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Melissa Shipley

Melissa Shipley

UK Bar 2026

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39 Essex Chambers
 39 Essex Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Construction

London (Bar)

5 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Melissa specialises in construction law. Her experience spans litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and dispute board proceedings. Her recent cases have ranged from international energy and infrastructure projects to high-value, legally complex domestic work. She has a wide-ranging international practice: she has worked on disputes involving projects in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, South America and mainland Europe. She frequently appears as sole counsel, against much more senior counsel, and has been led by some of the most highly-regarded construction silks in the country.

Professional Memberships

TECBAR, SCL

Publications

Contributor to Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts and The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive.

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UK Bar

Construction - London (Bar)

Band 4
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Melissa Shipley undertakes a wide range of construction-related disputes, including litigation, adjudication and various other forms of ADR. She already has notable experience in disputes arising from energy and infrastructure projects both in the UK and abroad.

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  • Melissa Shipley is massively underrated.

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