Construction and Engineering

MBO

JS Air Curtains Limited

Advised JS Air Curtains Limited on its management buyout of the air curtains business previously run by Condair Limited.

MBO / MBI and Private Equity

High Court challenge

Acting for a residential property development and construction company in relation to a High Court challenge brought by Waverley Borough Council to the grant of planning permission by a Planning Inspector for a 53 dwelling residential scheme in Surrey.

Planning Law

High value shareholder dispute

Acting for a construction company in a shareholder dispute and facing an unfair prejudice petition under the Companies Act 2006 (our clients are two of seven Respondents). The case is complex and involves valuation disagreements, contractual disputes, director issues, and aviation regulations, complicated further by the involvement of multiple litigants in person. The claim value is significant, involving share capital worth up to £40m.

Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation Lawyers

Defending complex enforcement action

Acting for a property construction and development company facing enforcement action over two loans totalling approximately £3.9m, secured by property and subject to multiple assignments. In response to the lender’s actions, we challenged the loans on various grounds, including regulatory compliance under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, asserting that they constitute unfair relationships under the Consumer Credit Act 1974, and disputing the validity of receiver appointments and default interest provisions, arguing that they are unenforceable as a penalty.

Construction and Engineering

£19m trade contract

Advising a sub-contractor in respect of a £19m trade contract in the City of London including risk profiling the contract and workshop on working within the contract terms in practice as it was a bespoke contract. Part of the purpose for this was so that the client was aware of the potential areas where disputes might arise during the project to enable them to be able to mitigate against them.

Construction and Engineering

Contract and risk support

Acting for and working with in-house legal team of a global science and chemical company in connection with its projects to deliver its facilities in England and in Europe. This has included supporting the business units in choosing the most appropriate forms of contract and providing training on procurement and risk as necessary.

Construction and Engineering

Termination of joint venture agreement

Advising a client in respect of its liabilities and ability to terminate a joint venture agreement regarding the removal of public telephone boxes throughout the UK. This involved a close interpretation of the agreement, collation of information from the client’s project manager and drafting a robust letter of termination. By understanding what the client wanted to achieve the termination was not challenged and therefore costly litigation was avoided.

Construction and Engineering

Contract support for commercial client

Regular contact with the project manager and external contract administrator of commercial client, providing advice on matters such as contract interpretation in relation to extensions of time, damages, delay and disruption and supporting the client in any negotiations in order to avoid escalation of disputes.

Construction and Engineering

Extension of time claim

Advice to client in connection with unfavourable evaluation of an extension of time claim, including working with the professional team on a successful rebuttal.