Simon Chamberlain

Simon is a Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Management group and heads the Construction and Engineering team in the North.

Based in Manchester, with 30 years of experience in ensuring that the legal documentation for construction and engineering projects appropriately apportions risks and is delivered within client's program and budgets, he specializes in drafting, negotiating, and advising on construction and engineering contracts of all types, procurement strategies, framework contracts, call-off contracts, security documents, consultants' appointments, warranties, and all other construction agreements from the perspective of both the public and private sectors and ensuring they properly interface with development and funding agreements.

Simon also advises clients on strategies for resolving complex construction and engineering disputes —whether through litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and other forms of ADR. He has particular specialism in the energy, transport, education and nuclear sectors.

He is regarded by The Legal 500 and Chambers legal directories as a leading individual recommended for providing "a first-class service across a range of complex projects, and has excellent knowledge."

Masters degree, with distinction, in Construction Law and Arbitration from Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) University, 1998-2000

Law Society Finals, 1993

BA (Hons) History, 1988-1991