Shai specializes in representing clients in complex dispute-resolution procedures, with a special focus on procedures relating to engineering and infrastructure projects, including insurance related disputes.
Shai also possesses extensive experience advising contractors and entrepreneurs throughout all stages of a project.
Shai’s clients include leading Israeli engineering and infrastructure companies, as well as internationally known entities operating the infrastructure and energy sectors.
Shai is well versed in advising on various infrastructure projects, including those involving roads, rail transport, water, gas, renewable energy, seaports, and airports. Examples of projects Shai has advised are the Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line Project, the Tunneling Project for the High Speed Rail between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the Ashdod Desalination Plant Project, and the Ben-Gurion Airport Expansion Project.
Shai represents clients in various courts, arbitrations, and alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Shai also serves as a guest lecturer in the Israeli Association of Construction & Infrastructure Engineers arbitrators course and is a member of the Society of Construction Law.
Prior to joining Barnea, Shai served as a partner in the litigation department of S. Horowitz
