Sean Hummerstone

Sean Hummerstone helps clients with drafting, negotiation and advice in relation to high-value domestic and international construction and engineering projects. He acts for a range of project parties including developers, funders, contractors and consultants.

Clients look to Sean for his experience in dealing with a variety of contract forms, including complex bespoke agreements as well industry standard forms such as JCT, FIDIC and NEC contracts. He advises clients on contract formation as well as matters of interpretation and settlement of disputes, including the development of remedial schemes in the UK related to fire safety issues.

• Assisting in advice provided in relation to the building contract for the expansion of a major maritime project in Central America.
• Drafting and advising in relation to the construction documentation for the fit out of tenant office space in the new building at 20 Fenchurch Street, London.
• Drafting and negotiating consultants’ appointments in relation to the base build and fit out of a UK research facility for an AIM-listed pharmaceuticals company, using IChemE forms of contract.
• Assisting in advice on the underlying construction documentation relating to the £105m purchase of Old Spitalfields Market, London.
• Assisting in advising a Spanish real estate investment fund in litigation concerning breaches of loan documentation in the construction of a London hotel (Grupo Hotelero Urvasco S.A. v Carey Value Added S.L. & Anor).

• Listed as a key lawyer for Construction. Legal 500
• Listed as a key lawyer for Construction. "Charles Pacey and Sean Hummerstone are both really good associates and senior associates." Legal 500

• Kaplan Law School, LPC
• The College of Law, London, GDL
• University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) History

• England and Wales