England - London • Real estate
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright demonstrates extensive experience advising a broad spectrum of clients in the construction industry, from project owners and developers to financiers and consultants. Its scope of practice spans contentious matters including early warning strategy, negotiation of commercial issues on live projects, dispute resolution drafting, and enforcement challenges. The co-heads of the team, Donald Warnock and Simon Ramsden, specialise in advising on construction and engineering aspects of major projects and focusing on dispute resolution in various sectors, respectively. Counsel Amy Armitage has industry-wide experience, having acted for contractors, subcontractors, employers, insurers, and funders across Europe, Africa, South America and the Middle East. Associate Sarah Gosling contributes her knowledge of construction and engineering disputes in the energy sector and commercial international arbitration, with particular experience across Asia-Pacific.
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Testimonials
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‘Collaboration was high, and the team were responsive - often at short notice. It felt like they were invested in the outcome. Technical capability is a given at this level, but approachability and availability are not always.’
‘The team at Norton Rose Fulbright were very easy to deal with and promptly provided the documents, evidence and directions. They were able to understand the technical complexities of the case and how that related to my expert evidence.’
‘Amy Armitage is excellent. She has very good commercial awareness and a good understanding of construction law and the issues to which it gives rise.’
‘Sarah Gosling was a delight to work with. She is very capable and personable in explaining the legal position of complex interactions and how this might require alternatives to be considered for my expert report(s).’
‘They are a really good team. Lovely to work with.’
‘Simon Ramsden and Amy Armitage are great.’
‘Very good grounding across the subspecialties of construction law. Hands-on partner input. Good client base.’
'I find the NRF team very responsive and very approachable. With their breadth of experience, it's difficult to find a challenge where they haven't grappled with something similar, and can quickly get to work on finding a resolution.'
Key clients
- Assured Guaranty
- Balfour Beatty
- Bechtel
- Bouygues UK
- DP World
- Eco World
- Engie
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Eurasian Resources Group
- Equans
- Masdar
- Equitix
- GuarantCo
- Hochtief
- Hyde Group
- INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE, d.d. (INA)
- Infraco Africa
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- JCM Power
- Marubeni Corporation
- National Grid
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- TAV HAVALIMANLARI Holdings A.S.
- Thales
- TotalEnergies
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Work highlights
- Acting for Martlet Homes Limited as claimant, in relation to a claim of over £7m damages in respect of a number of design and workmanship defects in the cladding system installed by the defendant at four high-rise residential tower blocks in Havant.
- Acting for Hyde Vale Ltd in defence of a series of claims arising out of defective fire safety works relating to Bellville House.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Donald Warnock, Simon Ramsden