Profile
Work Department
Position
Euan heads up our transactional construction team. He has a Masters degree in Construction Law and specialises in providing procurement advice at the outset of projects; drafting and negotiating construction and engineering contracts from both the employer’s (both public and private sector) and contractor’s points of view; and then providing strategic advice during the project. Euan also assists clients in the resolution of contractual disputes and has extensive experience of advising on high value and complex projects throughout the UK and in Europe. He also advises clients on their template contracts and framework agreements. In Chambers and Partners, sources say he is ‘self-motivated, self-starting, efficient, and a hard-line negotiator who understands our position.’
Career
Trained Steedman Ramage; admitted as a solicitor in Scotland 1998; assistant Steedman Ramage 1998, associate 2000; assistant Shepherd and Wedderburn 2001, associate 2003, partner 2006.
Education
University of Edinburgh (1995 LLB Hons; 1996 Dip LP); University of Strathclyde (2002 LLM Construction Law).
Content supplied by Shepherd and Wedderburn
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Paul Young is a fantastic adviser and has our utmost trust. His relaxed and good-natured personality conceals a fiercely smart and skilled negotiator and adviser.'
- 'The construction team can support in any manner from being a back office taking care of specific issues to taking care of reviewing and negotiating large infrastructure contracts. They know the law, the business and the market!'
Key clients
- Silverstone Circuits Limited
- Canadian Solar