Mr Jatinder Garcha > Fenwick Elliott LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fenwick Elliott LLP
ALDWYCH HOUSE
71-91 ALDWYCH
LONDON
WC2B 4HN
England

Work Department

Construction and energy

Position

Jatinder has nearly 20 years’ experience in non-contentious domestic and international construction and projects work. He acts for the full spectrum of clients involved in the development process including financial institutions, pension and property funds, government departments, investors, developers, contractors, consultants and tenants, advising from inception and procurement strategies to project completion. Jatinder has been noted as “extremely astute” in The Legal 500 UK guide regarding the development of a waste-to-energy facility in Essex.

Jatinder has broad experience of dealing with and negotiating many standard forms of contract including the FIDIC, LOGIC, JCT, NEC, ICE, IChemE, RIBA and ACE suite of documents. He also has considerable experience of drafting and negotiating bespoke construction and commercial contracts, including EPC contracts, bonds, guarantees, memorandums of understating, heads of terms, consortium agreements, joint venture agreements, framework agreements and facility management contracts.

Career

Partner at Fenwick Elliott (2015); Higgs & Sons (trainee solicitor, 1998); Stephenson Harwood (Solicitor, Senior Assistant); Maxwell Batley (Senior Associate).

Jatinder presents at both internal and external law seminars, including MSc courses at King’s College London and Reading University, Building Magazine Webinars, LexisNexis live training webinars, and CLT conferences. Jatinder is a contributor to the Construction Industry Law Letter (CILL).

Languages

English, Punjabi, Hindi

Memberships

Member of the Society of Construction Law

Education

Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton (A Levels, History, Geography and Economics, 1992); University of London (BA Hons Law and History, 1995); LPC (Commendation, 1996); LLM (Merit, specialising in construction law, 1999).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Construction: non-contentious

Fenwick Elliott LLP, a construction and energy boutique firm, offers extensive services that cover all phases of the construction process, including procurement, contract documentation and negotiation, and project support. The firm’s influence in the energy sector has notably grown, handling an increasing number of energy-from-waste and nuclear power projects, and advising on power plant matters both domestically and abroad. The non-contentious team is headed by David Bebb and Jatinder Garcha. Bebb specialises in contract drafting and project advice, whilst Garcha acts for a range of clients during the development process, with a recent focus on the renewable energy sector. The firm benefits from the expertise of senior associates Mark Pantry, who advises on both domestic and international projects, and Andrew Jeffcoat, who specialises in the effective structuring of complex project documents.