Expertise

James is head of LG's Dubai office and specialises in construction and projects work. He has acted for a variety of clients including contractors, developers, institutions, project owners and construction professionals. He has lectured and written on procurement issues affecting construction industry clients.

James is recommended as a 'Leader in his Field' in the Chambers Legal Directories for 2007/8 which credit him with combining "knowledge and flexibility to provide excellent, comprehensible advice with a commercial slant" and with being "a sharp litigator who gets straight to the heart of the matter in question."

Experience

• Advising an international construction company with responsibility for legal work on construction projects throughout Asia Pacific and in the Middle East
• Advising on numerous flagship development projects, including high rise office developments, international infrastructure projects and process plants
• Resolving a variety of construction disputes through litigation, arbitration, adjudication and other methods of dispute resolution

Professional

Slaughter and May, Trainee and Assistant Solicitor 1979 - 1983
Withers, Assistant Solicitor 1983 - 1985
Manches, Partner and Head of Construction 1986 - October 2003
LG, Partner and Head of Construction 2003 to October 2007
LG, Head of Dubai office 2007 to date

Professional Memberships

Society of Construction Law
Technology & Construction Solicitors' Association

Languages

Conversational French, German and beginner's Arabic