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Construction - United Arab Emirates

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Ashurst is a strong law firm whose Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices provide clients with advice on the full life cycle of construction projects based within the UAE. The team's lawyers also support clients across the GCC on oil and gas, power and renewable energy projects. Ashurst offers a full-service practice covering both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of construction mandates. The firm's clientele includes both contractors and developers.

Work Highlights

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  • Ashurst advised Saudi Arabia's National Centre for Privatisation & PPP as well as the Zakat, Taxation and Customs Authority on a PPP programme to privatise the Kingdom's dry ports, involving the greenfield construction of new port sites.

Strengths

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The Ashurst construction team is well organised and communicative, gets the right information and plans things out ahead of time.

Construction respondent
Global

The firm has an excellent team that not only can offer a high standard of work in construction, but is also familiar with all aspects of complex projects.

Construction respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Cameron Cuffe
3
Cameron Cuffe
3
Band 3

Cameron Cuffe represents an impressive list of clients – including project companies, contractors and subcontractors – in construction arbitrations conducted under all major institutional rules.

Cameron Cuffe does an excellent job at raising things up to the most important levels. He takes detailed disputes and raises the critical issues that need to be raised.

Cameron arrives with commercial, practice advice and adjusts easily to his client's business.

Cameron is very easy to work with.

Cameron, as lead partner, does an excellent job managing the internal team as well as managing the client's expectations.

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Luke Robottom
3
Luke Robottom
3
Band 3
Luke Robottom is an Abu Dhabi-based lawyer who is widely praised for his strengths acting on contractual construction matters. He demonstrates a strong understanding of the transactional aspects of construction, with further experience in energy and infrastructure projects.

Luke is a leading lawyer with complex, first-of-their-kind infrastructure projects successfully delivered under his belt. He is personable and great to deal with as well.

Luke is a highly knowledgeable lawyer who knows the Middle East very well, and especially the UAE market.

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Stephen Rigby
Stephen Rigby
Associates to watch

Senior associate Stephen Rigby has experience in advising on numerous significant construction disputes, including matters arising during the development of hotels and resorts.

Stephen is good at getting up to speed with the detail.

Stephen Rigby is sharp, and he understands the business and the law. This makes it easy to work with him.

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Construction: Dispute Resolution
Cameron Cuffe
3
Cameron Cuffe
3
Band 3
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Stephen Rigby
Stephen Rigby
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Construction: Non-contentious
Luke Robottom
3
Luke Robottom
3
Band 3
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