Mr. Bearder's main areas of experience are international Construction arbitration and litigation. He also has had substantial experience in commercial and financial matters and the preparation of claims and submissions generally, in common, codified and Islamic law jurisdictions.

Mr. Bearder has thirty years of experience preparing claims for and representing or counseling parties in relation to international commercial arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, ICSID, the London Court of International Arbitration and the Nigerian Arbitration Act .

He has assisted and engaged, multi-national corporations and banks, as well as sovereign states or their state-owned entities (Yemen, Jordan, Irak, KSA, Qatar, Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, UK, USA, Germany), in international dispute resolution.

Mr. Bearder is an authority on international construction contracts, subcontracts, consortia, and joint venture agreements, and related securities and guarantees. He has considerable experience in international construction claims and disputes in relation to large, complex civil engineering, industrial and building projects, as well as claims under EPIC contracts in the oil and gas industry.