Practice Areas
As a construction specialist, Stuart’s practice covers both disputes and non-contentious project work.
Front end work: drafting and negotiation of EPC, O&M, concessions and related contracts in a range of energy and infrastructure projects including LNG, offshore gas pipelines, petrochemicals, hydrogen, CCGT power, bridge and road construction, ship construction and conversion.
Disputes: advising and representing clients in all types of construction-related disputes including delay and disruption claims, defects, variations, works valuation disputes and plant performance problems. This work covers UK litigation, international arbitration, adjudication and expert determination.
Career
Stuart began his career as a litigator in private practice and gained his essential grounding in the construction industry through his time working as in-house counsel for a major UK contractor. Since his return to private practice he has concentrated on major international engineering projects and disputes. Most of his work has been in the Middle East, Russia, China and, latterly, North and South America.
Publications
Monthly column on legal matters in Gulf Construction Magazine for the past 4 years;
Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol: co-author