Freeths LLP‘s Nottingham-based construction team continues to handle a wide range of matters, including a variety of contracts and agreements, procurement work, and dispute resolution, for public and private sector clients. Chris Holwell is at the helm of the practice, and John Kelly is a key contact in the group for complex construction cases. Amy Morley’s workload includes litigation, arbitration and adjudication cases; she brings expertise in advising on disputes arising from engineering contracts. Contentious matters are also a core area of instruction for Li Yen Lim.
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- Rachael Yates - Strategic, direct, expert advice, focused, personable. Nichola Faith - Engaged, committed, available outside core hours, forward planning, detailed, leads a team, strong legal advice.
- They are extremely professional and versatile, and good at what they do.
- Freeths has provided us with excellent, easy-to-understand, clear legal advice in relation to a construction contractual dispute. Their strength has been their clarity, attention to detail, and preparedness for mediation, leading to a successful outcome. Amy Morley is easily contactable, very responsive, and incredibly helpful in dealing with matters.
- Amy Morley has provided excellent service in this case. She has been attentive, understanding of the clients' needs, and clear in the advice provided.
- Amy Morley - outstanding in the law, strategy, and understanding of technical issues. John Kelly - outstanding in the law, strategy, and understanding of technical issues utilizing his combined solicitor and QS experience. Chris Holwell - the best in the sector on procurement and appointments. Le Yen Lim - tenacity and ability with a personable approach. Sean Mansfield - a great team member. Oliver King - a great team member and a name to note for the future.
- The go-to leading law firm for both non-contentious and contentious construction and engineering law. Excellent team leaders and support staff. Excellent team players and connections with the best supporting experts. They entirely understand the law, construction, and engineering technology and have great strategic ability in contentious matters, achieving the best results at proportionate cost. They provide sound and practical advice with the client's best interests always coming first.
- The team headed by Chris Holwell always delivers proactive and commercially sensible advice that assists us when executing developments.
- Commercially aware and pragmatic in approach. Freeths' lawyers become part of the team, ensuring that communication is seamless. Hands-on with the issues and always willing to assess the likelihood of success at an early stage.
- John Kelly is an exceptional dispute resolution lawyer with enormous practical experience. It helps that he is dual qualified as a quantity surveyor with significant hands-on experience in the construction industry before qualifying as a solicitor.
- The quality of the advice and management of the legal process was both very clear and measured.
Key clients
- Aldi
- Tarmac
- Gleeds
- Igloo Group
- Travis Perkins Plc
- London Luton Airport
- Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
- Somerston Group
- EM Lawshare
- Centrica
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Li Yen Lim
Practice head
Chris Holwell
Other key lawyers
Amy Morley; John Kelly; Li Yen Lim