With a proven track in high-value and complex international arbitrations, adjudications, and litigation, the contentious construction team at Mayer Brown International LLP acts for leading contractors, insurers, and engineers. The cross-sector team particularly receives instructions on major infrastructure disputes from the energy and real estate development sectors. The practice is jointly led by Michael Regan, who is noted for proficiently handling ‘technically complex’ disputes, and Sally Davies, who has extensive experience representing clients in domestic and international arbitrations, mediations and adjudications. Kwadwo Sarkodie is an authority on disputes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Jonathan Stone acts for insurers on an array of matters including professional indemnity, public liability, and CAR policies, while James Morris is adept at representing clients in High Court litigation, international arbitrations and adjudications.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Sally Davies: leads the team, knows everyone, tells it exactly as it is, giving clear, firm, realistic advice that inspires confidence. Hannah Cartwright: an up-and-coming superstar, gets stuck in, finds the best points, plays them well, and gets the best results.’
- ‘The team will put top-notch partners on its team and be ready at short notice. Their advice is free of sugar-coating and objective.’
- ‘James Morris is client-friendly, and his advice is precise, concise and to-the-point.’
- ‘The team we use led by Michael Regan and James Morris deal with some of our most technically complex legal disputes. They set clear strategies and have a good level of engagement with us.’
- ‘James Morris, technically astute, commercially aware and always available.’
- ‘Very strong team of well-regarded construction lawyers.Very strategic, good industry experience that they can turn to helping resolve disputes, and excellent track record.’
- ‘The practice always consistently provides high-quality and clear advice, prospectively managing potential and actual disputes for the best outcomes. Mayer Brown tells you what the 'right answer' is, so an informed decision can be made on how to proceed.’
- ‘All provide sensible, clear and reliable advice.’
Key clients
- Shepherd Construction Limited
- Wates Construction Limited
Work highlights
Continued to lead on all of the Wates group’s main contract dispute and risk management work across the portfolio of its business sectors, including Retail and Construction.
Advised Shepherd in complex multi-party High Court proceedings in respect of a cladding claim against Kingspan and numerous other parties (including a claim under s.149 of the Building Safety Act 2022).
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Practice head
Michael Regan; Sally Davies
Other key lawyers
Kwadwo Sarkodie; Raid Abu-Manneh; Jonathan Hosie; Jonathan Stone; James Morris; Hannah Cartwright