Construction
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 2
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Provided by Dentons
With 6 partners across our offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen (and 10 partners in our wider national team) our Scotland-based construction team offers a full-service contentious and non-contentious practice that covers all areas of the market. As part of the world’s largest law firm, Dentons' Scottish construction team is fully integrated with our lawyers across the UK and the Middle East. We are working on exciting and challenging projects of a scale that would not otherwise be available in the Scottish market. Highlights this year include the involvement in the project for the construction of Muscat and Salalah airports in Oman, advising on the construction of a gas processing plant in Siberia, the construction of a new railway across Nigeria and Niger, the project for a new steel mill production facility in Uzbekistan, the project for a copper mining facility in Uzbekistan, the project for a solar production facility in Kazakhstan, the development of a gold mining plant in Kazakhstan and the project for a new coal-fired energy plant in Kenya. We act for some of the most active developer clients in the market, including John Lewis, Sainsbury's, Aviva plc, Taylor Wimpey, Hammerson plc, Helical plc and M&G Real Estate.
We have consolidated our main contractor client base this year, working in Scotland with French contractor Bouygues E & S UK FM Limited and UK client Galliford Try as well as continuing to work for McLaughlin & Harvey Construction.
Chambers Review
Dentons advises on complex development matters. It is active in the transport, industrial and real estate sectors, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm acts across an array of high-profile developments in the residential, retail and leisure spheres. It regularly assists clients with arbitrations and proceedings raised in the Court of Session. Dentons is also well placed to provide support on transactional matters.
Work Highlights
- Dentons advised The Prudential Assurance Company on all construction aspects of the prestigious, mixed-use development at Haymarket, Edinburgh.
Strengths
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"Dentons covers every need and specialty required, is cost-effective and efficient, and provides excellent market insight."
"There were many different elements to our case and I felt Dentons managed the complexity of the scope and the individual topics very well, especially considering the technical nature of the case."
"Dentons covers every need and specialty required, is cost-effective and efficient, and provides excellent market insight."
"There were many different elements to our case and I felt Dentons managed the complexity of the scope and the individual topics very well, especially considering the technical nature of the case."
Notable Practitioners
Kirsti Olson acts for a broad range of clients in construction disputes concerning defects and delays. She also represents clients in Court of Session proceedings in relation to remedial works and construction and conversion projects.
"Kirsti Olson is very approachable and we value her advice and attention to detail very highly."
"Kirsti is very responsive, approachable, sensible and pragmatic. She is able to explain legal concepts to senior stakeholders in an easy, confident way, and she understands our business and market."
Mark Macaulay is recognised for his non-contentious construction expertise and for advising clients on the construction aspects of development projects, as well as construction contracts. He is also noted for his expertise in procurement law.
"Mark Macaulay is an excellent lawyer and counsellor."
"Mark is very pleasant to work with."
Roddy Cormack is noted for his non-contentious construction practice. He assists with redevelopment projects and infrastructure works.
"Roddy Cormack is really bright. He can explain things really well to clients."
"Roddy is a very good and experienced lawyer."
Sarah Alexander regularly assists clients with construction disputes. She advises on delays and defects and appears before Court of Session proceedings.
"Sarah Alexander is very helpful, very into the day-to-day detail. She is the first point of contact and is very responsive, always getting right to the point."
"Sarah has really great soft skills. She's lovely, really funny and brilliant. She knows the answer to everything."
"Sarah is very pleasant to work with."
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