Stephenson Harwood

Commercial litigation

A construction and engineering law expert, Ron is highly rated by his clients and in legal directories. Recognised for giving practical yet innovative legal and strategic advice, Ron is totally committed and absolutely tenacious in pursuing his clients' objectives. Ron has over 34 years' experience working for UK and international clients on construction and engineering projects around the world. From roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, airports and ports to stadiums, factories, hotels, offices, retail, housing, power stations, process plants, waste facilities, oil rigs and FPSO's, Ron has worked on some of the world's largest projects and used all of the principal forms of contract including JCT, NEC, FIDIC, ICE, IChemE, GC/works as well as numerous bespoke forms.

Ron has acted as legal advisor on projects covering all major forms of procurement including EPC, EPIC, DBFO, PPP and partnering. He also has extensive real time project pre-dispute and dispute management expertise including arbitration, litigation, adjudication, arbitration (under ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules amongst others) and mediation. Chambers UK 2023, construction contentious records that Ron's advice is "always practical, digestible and shows a strong grasp of the dynamics at play" and that he is "an absolute pleasure to work with."  In Legal 500 UK 2023 for construction contentious a client comments that  "Ron Nobbs is my favourite lawyer! He understands our complex issues and provides clear advice in a prompt manner."

Ron also advised the winning contractor in the leading decision of Walter Lilly v DMW Developments and Giles Mackay.

Ron also regularly lectures on construction and engineering law issues to UK and international audiences. Ron is recognised by Chambers UK, The Legal 500 and Legal Business as a leading practitioner.