Dr Hamish Lal has been consistently ranked Band 1 in Construction, and Band 1 in International Construction Arbitration in Chambers & Partners UK, and in the Top-Tier in The Legal 500 UK. 

Dr Lal is a Solicitor-Advocate (All Higher Courts) and admitted to Part II of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts Register of Legal Practitioners. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE).

He has been simultaneously Chairman of The Society of Construction Law and The Adjudication Society. He is the General Editor of the Construction Law Journal published by Sweet & Maxwell, Adjunct Professor at University College Dublin, and Chairman of the Oriel Law Society.