About

I am a UK construction lawyer with a bilingual twist having grown up in Paris.

I specialise in representing clients in contentious and non-contentious matters. I have advised across a broad range of sectors, including retail, office, healthcare, hospitals, hotels, mixed use developments and high-end grade listed residential, for over a decade.

I am familiar with being at the forefront of clients' concerns owing to my industry experience, spent both at client side for an international airport and at supplier side, for a fit-out contractor. This puts me in a unique position to not only understand clients' commercial needs, but to also deliver cost-effective solutions.

My expertise spans the entire procurement chain, from inception to completion. I advise clients from developers, funders and landlords, to tenants, contractors, consultants and sub-contractors.

Experience

Construction procurement

  • Negotiating contracts for the commencement of works including letters of intent and pre-construction services agreements
  • Creating complex agreements from development agreements, standard form building contract amendments and bespoke terms and conditions, to framework agreements, call-off agreements, collateral warranties and third party rights
  • Advising on contractual design protections including IP licences, assignment and novation
  • Negotiating security related contracts including advanced deposit bonds, vesting deeds, performance bonds (on demand and conditional) and parent company guarantees
  • Advising on insurance protections in live projects
  • Producing risk review feedback on proposed contract terms, and incorporating back to back protection in sub-contractor / sub-consultancy terms and conditions
  • Ensuring compliance with construction law

Construction project management

  • Advising on applications for payment (including pay-less notices), extensions of time, loss and expense and variations
  • Navigating procurement chain contracts in the context of main contractor insolvency including suspension of works, novation, assignment and reinstatement agreements
  • Interpreting contract provisions and drafting variation agreements

Construction disputes

  • Acting in the response to adjudications with claims ranging from defects, extensions of time and loss and expense
  • Representing clients in pre-action meetings and alternative dispute resolution including mediation
  • Advising clients on their rights in the early stages of disputes and managing mitigation of claims
  • Acting in Technology and Construction Court enforcement proceedings further to contesting an Adjudicator's decision

Real estate and corporate support

  • Acting for both tenant and landlords, and sellers and buyers in property related transactions
  • Undertaking due diligence on a suite of construction documentation, and negotiating protections for the clients as part of the transaction

Services

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