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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Lawyers
Kevin Forsyth
- Phone020 7427 6413
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Real estate and construction; construction, engineering and projects.
Position
Kevin is a specialist construction lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience advising developers, major construction companies, construction professionals and insurers in relation to projects both in the UK and internationally. He advises clients across the full range of services from procurement through project advisory to dispute management advice. His disputes experience covers all of the principal forms common to the industry, including mediation, expert determination, adjudication, arbitration and litigation.Kevin is experienced in advising on both standard and bespoke forms of building and engineering contracts, professional appointments and warranties. He has been named a Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal for construction in 2020 and is a regular speaker on topical industry issues at conferences and seminars. Experience: representing consulting engineers and their professional indemnity insurers in defending a £20 million High Court claim relating to defects in the refurbishment of a major London hotel; representing a developer in High Court proceedings successfully pursuing a claim against a surety company for the recovery of sums due under a performance bond arising from a hotel project; advising a major international contractor on multiple delay, disruption and defects issues arising from a prestigious central London mixed use scheme (public and commercial offices); representing a global data centre company in pursuing multi-million pound claims against a design and build contractor relating to the power upgrade of its London facility.