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Louise Shiels

Brodies LLP, Scotland

Work Department

Construction and engineering.

Career

Trained DLA Piper 2002-04; solicitor Dundas & Wilson CS LLP 2004, partner 13; partner Brodies 2014-present; Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist in construction law; regularly writes articles for Construction News, Construction Law, ICES.

Memberships

Regional coordinator of Scottish Branch of the Society of Construction Law; Women’s Infrastructure network;’ Women in Property; WiRES; Scottish Renewables.

Position

Louise is a Partner and Head of Brodies Contentious Construction team. She is an accredited specialist in Construction Law, dual qualified in both English and Scottish Law. Louise is highly regarded by her clients and colleagues alike for her commercial awareness, technical ability and work ethic.

Louise regularly represents clients in all forms of dispute avoidance and dispute resolution for high profile, complex disputes, both during the delivery of the project and post completion of the works. Louise is currently engaged in some of the largest, most technically complex construction, engineering and energy disputes in the UK.

Education

Bo’ness Academy; Edinburgh University (2001 LLB Hons), DipLP 2002; Central Law Training; qualification in the Law of England and Wales (2007).

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