🎧 After the award: trends in arbitration challenges – Middle East

Antonia Birt is joined by special guests Noof Ajaji, director of communications and international cooperation at the Supreme Judicial Council of Bahrain, and Lara Salem, head of content strategy at LexisNexis, to analyze the Middle East chapter of Reed Smith’s International Arbitration Report 2025 . Together, they explore how practitioners can use the report, while also offering valuable insights into what the data reveals about success rates, grounds for challenge, timelines, cost consequences, and the practical implications for arbitration strategy in the region. 

This episode is part of a global miniseries examining court challenges to arbitration awards across leading arbitral seats.