Peter O'Brien

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Peter specialises in construction dispute resolution, representing clients in all types of dispute forums both in the UK and overseas.  He represents employers, contractors and sub-contractors alike across a wide range of sectors, including power generation and Energy from Waste through to road, rail, infrastructure and more traditional building projects. 

Peter is dual qualified and prior to becoming a solicitor, worked as a quantity surveyor, having spent some eight years on projects in Asia.  His industry experience makes him uniquely placed to provide clients with "no-nonsense" commercially-focused advice – thereby helping clients achieve their goals in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Peter has co-authored "Payment in Construction Contracts – A Practical Guide" published by RICS Books.  In addition, he is an accredited Adjudicator, as well as being a regular contributor to the legal press and a respected speaker on construction law and the construction industry.

Experience

• Representing an international EPC Contractor in a multiparty litigation relating to termination of an EPC Contract on a major Energy-from-Waste facility.
• Advising a main contractor on a £150 million Energy from Waste gasification process plant.
• Conducting a series of adjudications, upstream and downstream, on behalf of an international EPC Contractor relating to a £110 million MBT Energy from Waste plant.
• Representing a nuclear Tier 1 contractor in adjudication relating to 11 alleged compensation events. 
• Advising a main EPC contactor client in relation to delay claims at a £90 million gasification facility.
• Representing an M&E specialist contractor in litigation relating to contractual termination.
• Representing a Tier 1 nuclear contractor on a dispute regarding a major nuclear waste import and encapsulation facility.
• Representing one of the Big 6 electricity generators on a £100 million dispute on the upgrade of a coal-fired power station.
• Dispute regarding the adequacy of wave attenuation gates for a Plymouth-based plc.
• Representing specialist clean-room technology contactor in various pharma disputes.
• Advising international French-based building contractor in ongoing dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.