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Dispute Boards<\/div>\n        <h1>Strategic support for <em>construction arbitration and dispute boards<\/em><\/h1>\n        <p class=\"hero-copy\">Equitas supports clients engaged in arbitration, adjudication and dispute board processes arising from construction and engineering projects. We provide technically grounded, contractually informed and commercially aware support from early dispute assessment through to submissions, expert coordination and hearing preparation.<\/p>\n        <p class=\"hero-positioning\">We work with contractors, employers and legal counsel on complex international construction disputes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"hero-card\">\n        <div class=\"hero-card-label\">Dispute profile<\/div>\n        <div class=\"credential-list\">\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">Appointed as arbitrator and DAB\/DAAB member under FIDIC on international projects<\/div>\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">Support across arbitration, adjudication and dispute board processes<\/div>\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book and Silver Book specialist<\/div>\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">Delay, quantum and contractual issue integration<\/div>\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">Coordination with legal teams, experts and project personnel<\/div>\n          <div class=\"credential-item\">Experience across ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ISTAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <!-- OVERVIEW -->\n  <section class=\"overview-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Overview<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Dispute resolution support<br><em>for complex project matters<\/em><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"overview-grid\">\n        <div class=\"overview-panel\">\n          <p>Formal dispute processes in construction projects require more than technical analysis alone. They demand coordinated understanding of the contract, the project history, the evidential record, the procedural forum and the strategic objectives of the party involved. Equitas assists clients in navigating that intersection.<\/p>\n          <p>Metehan Caglar Sonbahar has been appointed as a Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) and Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Board (DAAB) member under the FIDIC suite on international infrastructure projects. He has also been appointed as arbitrator in construction-related proceedings. This first-hand experience of sitting as a neutral decision-maker directly informs the quality and focus of our dispute support advisory work.<\/p>\n          <p>We are particularly well placed to assist on international construction disputes involving the FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book and Silver Book, where delay, quantum, variation, entitlement and contract administration issues often need to be integrated into a single structured position.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"quote-panel\">\n          <span class=\"label\">Our Approach<\/span>\n          <blockquote>&#8220;Disputes are rarely won by analysis in isolation. They are resolved through disciplined integration of facts, contract, evidence and strategy.&#8221;<\/blockquote>\n          <p>Our contribution is to bring structure and clarity to technically complex matters, so that project events, entitlement issues and evidential support are presented in a form that assists decision-makers and strengthens the client&#8217;s overall position.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- SERVICES -->\n  <section class=\"services-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">What We Provide<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Support across arbitration<br><em>and dispute boards<\/em><\/h2>\n      <p class=\"section-intro\">Our services are designed to support parties and legal teams through the practical and analytical demands of formal construction dispute processes.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"services-grid\">\n\n        <div class=\"service-card primary\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">A<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">Arbitration Support<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Support to parties and legal teams in construction arbitrations, including technical review, contractual analysis, chronology development, claim and defence support, evidential organisation and coordination of delay and quantum inputs across ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ISTAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc proceedings.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"service-card primary\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">D<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">Dispute Board Support<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Advisory support in Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) and Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Board (DAAB) contexts, including assistance with referrals, responses, supporting material, contractual framing and presentation of technical issues suited to dispute avoidance and adjudication processes under FIDIC.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"service-card primary\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">F<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">FIDIC Dispute Advisory<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Specialist support on disputes arising under the FIDIC suite \u2014 Red Book, Yellow Book and Silver Book \u2014 including entitlement, Sub-Clause 20 claims procedures, Engineer determinations, DAAB\/DAB issues and the interaction between contract administration and formal dispute processes.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"service-card\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">C<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">Claims and Response Preparation<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Preparation and review of claims, referral documents, responses, rebuttal materials and other dispute submissions, ensuring that technical, contractual and evidential points are presented in a coherent and properly supported manner.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"service-card\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">E<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">Expert Coordination<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Coordination of delay, quantum and technical expert inputs to ensure consistency between underlying analysis, contractual theory and overall dispute strategy \u2014 particularly important where multiple expert disciplines are engaged across complex international proceedings.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"service-card\">\n          <div class=\"service-icon\">H<\/div>\n          <h3 class=\"service-title\">Hearing and Strategy Support<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"service-desc\">Assistance with hearing preparation, issue mapping, cross-reference of evidential materials, witness and expert coordination and broader strategy support in technically dense construction disputes.