Led by Steve Abraham, Baker McKenzie‘s contentious construction team stands out to clients for its ’strong technical skills, experience, and excellent judgement’. It is known to assist with construction disputes in the renewable energy sector, including those pertaining to solar farms, power plants, and gas-to-energy projects. Leading the team, Abraham has expertise in arbitration and ADR in the energy, mining, and infrastructure sectors. Kate Corby is another key member of the practice, who has experience handling international disputes in the infrastructure sector. Anjuli Patel further strengthens the team, with expertise handling construction disputes concerning contract execution.
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Testimonials
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- Kate Corby is an excellent lawyer with strong strategic, people, and project management skills, enabling multi-jurisdictional and diverse areas of technical experience to produce strong submissions clearly articulated on time.
- Strong technical skills, experience, and excellent judgment in the running of international arbitration matters. Clear wide experience across arbitrations in multiple jurisdictions and a range of subject matter. Extensive adoption of AI to increase efficiency and speed of response. Good integration between different offices (London, Johannesburg, and Sydney) with clear delineation of areas of responsibility.
- Kate Corby is a standout practitioner: highly intelligent, strategically astute, and exceptionally easy to work with. She is fully committed to every case and every client and brings enormous energy, judgment, and focus to achieving the best possible outcome. She combines deep legal expertise with a practical, commercial approach that makes her an excellent solicitor in this field.
- Baker McKenzie has an excellent construction disputes practice, with real strength in complex, high-value, and technically demanding matters.
- Kate Corby - Kate is a high-level practitioner who is a pleasure to work with. Lauren Owide - Lauren is an up-and-coming attorney. I have little doubt she will be successful.
- The team members I have encountered are collaborative and practical problem solvers. The firm's diverse geographical and substantive practices are major assets.
Key clients
- Associated Newspapers Limited
Work highlights
Representing a client in the Technology & Construction Court regarding a dispute that arose in connection with substantial settlement and subsidence that has occurred at the client's purpose-built printing facility in southern England.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Steve Abraham
Other key lawyers
Kate Corby; Anjuli Patel