Khadija El-Leithy
Biography
Overview
Khadija is an associate in White & Case's Dispute Resolution and Construction and Engineering Group based in Dubai. She has experience acting for clients in international construction and infrastructure arbitrations.
Khadija joined White & Case in 2019 as a trainee, gaining experience in the Firm's Construction, Capital Markets and Intellectual Property Groups in London, and the Arbitration Group in the Firm's Dubai office.
Khadija also has in-house legal experience, having spent six months on secondment to a passive telecommunications infrastructure provider company primarily based in Africa and the Middle East.
Experience
Representing an Egyptian subcontractor in an ICC arbitration against the main contractor in relation to a gas project in Egypt.
Representing the owner in an ICC arbitration relating to claims arising under a design-build contract relating to an international airport in the Middle East.
Representing a contractor in an ICC arbitration with the employer concerning the construction of a breakwater in Iraq. The amount in dispute was approximately $300 million. The contract was based on the FIDIC Yellow Book.
