Chambers Review
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Construction - Yorkshire
What the Team is Known For
Gordons construction team is recommended for contentious and commercial work in the sector. The team advises on very complex projects in sport, leisure, housing, logistics and distribution, and hi-tech manufacturing. It also handles high-level litigation, adjudications and mediations.
Strengths
Gordons are first class in keeping their clients informed of progress and giving them options.
They are very efficient, deliver to agreed timescales and gently chase where we need it as a client. They put things in a way that non-legally trained staff members can understand.
Gordons offer experience, technical knowledge and practicality. They understand the client's commercial constraints.
They will take a neutral view and advise if a case is not worth pursuing, meaning we get value for money.
Gordons have a clear understanding of project and market challenges, enabling them to offer a realistic legal approach. They have always provided a project-bespoke service to a high standard.
Work Highlights
Gordons advised Inspired Global Cuisine on the development of its major new warehouse and distribution hub at Ergo, Oldham.
Notable practitioners
Richard Piper is adept at handling non-contentious and contentious matters for developers and contractors, with a particular focus on hospitality, retail, infrastructure and residential developments.
Richard Piper is brilliant. He gives us robust and careful advice and is extremely client friendly.
He listens to our concerns and questions, and puts things in a way that we can all understand.
Richard Piper's sector expertise is very evident in the options and solutions he offers.
Richard Piper is very thorough and sets high standards in construction.