Mills & Reeve LLP

Projects - Construction and Engineering

Alexandra is a specialist in construction and engineering law, acting for a wide range of public and private sector parties. She advises throughout the life-cycle of projects including the initial drafting and negotiation of contracts, assisting during the works with the contractual management of design issues and time/cost overruns, and advising on the management and resolution of disputes.  Alexandra’s recent work includes the settlement for a Local Authority of a £30m engineering claim under an amended NEC Engineering and Construction Contract Option C; drafting and negotiating a complex set of documents on a £110m hospital development; advising a design and build contractor and its insurers defending proceedings in the Technology and Construction Court on a defects claim to a 70,000sqm steel reinforced concrete floor slab; defending a Local Authority in an adjudication on a contractor’s loss and expense claim; Advising a Charities client regarding the construction aspects of its corporate relocation to a £50m new-build high tech office and preparing and negotiating the construction contracts for the fit out on the basis of the JCT Design and Build Contract 2011, including schedule of amendments, deeds of novation, security documents and collateral warranties; advising a University client on potential deductions against a Project Company under its PFI arrangements.

Trainee Solicitor (2005-2007), Associate (2007 – 2011), Senior Associate (2011 – 2014), Principal Associate (2014-).

Italian, French

TeCSA, Society of Construction Law

Downlands School, Hassocks (1992-1996), Brighton College (1996 – 1998), University of Oxford (1998 – 2002, Modern Languages), Nottingham Law School (2003 – 2005)