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- PROCESS + BOARDS MERGED -->\n  <section class=\"process-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Our Process<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">How we support<br><em>formal dispute proceedings<\/em><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"process-layout\">\n\n        <div class=\"process-left\">\n          <div class=\"process-steps\">\n\n            <div class=\"process-step\">\n              <span class=\"step-num\">I<\/span>\n              <div>\n                <h4 class=\"step-title\">Initial dispute assessment<\/h4>\n                <p class=\"step-body\">We begin by reviewing the contract, the project background, the key disputed events and the procedural context to identify the principal issues, likely strengths and areas of evidential vulnerability.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"process-step\">\n              <span class=\"step-num\">II<\/span>\n              <div>\n                <h4 class=\"step-title\">Issue structuring and record review<\/h4>\n                <p class=\"step-body\">We organise the dispute into clear issue streams, supported by targeted review of correspondence, programmes, cost records, instructions and contemporaneous documents relevant to the claims or defences.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"process-step\">\n              <span class=\"step-num\">III<\/span>\n              <div>\n                <h4 class=\"step-title\">Integration of technical and contractual positions<\/h4>\n                <p class=\"step-body\">Delay, quantum and contractual issues are rarely self-contained. We ensure that the analytical work, contractual theory and factual narrative support one another rather than developing in isolation.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"process-step\">\n              <span class=\"step-num\">IV<\/span>\n              <div>\n                <h4 class=\"step-title\">Submission, referral and hearing support<\/h4>\n                <p class=\"step-body\">We assist with the preparation of claims, referrals, responses and hearing materials in a form appropriate to the forum \u2014 with attention to clarity, sequence, evidential support and procedural practicality.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n          <!-- BOARD TYPES MINI GRID -->\n          <div class=\"boards-mini\">\n            <span class=\"boards-mini-label\">Dispute Board Support Contexts<\/span>\n            <div class=\"boards-mini-grid\">\n              <div class=\"board-mini-card\">\n                <div class=\"board-mini-title\">Dispute Avoidance<\/div>\n                <p class=\"board-mini-desc\">Early board engagement with emphasis on avoiding escalation where appropriate.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"board-mini-card\">\n                <div class=\"board-mini-title\">Referral Preparation<\/div>\n                <p class=\"board-mini-desc\">Structured preparation of referral materials, evidence and issue framing for DAB and DAAB proceedings.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"board-mini-card\">\n                <div class=\"board-mini-title\">Response &#038; Rebuttal<\/div>\n                <p class=\"board-mini-desc\">Review of the opposing position and preparation of disciplined, well-structured responses.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"board-mini-card\">\n                <div class=\"board-mini-title\">Adjudication Support<\/div>\n                <p class=\"board-mini-desc\">Referrals, responses and expert coordination within the compressed timeframes adjudication demands.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"process-panel\">\n          <span class=\"label\">Why It Matters<\/span>\n          <h3>Procedure alone does not resolve disputes. Structured substance does.<\/h3>\n          <p>In construction disputes, parties often have large volumes of project material but insufficient structure in the way the issues are developed and presented. Our role is to help convert technical complexity into a disciplined dispute position.<\/p>\n          <p>That means aligning facts, entitlement, time, cost and forum strategy in a way that supports negotiation, board proceedings, adjudication or arbitration without losing sight of the realities of project delivery.<\/p>\n          <p>Having sat as both arbitrator and DAB member, Metehan understands what decision-makers need \u2014 and structures dispute support accordingly.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- NEUTRAL APPOINTMENTS -->\n  <section class=\"appointments-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Neutral Appointments<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Appointed as arbitrator,<br><em>adjudicator and board member<\/em><\/h2>\n      <p class=\"section-intro\">Metehan Caglar Sonbahar accepts appointments as arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member in construction and engineering disputes, bringing the same analytical rigour and contractual discipline to neutral roles as to advisory work.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"appointments-grid\">\n\n        <div class=\"appointment-card\">\n          <span class=\"appointment-role\">Arbitrator<\/span>\n          <h3 class=\"appointment-title\">Sole Arbitrator<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"appointment-desc\">Metehan accepts appointments as sole arbitrator in construction and engineering disputes. His dual qualification in civil engineering and construction law, combined with extensive project and claims experience, provides the technical and legal foundation for well-reasoned determinations in technically complex matters.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"appointment-tags\">\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">Sole arbitrator<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">Construction disputes<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">International matters<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment-card\">\n          <span class=\"appointment-role\">DAB \/ DAAB Member<\/span>\n          <h3 class=\"appointment-title\">Dispute Board Appointments<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"appointment-desc\">Appointed as DAB member under FIDIC 1999 (Red, Yellow and Silver Books) and DAAB member under FIDIC 2017 Red Book, across major international infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"appointment-tags\">\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">FIDIC 1999 Red Book<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">FIDIC 1999 Yellow Book<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">FIDIC 1999 Silver Book<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">FIDIC 2017 Red Book<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment-card\">\n          <span class=\"appointment-role\">Adjudicator<\/span>\n          <h3 class=\"appointment-title\">Adjudicator \u2014 Public Contracts<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"appointment-desc\">Metehan accepts adjudicator appointments in disputes arising under public contracts, bringing understanding of procurement frameworks, public contract administration and the specific entitlement and valuation issues that arise in public sector construction projects.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"appointment-tags\">\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">Public contracts<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">Statutory adjudication<\/span>\n            <span class=\"appointment-tag\">Public procurement<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"appointments-note\">\n        <blockquote>&#8220;Having sat as arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member, I understand what decision-makers need \u2014 and that understanding directly informs both our neutral appointments and our dispute support advisory work.&#8221;<\/blockquote>\n        <p>Experience as a neutral enriches our advisory practice. 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