Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Dispute Resolution

Theresa specialises in contentious construction and has significant experience of acting for developers, employers and main contractors, making High Court applications and the Enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions in the Technology and Construction Court. She is familiar with both standard and bespoke forms of construction contracts.

She has been the lead lawyer on major infrastructure disputes concerning a bascule lifting bridge, viaducts, examining defects in transport infrastructure, airports and providing risk management advice on high value social infrastructure matters.

Theresa also has experience of running High Court trials, instructing experts on technical engineering matters, resolving construction disputes through mediation and drafting settlement agreements, claims, defences and adjudication submissions. She has been advising clients on a variety of high value and complex matters concerning fire safety and the implications of the new legislation.

Theresa has also acted for clients in domestic and international arbitrations and frequently works with international clients in contentious proceedings. Theresa has worked on international oil and gas disputes, renewable energy disputes and large domestic infrastructure matters. She has recently acted in Court of Appeal proceedings for an international client and has made applications to the Supreme Court.

She is a regular speaker at London Build and for the RICS CPD training programme and is a frequent contributor to Building Magazine, Construction Law and Construction Manager.

She is the Chair of the RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board, the former Chair of the National Association of Women in Construction, is a member of the Adjudication Society London Committee and was awarded ‘Best Woman in Construction Law’ at the European Women in Construction & Engineering Awards 2017. Theresa was a finalist for the ‘Litigator of the Year’ and ‘Woman of the Year’ in the Women in Law Awards 2020 and is a finalist for ‘DE&I Champion of the Year’ at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2024.

Adjudication Society Society of Construction Law National Association of Women in Construction Women in Social Housing

2004 – 2005 · Bar Vocational Course 1999 – 2004 · King’s College, London, LLB LAW (Hons), MA Contemporary British Politics