King & Spalding was one of the first full-service law firms in the world to establish a practice devoted to construction law. Today, some of the world’s leading companies rely on King & Spalding’s construction transactional or “non-contentious” lawyers to assist them in all aspects of their projects in the Middle East and around the globe, commencing at project conception and continuing through “punchlist” completion and beyond.
Valuable Industry Knowledge and Experience
King & Spalding’s construction transactional lawyers focus solely on representing owners, developers and lenders, which gives our lawyers an in-depth understanding of the construction market and enables them to avoid potential conflicts of interest with contractors. Our team consists of lawyers with hands-on, “dirty boot” construction industry experience. Many of the team’s lawyers are former engineers, who are comfortable “rolling up their sleeves” and working with the owner’s engineers and consultants to coordinate the terms and conditions with the technical exhibits and to help prevent common pitfalls that occur in technical documentation. Many of the team’s lawyers also have extensive prior experience arbitrating and litigating construction disputes, giving them a strong understanding of problems that can arise during projects and the “games” contractors play.
King & Spalding’s construction team has drafted and negotiated thousands of construction-related agreements, using virtually every form of project delivery system, for major projects around the world, ranging from US$10 million to over US$9 billion in value, including:
- Liquefied natural gas facilities
- Petrochemical facilities
- Power and water plants
- Wind farms
- Hydroelectric plants
- Nuclear uranium enrichment facilities
- Offshore oil production facilities
- Ports
- Pipelines
- Office towers
- Apartment buildings
- Condominiums
- Manufacturing centers
- Parcel delivery distribution centers
- Integrated steel manufacturing facilities (including mining and ironprocessing facilities)
- Copper and other mining projects
- Cement manufacturing facilities
King & Spalding lawyers help owners, developers and lenders throughout the entire project spectrum, including:
- Selecting the appropriate project delivery system and contractual structure
- Preparing requests for proposals and bids and evaluating bids and proposals
- Drafting and negotiating construction-related agreements
- Reducing risks through progressive contractual risk-shifting methods
- Protecting client’s interests in a market with increasing contractor leverage
- Strategizing on methods to reduce contractor-markups and contingencies
- Reducing claims by implementing proven project management contractual requirements
- Resolving claims and disputes during the project, including disputed change orders and variations
