Bio
Andrew is a Construction Partner.
Andrew has more than 30 years’ experience working on contentious construction and engineering-related matters.
Andrew handles large, high-profile cases in adjudication, arbitration, mediation and in the Technology and Construction Court for a variety of international and domestic clients. This includes commercial and residential developers, contractors, specialist sub-contractors, utility companies, and other service providers working on commercial and residential real estate, energy, renewable energy (both on and offshore) and infrastructure development projects throughout the UK.
Andrew is familiar with all of the standard forms of construction and engineering contracts, including JCT, NEC, FIDIC, and ICE, and regularly presents training seminars to clients in-house and to industry-related professional associations on construction-related legal issues.
Examples of Andrew’s work include:
- Providing legal advice and assistance to an international renewable energy provider in connection with contractual claims relating to the development of a 1.4-gigawatt wind farm project on Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
- Successfully representing one of the world’s leading manufacturers and installers of hydraulic components against claims made in adjudication by a main contractor for damages of more than £2 million arising from alleged defects in the design and installation of the lifting mechanism for a landmark road bridge located on the South Coast of England.