fenwick Elliott LLP, where he conducts a mix of international dispute resolution and non-contentious work. He is a solicitor-advocate, registered legal practitioner in the UAE and DIFC, chartered surveyor, accredited adjudicator and CEDR Chambers lead mediator. He acts for contractors, employers and governments in the building, construction, engineering, infrastructure, transport, energy, nuclear, renewables, oil and gas, and process engineering sectors. Dispute resolution experience spans litigation, arbitration (domestic and international), adjudication, DAB/DRB, mediation, early neutral evaluation and expert determination. He regularly acts as lead mediator in multi-party multi million disputes. Nicholas is a certified adjudicator and sits on international dispute boards and as arbitrator. Nicholas is “rated very highly within the industry”, noted for his strong market presence in the Middle East and his talent for both contentious and transactional work (Chambers & Partners 2017). “Clients recommend the ‘eloquent’ Nicholas Gould, who has ‘excellent advocacy skills’…” (Legal 500, 2016, FE listed as Tier 1). The IBA’s 2008 & 2013 edition of International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers Today, listed Nicholas as one of the “ten most highly regarded individuals internationally for construction law” and the IBA’s Who’s Who Legal 2015 listed Nicholas in the top five in Europe. Nicholas is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Vice President of the ICC’s Arbitration Commission. He is past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law, Adjudication Society and the DRBF (Region 2). He has published widely in the area of construction law and international arbitration, and speaks regularly on construction law and dispute resolution. Nicholas is lead author of the report “Mediating Construction Disputes: An Evaluation of Existing Practice” published in February 2010, it received a finalists CEDR Award for Excellence in 2010. Nicholas features as one of only 5 practitioners in Europe in the inaugural edition 2017 of Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders.