我们代表客户在各大洲多个司法辖区处理了数百例案件，被公认为本地市场的领袖以及卓越的全球律师行之一，我们提供的服务涵盖各类建筑及工程项目引发的所有相关事宜，包括：

• 交通
• 基础设施
• 石油及天然气（上游、中游及下游）
• 电力
• 替代性能源
• 工艺过程
• 矿业
• 商业不动产
• 住房
• 医疗保健及教育
• 保险

我们通晓所有主要的国际及区域性建筑合同标准格式，包括国际咨询工程师联合会（FIDIC）、英国化学工程师协会（IChemE）、英国机械工程师学会（I Mech E）、联合合同委员会（JCT）、新工程合同（NEC）、项目伙伴关系（PPC2000）、香港建筑师学会（HKIA）、新加坡建筑师协会（SIA）、香港政府规定的土木工程合约条款以及美国建筑师协会（AIA）的标准合同格式，并熟谙各种采购方法，包括：

• PPP/PFI
• BOOT/BOT
• 目标价格合同
• 保证工程费用上限（GMP）合同
• 交钥匙（Turnkey，即包办）、工程总承包（EPC）及设计-采购-施工管理（EPCM）合同
• 设计施工合同
• 施工管理
• 管理承包
• 合伙及合作合同
• 合资

我们就前端合同策略及合同文件编制、风险管理及争议解决提供法律服务。我们对建筑及工程行业有着深入透彻的了解，能够提供极为商业化的法律意见，是该领域拥有大型、复杂项目经验的领先律师行之一，以卓著的业绩及声誉赢得了众多客户的聘任。

我们提供的服务
本行提供下列前端项目服务：

• 采购及立约策略
• 采购立法
• 项目风险分析及风险分担
• 谈判及起草建筑及工程合同，包括：BOOT/BOT合同，Turnkey、EPC 、EPCM合同，建筑及土木工程合同，机电/设备供应合同，PFI/ PPP合同，分包合同及合资安排
• 谈判及起草顾问合约，包括：工程、前端工程设计（FEED）及项目管理协议
• 谈判及起草运营及维护协议、长期维护及供应协议
• 谈判及起草开发及委托协议
• 为出资人、投资人、租户及其他利益第三方分析建筑文件并出具报告
• 起草辅助文件，包括保证金、保证、担保及直接协议

本行风险管理及争议解决业务涵盖：

• 项目意见、分析及申索消减
• 避免争端的技巧
• 争端裁决委员会及争端审查委员会
• 法定及合同裁决
• 调解
• 专家裁断
• 中立评估
• 法庭诉讼
• 仲裁（国内及国际）

我们还就建筑及工程项目相关的保单承保范围提供法律意见，并对投保企业提出的申索进行抗辩，包括专业责任险、承包商一切险、公众责任、项目特定或业主主控保险计划（OCIP）。我们还向建筑及工程项目参与者就如何设计必须的保险安排结构提供法律意见。

前端服务
我们不仅就应当采纳的采购方法及立约策略提供法律意见，也就应当采纳的建筑及工程合同提供法律意见。
我们还就使用何种建筑及工程合同标准格式提供法律意见，并负责起草定制合同格式及提供法律意见，包括履约保证金、保证、承诺、抵押担保、定价文件、投标章程等辅助文件。

我们与本行金融、房地产、矿业及能源团队合作审查、谈判并起草建筑及工程文件。尤其在涉及全球复杂项目时，我们与项目融资团队合作起草、谈判、审查EPC合同及BOT/BOOT安排，以及包销协议、特许协议、委托协议、运营及维护合同以及履约担保文件。

风险管理及争议解决服务
我们就执行阶段如何更好地消减争议风险以及如何运用现有的各种争议解决机制向客户提供法律意见。这包括在诉讼之前即代理客户成功化解申索，避免正式诉讼，以及在必要的时候采用调解、专家裁断、中立评估、争端裁决委员会及争端审查委员会、法定裁决（英国）等替代性方案。如果无法避免正式诉讼，我们拥有多年的庭审经验，能够在多个当地法院（包括伦敦技术与建设法院）及当地仲裁庭为客户提供代理服务。

作为国际领先的律师行之一，我们能够根据所有主要的仲裁机构的规则处理复杂的国际仲裁，树立了卓著的声誉。上述仲裁机构包括：联合国国际贸易法委员会（UNCITRAL）、国际商会（ICC）、伦敦国际仲裁院（LCIA）、美国仲裁协会（AAA）及其下属国际争议解决中心（ICDR）、美国司法仲裁调解服务有限公司（JAMS, Inc.）、香港国际仲裁中心（HKIAC）、中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会（CIETAC）、新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC）、开罗区域国际商事仲裁中心（CRCICA）、迪拜国际仲裁中心（DIAC）以及解决投资争端国际中心（ICSID）。

我们就建筑及工程项目相关各类争议提供法律意见，例如支付、估价及测量、项目变更单、工程延误及中断、建造缺陷、设计及其他专业责任、合约终止、承包商或业主破产以及安全政策的执行引发的争议。我们与业内所有领先顾问建立了长期联系，能够协助客户找到最合适的组织或个人，聘任其作为专家处理特定纠纷。

保险
本行是为数不多的能够提供专家保险法意见的国际律师行之一。我们向大型国际保险公司、伦敦劳合社辛迪加（Lloyd’s syndicates）以及施工方就世界各地建筑及工程项目引起的保险问题提供法律意见，包括：应采用的保险结构、承包商应投保的保险种类以及项目特定、业主主控保险计划的使用。我们负责保单起草，使之与建筑合同规定的保险责任相结合，并为保险人进行风险分析及审计。我们还代理保险人与受保人就索偿进行辩护或行使代位求偿权追回款项。

全球经验
本行不仅在欧美市场被公认为业界专家，更被视为新兴市场建筑及工程项目合约起草及争议解决方面的领先律师行之一。我们受客户聘任，在中美洲、南美洲、亚洲、中东及非洲处理了若干最具挑战性的建筑及工程项目。本行律师对海外司法辖区潜在的风险及文化问题有着充分的了解，并与当地律师建立了强大、完善的合作网络。

EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

The EMEA practice is led from the London office. Our experience includes:

Non-contentious

• Heavy cranes dispute. Representing the main contractor in relation to damage caused by heavy cranes at a container port.
• Iron ore mine development in Mauritania. Advised a Chinese steel producer and its advisers in relation to the deep mine extraction, processing and long term offtake of iron ore. Our work includes advising on a joint venture agreement with the government, drafting EPCM and EPC contracts and negotiating service agreements for the provision of energy and transport.
• Petrochemical project, Eygpt. The negotiation and drafting of the construction management agreement and EPC contracts (governed by English law) for a project converting naptha gas, via a Cracker complex, into polyethylene and other petrochemical derivatives.
• Qatari and UK Joint venture. Drafted a suite of contracts for the redevelopment of the Shell centre in London.
• US government and Afghanistan Ministry of Mines. Advised the US government and Afghanistan Ministry of Mines on the development of the mining industry in Afghanistan (with an estimated resource of up to US$3 trillion), with particular emphasis on the tendering process, model mining agreements and suitability of the mining laws.
• Gas-storage facility in the UK. Advised a utility on the application of public procurement rules to a 700-million-cubic-metre gas-storage facility in the United Kingdom and the subsequent drafting and negotiation of an EPCM contract.
• CHP plants in West Africa. Advised a contractor on an EPC contract based on FIDIC for the design and construction of three CHP plants in West Africa.
• Waste to energy project. Advised the project sponsor and the drafting and negotiation of an EPC contract based on IChemE and related contracts in respect of a £100 million waste to energy project in the United Kingdom.
• National Oil Company in South America. Advised on a major EPC contract for the expansion and modernisation of a refinery complex for a National Oil Company in South America, with an estimated value of works in excess of US$3 billion, based on the FIDIC Silver Book.
• Nuclear power plant. Leading on the English law aspects for an international bidder on a project to construct and operate a nuclear power plant comprising two Pressurised Water Reactors with a rating of 1000 MW each, in Eastern Europe.
• Naptha Cracking Unit. Leading on the project contracts for a major petrochemicals complex in Egypt, advising lender group institutions on a series of EPC and related contracts for a Naptha Cracking Unit plus Polyethylene trains, based on bespoke contract forms and valued in excess of US$3.5 billion.
• Gold/copper/zinc/silver deposit in Eritrea. Acted for the project sponsors of a €250 million nickel mine project in Turkey and a US$300 million gold/copper/zinc/silver deposit in Eritrea.
• Baja, Mexico. Acted for the financiers of a US$1.144 billion copper mine project in Baja, Mexico which received the Exploration and Development Funding Award from Mines & Money in 2010.
• Voskhod nickel mine project. Advised on the project documents for the lenders on the US$120 million Voskhod nickel mine project in Kazakhstan, which was awarded European Mining Deal of the Year in 2006.

Contentious

• Crane rail at waste to energy plant. Advising an EPC contractor on disputes arising from the fatigue design of a crane rail at a waste to energy process plant in the UK.
• Tower crane collapse. Acting for public liability insurers in relation to the tower crane collapse at Canary Wharf including representing them in the Court of Appeal.
• Jordanian chemical production arbitration. Represented a Jordanian owner in a chemical production EPC contract involving ICC arbitration proceedings governed by Jordanian law, with a seat in Amman, with the claim and counterclaim involved exceeding US$400 million. The project at issue suffered from major delays, claims for extensions of time, and change orders totaling more than US$100million. Our client defeated all claims brought against it and prevailed on its counterclaim, obtaining a multi-million dollar interim award.
• Egypt, ICC Arbitration. A team from our London and Chicago offices represented a joint venture of a British contractor and an Egyptian contractor in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of defects in a tunnelling project in Egypt. Substantive dispute subject to Egyptian law. Further, ICC arbitration proceedings against the design consultant subject to English law. Dealing with parallel court proceedings commenced in the Egyptian courts and advising on jurisdictional issues. Conducting an appeal against a preliminary award through the Swiss courts.
• Petrochemical Plant Arbitration. Acted as co-counsel to a substantial US contractor in an international arbitration arising out of a US$5.4 billion petrochemical project in India, being conducted under UNCITRAL rules.
• LNG facility, South Wales. Represented a US EPC contractor in an LCIA arbitration against its piping and mechanical subcontractor relating to the delays and disruption to the construction of the South Hook LNG facility, the largest LNG re-gasification terminal in Europe and part of Qatargas 2.
• UNCITRAL arbitration, India. Acted in two related international arbitrations in connection with the construction of an energy project in India. The seat of the arbitration is Mumbai.
• LNG disputes, Qatar. Represented the US EPC contractor in disputes with the employer arising from a the construction of a LNG related facility in Qatar.
• Docklands Light Railway, London. Acted for a large UK based international consulting engineer and its professional indemnity insurers defending claims from the main contractor relating to the design of the Docklands Light Railway in London.
• Wembley Stadium, London. Represented the main contractor and its professional indemnity insurers, pursuing claims valued at approximately £10m against the subcontractors and consultants responsible for the design of the stadium.
• Mechanical and electrical defects, South East England. Defended a mechanical and electrical contractor and its professional indemnity insurers from a £22m claim relating to the air-conditioning in a large commercial development near London. There were seven parties to the claim, which was in the High Court (TCC) in London.
• Design and build contractor, structural defects. Acted for the main contractor and its insurers pursuing claims against the subcontractors and consultants following the identification of major structural defects in the car park for an out of town retail centre in the South of England.
• Cologne Metro, archive collapse. Advised the project insurers following the collapse of the archive building during the construction of the Cologne metro. The losses are estimated to be in excess of €650m.
• UK adjudication expertise. Acted for owners, contractors, specialist suppliers and designers in a large number of adjudication proceedings arising under the UK's Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended), with disputes relating to disputes over extensions of time and valuation of work, loss and expense and design defects and security for payment. Some of our partners also sit as adjudicators.

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AMERICAS

Non-contentious

• New wind farms. Represented Acciona Energy North America in the negotiation and drafting of Engineering and Construction Agreements for the construction of new wind farms in Oklahoma, California, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as well as miscellaneous EPC matters, turbine supply agreements and transportation agreements.
• Major League Soccer stadium in Portland, Oregon. Represented the developer in the drafting and negotiation of a development agreement and design and construction contracts for a Major League Soccer stadium in Portland, Oregon.
• McCormick Place convention center expansion. Represented the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the negotiation and drafting of “first of its kind” design-build contracts for the McCormick Place convention center expansion, totaling approximately $1.7 billion in construction cost. We also negotiated with energy providers to construct and operate a local heating and cooling plant; negotiated and drafted a design-build contract for the development of a $120 million convention center hotel and the related operating and management agreement; and documentation of the design/build agreement for the new 4,000 space parking garage. We also represented the Authority in the structuring and negotiation of an agreement providing for the development, design and construction of a marina adjourning Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.
• Solar silica plants in the Northwest United States. Represented the owner in the negotiation and preparation of EPCM agreements with large international engineering company related to $600 million in major expansion and construction of solar silica plants in the Northwest United States.
• 215 MW dual-fuel power plant. Represented power producer in the Dominican Republic in negotiation of EPC contract and related documents for construction 215 MW dual-fuel power plant.
• Canadian oil rig manufacturer. Represent Canadian oil rig manufacturer in negotiation of construction, consulting and day-rate use contracts for the manufacture and operation of fleet of oil rigs in Southwestern United States of two-different design types.
• Deepwater oil and gas production. Represent designer in negotiation with owner and contractor in preparation and drafting of modification and extension of manufacturing and licensing agreements for construction of offshore spar for deepwater oil and gas production.
• NorthShore University Health Systems. Represented NorthShore University Health Systems in the negotiation and drafting of multiple construction, design and consulting contracts for hospital and health facility new construction, renovations and expansions.
• US shopping malls. Represented one of the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States in preparation of all construction, design and consultation form agreements, including EPC, project consultancy, and other form agreements, for purpose of consistency and standardization in construction of shopping malls throughout United States.
• Canadian oil rig manufacturer. Represented Canadian oil rig manufacturer in negotiation with Conoco-Phillips and preparation of construction, consulting and day-rate use agreements for 10 rigs to be purchased by Conoco-Phillips.
• Twin Groves Phases I and II in Illinois. Represented Horizon Wind Energy in the negotiation and drafting of agreements for development of Twin Groves Phases I and II in Illinois. This included drafting and negotiating Electrical Balance of Plant and Balance of Plant contracts, drafting and negotiating the Wind Turbine Installation contracts, drafting the Joint Ownership Agreement for the jointly owned transmission line and the Common Use Agreement for the facilities shared between the phases.
• Power projects in Illinois and Arizona. Represented PPL Global in the negotiation and drafting of multiple construction, EPC, EPCM and consulting contracts for power projects in Illinois and Arizona.
• La Rabida Children’s Hospital. Represented La Rabida Children’s Hospital in the negotiation and drafting of design and construction contracts for multiple phases of expansions to the hospital.
• Denver FasTracks projects. Represented lenders in review and negotiation of design-build and other project agreements on the Denver FasTracks projects, a new commuter rail system in Denver, Colorado being constructed through a public-private-partnership model.
• Jackson Airport. Represented a bidding consortium sponsored by Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A. (a division of Ferrovial) in its bid to design/build/finance/maintain/operate a new toll road running between the Jackson Airport and downtown Jackson, Mississippi through a public-private-partnership model.
• Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Represented a bidding consortium sponsored by Hochtief PPP Solutions North America in its bid to design/build/finance/maintain/operate a new toll bridge that will span the Currituck Sound in the Outer Banks area of North Carolina through a public-private-partnership model.
• Gas pipeline in Mexico. Represented a Japanese company in its EPC negotiations to build a gas pipeline in Mexico for a Mexican utility.
• Street Furniture, JC Decaux. Represented the City of Chicago in the negotiation of a 20-year design/build/install/maintain contract relating to thousands of pieces of “street furniture” provided by JCDecaux.
• Metro railway, Panama City. Represented Japanese member of consortium bidding to construct new metro railway system in Panama City, Panama.

Contentious

• Cogeneration Plant, The Netherlands. In an ICC arbitration, represented a US engineering firm which provided detail design, construction management and procurement services to the EPC contractor of a cogeneration facility against claims of malpractice, cost overruns and delays.
• Cogeneration Plant at a US State University. Represented the engineer and worked with University in defending claims by and bringing claims against general contractor on construction of a new cogeneration plant.
• US electrical Power Plant. Represented engineer in US state court action brought by general contractor relating to the oil to coal conversion a power plant.
• Ethiopian Sugar Mill and Methanol Plant. Represented the design/builder in a series of UNCITRAL rules arbitrations related to delay and cost impact claims with the owner and subcontractors.
• Caribbean Deepwater Rig. Represented international engineering and design firm related to dispute over purchase funds and design claims related to offshore, deepwater platform.
• Indonesian Paper Mill Contracts. Represented Paper Machine supplier and construction engineer with respect to the supply and construction of two paper mill plants in Indonesia. One arbitration proceeded under SIAC rules in Singapore. After the successful resolution of the SIAC arbitration, the other arbitration under ICC Rules was settled under terms favorable to our client.
• Medical Proton Therapy Center. Represented designer and operator of Proton Therapy centers regarding claims under contract regarding operational standards and alleged design deficiencies on equipment life.
• Parking Garage Structure Claims. Represented shopping mall owner in regards to various claim against designer, contractor and subcontractors for various parking garage deficiencies and inadequate design and construction claims.
• Texas petrochemical facility. Represent Contractor in defense of claims by large, international oil company concerning execution of project turnaround on paraxylene plant in the largest, Texas petrochemical facility, when unit was taken offline for emergency shutdown.
• California refinery. Represent manufacturer of asphalt products of alleged contribution to fire in California refinery related to alleged improper use of products in construction of plant.
• Delay to construction completion. Represent contractor in seeking to recover excessive costs due to delay in construction completion caused by owner and engineering firm’s delay in completing designs approved for construction.
• Tail Gas Processing Plants. Represent lender in defense of claims brought by contractor for allegedly causing fabricated default to pursue surety and insurance claims under agreements for tail-gas processing facilities built in three different refineries.
• Six-mile water tunnel. Represented engineer in malpractice claims brought by a municipal water district relating to the design of a ten foot diameter water tunnel.
• Western Siberian Coal Mine. Represented a manufacturer of longwall mining equipment in an ICC arbitration in London brought by a Western Siberian coal mine owner over alleged defective design of equipment.
• Gas Processing Plants. Represent engineering firm against owner for claims arising from alleged delay in design and issuance of drawings for construction of two largest domestic gas processing plants in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
• Environmental and Water Retention Design. Defended designer and contractor in claims for alleged failure to design and construct water retention facility in East Texas refinery.
• Sports stadium. Represented municipal owner of baseball stadium relating to claims brought by and against contractors and architects for delay and cost overruns. Represented owner in claims against architect and general contractor for inadequate design of topping slab and expansion joints.
• US city theater district renovation. Represented owner against claims brought by general contractor of complex high rise office tower and historic renovation of connected buildings. Prosecuted owner’s claims for bad design and faulty construction.
• Publicly Funded Street Projects. Represent metropolitan authority-owner in construction of over $600 million in major metropolitan area roads in claims against contractor and its surety bonding company related to inadequate construction, incomplete construction, and costs to complete projects subject to Federal funding grants.