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Whether you are an employer/owner, contractor, funder/investor or you are buying an interest in a project that is under construction or has recently been completed, you need documents that reflect your risk profile, protect your interests and promote collaborative working and optimum project delivery.

Drafting those agreements and implementing the rights and obligations that flow from them becomes key to avoiding, managing and resolving disputes successfully.

Understanding where, how and why problems arise enables us to devise winning strategies to protect our clients and to craft agreements that facilitate project delivery. Preventing and managing disputes is given top priority. We advise on the full range of domestic and international disputes procedures.

They are very efficient and very professional, and I've been very pleased with the support provided. The team is very strong.

Chambers UK, 2015

One of the first firms to recognise construction law as a specialist area and create a dedicated team, our global practice focuses on understanding each client’s business and delivering advice in this context.

Through close relationships with our clients and the sectors in which they operate, we help deliver construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy projects. We advise on every aspect from inception and procurement through funding and building to commissioning and operation.

Working closely with colleagues specialising in real estate development and project finance, insurance, tax, procurement law, planning, energy and environmental law, our full service Construction Team has a market-leading track record of advising on a diverse range of transactions and disputes concerning some of the largest, most complex and high profile projects in the world.

 
Emma Schaafsma
Emma Schaafsma
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Emma Schaafsma (Kratochvilova) is a partner in the Disputes Resolution team in London. Emma has over 20 years’ experience representing clients in high-value and complex disputes arising on international...
James Snape
James Snape
Partner
Head of Projects
Lawyer
United Kingdom, London
James is a partner in the Energy, Projects and Construction Group. He specialises in complex infrastructure and energy projects, public procurement, outsourcing, joint ventures and strategic partnerships...
Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor
Partner
Lawyer
United Kingdom, London
Matthew is a Partner in the Energy, Projects and Construction group. He specialises in dispute resolution and has experience of litigation, arbitration, adjudication and a wide range of forms of ADR...
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson
Partner
United Kingdom, London
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Rob Wilson is a partner and Solicitor Advocate at CMS in the firm’s ICE Disputes Group (Infrastructure, Construction and Energy). He has led the Energy Disputes team at the firm since 2013. Rob is...
Jeremie Witt
Jeremie Witt
Partner
Australia, Brisbane
Jeremie is a partner in the Energy, Projects and Construction Team and is based in Australia. He has previously been a partner with CMS in our Dubai and our Singapore offices and has extensive experience...
Gregor Woods
Gregor Woods
Partner
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Gregor Woods is a partner in our Insurance and Reinsurance Group team, based in Sheffield. He has 30 years’ experience advising insurers, large corporates and public bodies in relation to the investigation...
Christine Worthington
Christine Worthington
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Christine Worthington is a partner in the Construction and Energy & Projects Team. She specialises in construction law advice with experience in the delivery of energy, engineering, commercial property...
Chris Henshaw
Chris Henshaw
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, Manchester
Chris specialises in non-contentious construction, engineering and infrastructure projects providing strategic and practical advice to clients.  He has 25 years’ experience advising public and private...
Sarah Hyde
Sarah Hyde
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, London
Sarah qualified into the Insurance and Reinsurance Group in 1998 and since then has specialised in contentious and non-contentious construction, property and engineering insurance. Sarah helps clients...
Claudia Russell
Claudia Russell
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Claudia has specialised in construction law for over 16 years. She advises clients from across a number of sectors in relation to engineering and construction contracts for a wide range of projects. Claudia...