Construction & Engineering overview

Our Construction and Engineering team consists of eight partners and 17 associates, which makes it one of the largest and best known dedicated construction and engineering practices in the United Kingdom. The team - which is based in London and Sheffield - is consistently ranked as one of the leading construction and engineering departments by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. In the Chambers Directory (2007) we are regarded as "a nationally esteemed construction and engineering offering."

The team has significant experience in all the aspects of construction and engineering projects in the United Kingdom and internationally particularly in the Far East, Middle East and in Continental Europe. This experience extends to development, development finance, drafting and negotiating bespoke contractual arrangements, guarantees and bonds, PFI and PPP, and urban regeneration. On the dispute side, we have significant experience of handing disputes relating to the design and construction of railways, airports, sports stadia, power stations, dredging, office, retail and leisure space as well as claims for professional negligence. We act regularly for clients in expert determinations, mediations, adjudication, arbitrations and litigation (Technology and Construction Court and Commercial Court). Our associates are seconded regularly to clients to gain hands-on practical experience of how the industry operates.

We act for a broad range of clients across the industry, including: major developers; employers; contractors; consulting engineers and architects; financial institutions; government entities; power and utility companies; as well as property funds.

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