Construction, infrastructure and projects

Our construction law services

We provide legal advice across the full lifecycle of a construction project, from procurement and planning through to final account disputes.

Our specialist services include:

• Construction contracts – drafting and negotiating JCT, NEC, FIDIC, PPC and bespoke forms of contract.
• Professional appointments – preparing and reviewing consultant agreements and project documentation.
• Collateral warranties and third-party rights – ensuring the enforceability of obligations throughout the supply chain.
• Framework and term agreements – advising on structuring and operating long-term procurement arrangements.
• Procurement law – supporting compliance with public procurement rules and tender procedures.
• Planning agreements and infrastructure obligations – delivered in collaboration with our planning and commercial property teams.
• Due diligence – for funders and acquirers of construction-linked developments.
• Development finance – advising funders, investors, and developers on construction due diligence, project structuring, and funder protections.
• Construction adjudication – acting for claimants and respondents across the UK.
• Construction litigation – representing clients in the TCC and Court of Appeal.
• Professional negligence claims – against surveyors, engineers, architects, project managers and contractors.
• Insurance issues – advising on CAR, PI, latent defects, and policy disputes.
• Health and safety – regulatory advice and representation in HSE investigations.

Our experience

We’ve advised on some of the UK’s most complex and high-value construction and infrastructure matters, covering every stage of the project lifecycle, from procurement and development structuring, to final account disputes and professional negligence claims.

Our experience includes:

• Procurement and project structuring: Advising on OJEU and non-OJEU procedures, framework agreements, development agreements, demolition and remediation contracts, two-stage tenders, pre-construction service agreements, consultant appointments, and collateral warranties.
• Major development schemes: Acting for PPP consortia, national housebuilders, and public sector clients on multi-million pound mixed-use, residential, school, retail, office, and healthcare developments.
• Renewable and energy projects: Advising on solar, wind, biomass and anaerobic digestion schemes, including construction, planning and subsidy compliance.
• Public sector infrastructure: Supporting local authorities and central government on highways schemes, bioscience labs, schools, and performance-based maintenance contracts.
• Development funding due diligence: Acting for banks, institutional funders, and lenders to review and advise on construction documentation and risk management.
• Sustainability and compliance: Advising on project bank accounts, KPIs, community benefit clauses, ECO agreements, fair payment terms, BIM, and employment blacklist obligations.

Dispute resolution experience

We are regularly instructed on high-value, complex construction disputes, including:

• Acting for central government in a multi-million-pound dispute over road construction defects.
• Advising education and healthcare bodies in claims relating to delay, defective works and professional negligence.
• Representing national contractors in multi-party disputes over lorry parks, university buildings, and large-scale residential projects.
• Advising on performance bond claims following contractor insolvency and loss and expense claims involving delay, disruption and liquidated damages.