Bracewell LLP assembles a robust construction offering capable of acting for a wide range of projects from the manufacturing, healthcare, and education sectors. The Houston-based firm is regularly tasked by a broad range of contractors, engineers, and architects on both transactional and contentious mandates. The practice is jointly led by Richard Whiteley, who has brought his disputes specialism to bear on an array of litigations and arbitrations, and Phillip Sampson, whose caseload includes delay, defect, and business tort claims.
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Key clients
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Phillips 66 Pipeline, LLC
- Battalion Oil Corporation
- City of Friendswood
- GEP Haynesville, LLC, SWD East Texas, LLC and Ironman, LLC
- Forefront Living
- SAS Colombier and Adam Sinn
- Harris County Redevelopment Authority
- Cheniere Energy, Inc.
- Harris County Hospital District
- HF Sinclair
- Six One Commodities
- Peaceable Street Capital
- NACG Texas, Inc.
- Montgomery County Food Bank
- Forefront Living
- Gulfgate Redevelopment Authority
- Gulf Coast Water Authority
- Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority
- Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority
Work highlights
Represented the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in a lawsuit against the architects related to its $250 million campus redevelopment project in Harris County, Texas.
Advised Phillips 66 Pipeline, LLC in a pipeline rate case before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission involving numerous construction-related issues.
Represented Forefront Living on drafting and negotiating the construction contracts for a large senior living community near San Antonio, Texas, called Bella Vida, which is scheduled to open for occupancy in 2026.
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Practice head
Phillip Sampson; Richard Whiteley