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Mr George Vlavianos

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Position

Managing Partner, Doha

Career

George is the managing partner of Bennett Jones (Gulf) LLP, which carries on the practice of law in association with Bennett Jones LLP. Head of the firm’s arbitration practice, George practises in the areas of dispute resolution and construction law. He acts for owners, contractors and engineers in a wide range of construction disputes and has advised on insurance claims arising out of large industrial construction projects. George has extensive experience representing major institutional clients in complex multi-party disputes and in mediating and arbitrating significant commercial disputes in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

Languages

George is fluent in English, French and Greek. He has a working knowledge of German and a basic knowledge of Arabic.

Memberships

George is a fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, a charter fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, and a member of the Congress of Fellows of the Center for International Legal Studies. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration. George is admitted to the Panel of the International Commercial Arbitrators of the ICC National Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Education

Queen’s University, BA, 1990 
McGill University, LLB, 1992 
McGill University, BCL, 1993 
Université de Paris (France), 1994