Operating out of Southampton, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP’s construction and engineering team has extensive expertise in handling contentious and non-contentious work for national and international entities. The group is well regarded for acting in high-value contractual and negligence disputes, with Jessica Tresham, who heads up the South Coast team, specialising in dealing with claims at the intersection of technology and construction, as well as regularly handling arbitrations and adjudications. Newcastle-based Simon Rowland oversees the national department. Managing associate Amy Hodge routinely advises banks, developers, and local authorities on all aspects of non-contentious construction work. At associate level, Luke Betteridge is noted.
Key clients
- B&Q Limited
- The Church Commissioners for England
Work highlights
- Appointed by The Church Commissioners for England to provide all legal services in connection with a programme of extensive maintenance, repair and alteration works due to be carried out at Lambeth Palace.
- Representing Bellcross in a claim for alleged defective workmanship at a development it constructed for Grand Union Housing.