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Fladgate LLP Offices
16 GREAT QUEEN STREET
LONDON
WC2B 5DG
England
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David Weare
Work Department
Construction Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner – Head of Construction & Engineering
Career
I have been with Fladgate for close on 10 years.
I specialise in complex project work, litigation, international, arbitration, construction adjudication and various forms of alternative dispute resolution. I act for Investment Funds, Contractors, Developers, and professionals in the UK and further afield.
Memberships
When I am not working on legal matters, I acts as a non-executive director for SECBE Ltd and sits as a judge on the Construction Excellence Awards Panel. I am also a member of TeCSA and the Society of Construction Law.
Education
Durban High School, South Africa; University of Natal, Durban; Bristol Polytechnic (LLB Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Construction: contentious
Fladgate LLP provides advice on major projects within the UK’s energy and infrastructure sector, dealing with construction-related insurance disputes, PFI projects, and matters in the cultural and heritage field. Heading the construction department, David Weare leverages his deep understanding of contentious and non-contentious construction matters, enriched by significant Middle Eastern experience. Team member Digby Hebbard brings to the table proficiency in multiple dispute resolution methodologies, including adjudication, arbitration, litigation, mediation, and expert determination.
London > Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
Fladgate LLP guides its clients on major projects in the UK’s infrastructure and energy sectors. David Weare, head of the construction department, brings extensive knowledge in both contentious and non-contentious construction matters, carrying significant experience from the Middle East. Olivia Bateman hones her focus on transactional work primarily within the UK property market, with a particular emphasis on mixed-use and residential developments. Digby Hebbard’s broad expertise spans a range of sectors from transport and infrastructure to heritage and oil and gas.
London > Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
The ‘outstanding, unflappable‘ Garbhan Shanks leads the team at Fladgate LLP, ‘known for the clarity of his advice and robustness of approach’. The team has experience advising on Covid-19 related claims for a range of industries, from retail and leisure to care homes and construction, an area in which senior associate Naomi Hall has particular strength. Additionally, it has expertise in coverage disputes including employers’ liability, political risk, corporate crime and cyber insurance. ‘Accomplished’ senior associate Harriet Chopra has notable expertise in the pharma industry, advising US policyholders on a issues including Bermuda Form arbitrations. The firm’s construction-related policyholder offering is headed by David Weare.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insurance litigation: for policyholders London > Insurance
- Construction: contentious London > Real estate
- Construction: non-contentious London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Employers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Art and cultural property