Simmons & Simmons

Projects/corporate and commercial.

Richard Dyton is a partner in the projects group specialising in infrastructure projects and construction law in the UK and internationally. Richard leads both the waste management and construction groups within the firm and co-ordinates the firm’s PFI/PPP activities. Richard’s recent experience includes: advising SNC-Lavalin on its contractual arrangements for the Ambatovy Mining Project; leading the team advising MVV Umwelt GmbH in relation to the energy from waste CHP facility at Plymouth Royal Dockyard; advising Viridor in relation to its successful bid for the South London Waste Partnership’s residual waste treatment contract; and advising Becton Dickinson on its construction of new plant and facilities.

Joined Simmons & Simmons 1995; partner 1997; accredited adjudicator Institution of Civil Engineers. Richard is one of the authors of the ‘Architect’s Legal Handbook’ (9th edition 2010).

Society of Construction Law.

King’s College, London (MSc in construction law and arbitration).