The contentious construction practice at DLA Piper has strong experience advising on PPP and PFI disputes resulting from project terminations, as well as expertise handling disputes concerning data centre projects and the renewable energy sector. Its area of expertise spans offshore wind, hydrogen, and solar power projects. Mills represents clients in ICC arbitrations across the renewables, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors. Paul Giles, head of the UK construction and engineering disputes practice, is highly experienced in all manner of contentious proceedings, including litigation, arbitration, adjudication. Anna Mills, global co-chair the firm's intertnational arbitration practice, has decades of experience works with domestic and international clients on high-value disputes. Robin Jack regularly leads on digital infrastructure disputes and PFI project disputes. Mark Briggs is experienced acting on international construction and engineering disputes.
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- Anna Mills is a leading construction arbitration practitioner. Paul Giles. Mark Briggs is a next-generation partner with a focus on Asia and outbound Asian construction clients.
- Global platform and ability to manage disputes across multiple jurisdictions. Probably the leading construction arbitration practice in London.
- Anna Mills - always available, hands-on, responsive, hard work, and attention to detail. Mark Briggs - excellent knowledge of our business model, fully available at late hours and on weekends, responsive, and open for brainstorming with commercial teams.
- Responsiveness, commercial acumen, industry knowledge.
- The lawyers have clear expertise in their field, but are also easy to work with, reliable, and responsive.
- Anna Mills is a superstar - highly intelligent, has the ability to digest an enormous amount of material in a short period of time and discern the key issues, is a good listener, and adapts quickly to changing situations. It was a pleasure to work with her.
- Anna Mills is a real star. She has vast experience, is extremely bright, a superb lawyer, and a great strategist who understands the commercial objectives of her clients and is absolutely committed to ensuring that they are achieved. She is a real fighter and, in addition, she is an absolute delight to work with. Mark Briggs is excellent - very bright, a very good lawyer who is thoughtful, measured, considered, pragmatic, and a pleasure to work with.
- The DLA Piper team is fantastic - hugely experienced, extremely bright, terrific lawyers, and immensely commercial and pragmatic.
- Anna Mills - Anna has an extraordinary depth of knowledge and experience in major contentious disputes. As co-chair of DLA's international construction arbitration practice, she leads a team of skilled lawyers in significant matters around the globe. Her depth of experience allows her to provide creative, innovative, and common-sense solutions to her clients' most complex and high-stakes business issues and disputes.
- The DLA international arbitration team is highly skilled in providing innovative and high-value services to clients. The senior partners (Anna Mills in particular) have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and provide extremely valuable advice to clients in significant contentious matters.
Key clients
- Transform Schools (Knowsley) Limited
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Practice head
Paul Giles; Anna Mills
Other key lawyers
Robin Jack; Mark Briggs