Tackling Legal Complexity in Construction Arbitrations

Join a focused and practical session designed for professionals involved in construction, arbitration, and legal advisory roles.  This workshop brings together leading experts to explore how to effectively manage legal complexity in construction-related disputes.

Expect an insightful exchange of strategies, challenges, and lessons from real-world construction disputes and strategies.  This focused session offers a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and deepen your understanding of effective dispute resolution.  

You will also have the opportunity after the hot-tubbing panel to ask questions to the speakers. 

🎯 Who Should Attend

Legal professionals, in-house counsel, construction industry stakeholders, and anyone involves in dispute resolution

We look forward to welcoming you to a dynamic and thought-provoking discussion.

Date: Tuesday, 12 August 2025
Time: 10.00 am - 12.00pm
Venue: MGCC Office

Luca Thönes
Senior Legal Consultant, Luther
[Moderator]

Luca Thones is a Senior Legal Consultant specializing in national and international arbitration and maritime transactions. She has extensive experience handling complex investment and commercial disputes under ICSID, ICC, and DIS rules, particularly in energy, construction (including offshore wind projects), and corporate matters. Her maritime practice covers the full scope of sale and purchase processes, including vessel registration and flagging.

Dato' Mary Lim Thiam Suan 
Director
Asian International Arbitration Centre

Dato' Mary Lim Thiam Suan was the first judge of the Construction Court in Kuala Lumpur and recently retired as a Federal Court Judge.  She is currently a Visiting Professor with several international and local universities, member of the Special Advisory Committee of the Permanent Forum on China Construction Law (PFCCL) and Judicial Integrity Network, and a Judge of the Bahrain International Commercial Court.

George Scherpf
Partner
Luther

Georg Scherpf represents clients in commercial and investment arbitrations with a focus on energy, infrastructure and construction (FIDIC). He advises clients under both German and English law in arbitration and litigation. Georg also regularly sits as arbitrator and on dispute adjudication boards (DABs) in complex, long-term construction projects. Moreover, his commercial arbitration work covers international trade and corporate disputes.

Aniz Ahmad Amirudin
Partner
Cecil Abraham & Partners

Aniz Ahmad Amirudin is a partner at Cecil Abraham & Partners specialising in Construction & Infrastructure as well as Arbitration and Adjudication. Aniz sits both as an Arbitrator and as an Adjudicator on various construction disputes, acting as being a panel member of various institutes including AIAC. Apart from construction disputes, Aniz is also an active litigator focusing on commercial disputes and has appeared as counsel in all levels of Malaysian Courts.

Uma Kurup
Group General Counsel
Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd

Uma Kurup is the Group General Counsel of the Muhibbah Group, overseeing the Group’s diverse operations in airports, marine and ports, infrastructure and oil and gas sectors. She has set up branches, negotiated contracts and participated in mediations and arbitrations as company representative in various jurisdictions. She is an AIAC empanelled Adjudicator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.