Construction and Major Projects

Our international team operates as a cohesive group of contentious and non-contentious lawyers. Using skills and experience gained in the law and from areas that overlap traditional construction disciplines, we bring the big picture, practical perspective to our clients’ projects.

We advise the full spectrum of participants, from owners, developers and project sponsors to Government agencies, financiers, project managers, consultants and contractors. We know and understand the practical, as well as the purely legal aspects of what all participants in major projects want to achieve, and have a particular expertise in complex economic and social infrastructure construction projects.

Our integrated team’s clear and practical understanding of all types of project delivery structures, documentation, and the key commercial and legal project drivers enables us to deliver pragmatic and innovative solutions and provide commercially effective advice and dispute management.

Our Construction and Major Projects team is able to offer:

• advice on strategic objectives and market risks involved in the project, risk allocation, procurement methods and developing robust project finance, construction, operations and maintenance agreements;
• ongoing advisory services when projects have commenced and construction is underway;
• dealing with specific legal aspects in construction projects such as business case development; security of payment, disruptions and variations; and
• dispute avoidance and resolution advice.

Our first class team has extensive experience in dispute resolution and have substantial dispute avoidance and resolution experience, having acted in a wide range of infrastructure disputes. We can deliver effective advice and assistance when contractual disputes arise and for disputes that cannot be resolved, our specialists have extensive experience in both binding and non-binding dispute resolution including executive negotiation, mediation, facilitation, expert appraisal, analysis or determination, mini trial, adjudication, arbitration and litigation.

We have a strong, practical understanding of legal and commercial drivers, strategic objectives and market risks involved for clients in getting major projects off the ground.

We can provide clients with an unrivalled depth of expertise acting for the full spectrum of project participants from both the private and public sectors in Hong Kong and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

We can offer market leading practitioners experienced in risk allocation, procurement methods and in developing robust project finance, construction, operations and maintenance agreements.