Peter Brogden
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Peter is an experienced construction barrister with principal specialities in construction, energy, shipbuilding and technology disputes. He has worked on a range of engineering disputes, including power stations, pipelines, oil rigs, LNG processing facilities, refinery and extraction, biomass and civil infrastructure projects. His work includes arbitrations seated around the World, including Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa.
Highly praised by clients for being ‘a fantastic barrister’ with a ‘good eye for detail’ and a ‘real pleasure to work with’ he is recognised in the legal directories noting his ‘superior forensic capability enabling him to distil complex points and identify risks and issues’. He is also ranked in Legal 500 Asia for “his technical expertise, wider than the law, [which] sets him apart from the others.”
Peter is an Honorary Professor at University College London, where he teaches contract administration and law.
Peter also sits on the Bar Council’s Information Technology Panel which advises barristers and government departments on the security, data management, GDPR and emergent technologies.
He is an accredited panel adjudicator, and a contributing author of Keating on Construction Contracts and Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering Contracts.
Recent work includes:
Lead counsel in $100m ICC arbitration concerning a series of bridge structures in Sydney. Representing a major Australian contractor in seven multi-billion dollar arbitration hearings concerning near-shore marine works at a gas processing facility. Instructed by the world’s largest construction company in a delay and disruption dispute concerning a South African coal-fired power station. Instructed by a large Australian contractor in a series of LCIA/DIFC international arbitrations relating to a large UAE-based Mall and luxury residential development. Representing a Korean joint venture in a $600 million dispute about a power station in the Middle East. Represented a Hong Kong consultancy in a HK$37m domestic arbitration with a Chinese bank. Instructed by a Singaporean buyer in an LMAA arbitration with a Chinese yard concerning an offshore platform support vessel.Education
Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University of Oxford, 2006 Bar Vocational Course, Nottingham Law School, 2005 LLB Law Degree (First Class Hons), London School of Economics, 2002