Chartered Arbitrator Leonora Riesenburg, C.Arb
Leonora Riesenburg is an independent Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator, and the Practice Owner of INTADR DMCC, based in the UAE for almost 2 decades since 2007. She is also an International Tenant at 4–5 Gray’s Inn Square, London. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Leonora is widely recognised as a leading ADR practitioner across the Middle East, Asia, and the UK. Leonora specialises in high-value, complex domestic and international disputes, with particular expertise in construction and infrastructure, real estate, power and energy, investment and shareholder disputes, banking and finance, and major commercial contracts.
She regularly sits as sole, presiding, and co-arbitrator in matters administered under the rules of DIAC (Dubai), HKIAC (Hong Kong), ICC (Paris), LCIA (London), SIAC (Singapore), and other leading institutions, with disputes frequently exceeding hundreds of millions of dollars.
In addition to her casework, Leonora holds several influential governance and advisory roles. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Indonesia International Arbitration Centre (INIAC), the Governing Council of the Hyderabad Arbitration Centre (India), and the Global Advisory Panel of MICADR (Pakistan), and is a committee member of the Adjudication Society. She has previously served as Chair of CIArb UAE, an elected member of the CIArb Board of Management (London), and on the DIFC Courts Arbitration Division Working Group. Leonora is a regular lecturer, course director, and examiner for CIArb internationally and for RICS across the MENA region and the UK. She is a frequent speaker, author, and award-winning contributor to the development of modern dispute resolution practice.