Praised for its provision of ‘strategic advice’ and a ’high-quality’ service, the non-contentious construction team at Fieldfisher advises on a range of construction matters related to infrastructure projects, building safety guidance and energy-from-waste matters. Dan Preston leads the team and has experience handling mandates including those pertaining to the construction of stadiums, residential development projects, and data centre projects. Cecily Davis advises project developers and lenders, and Christina Cheriyan  regularly assists on infrastructure, construction, and logistics matters.

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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • Fieldfisher provides a high-quality, fast, and responsive service - often responding to urgent tasks without issue and always providing pragmatic advice that demonstrates they are keen to be part of the solution.
  • Strong team with innovative billing proposals that are client-focused, including an adjudication costing tool and volume billing. The team is very strong in their strategic advice on public sector construction projects particularly.

Key clients

  • Sellafield Ltd, Kellogg Brown and Root Ltd, Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Altrad Babcock
  • Morgan Sindall Group
  • Canary Wharf Group, Kadans Science Partner and Brookfield
  • McLaren Group
  • Bouygues
  • Clore Duffield Foundation
  • Tilbury Douglas
  • Limak International
  • CBRE
  • Qatari National Bank
  • Muse Places
  • Tissot Industry

Work highlights

Acting for joint venture on development of One North Quay Canary Wharf Group - a joint venture between Canary Wharf Group, Kadans Science Partner and Brookfield.
Advised Morgan Sindall on a successful tender for Civil Works and Process Partner framework contracts concerning nuclear decommissioning works at Sellafield.
Acting on leisure and stadia projects including most notably, Cardiff Arena (McLaren), the New Luton Town stadium (Limak).

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

Dan Preston

Other key lawyers

Cecily Davis; Christina Cheriyan