The construction law unit is a specialist grouping drawn from the Commercial Property and Litigation and Dispute Resolution departments.

The breadth of the firm's client base and the spectrum of specialist advice available from this means that it regularly advises public and semi-state authorities, state controlled companies charged with infrastructural development, financial institutions as well as private contractors, developers, project consortia, industry professionals, occupiers and tenants.

Our lawyers are practised in working as part of a project team and are committed to working within this team environment to ensure the delivery of projects in line with briefing, timing and budgetary considerations. The aim of our experienced team is to ensure that legal considerations are dealt with speedily, efficiently and comprehensively to enable clients to roll out projects to anticipated timescales.

In addition to providing services to the firm's highly regarded commercial property team in work on shopping centre, urban, industrial, office and retail developments the unit provides a comprehensive range of specialist services to include:-

• procurement advice and preparation of procurement documentation;
  
  
• preparation and review of tender documentation;
  
  
• preparation, negotiation and review of standard form and bespoke construction and civil engineering contracts, performance bonds, warranties and professional team appointments;
  
  
• ongoing advice over the life of any given project;
  
  
• advice to project funders and the preparation, negotiation and review of project finance documentation;
  
  
• risk management, dispute avoidance and pre-contentious work;
  
  
• dispute resolution including conciliation, arbitration and litigation and
  
  
• professional negligence issues.