Construction & Engineering

Chambers is consistently top ranked in both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 for Construction, both in the UK and also in guides to the English Bar in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific .

In 2024, it was awarded ‘Construction Set of the Year’ at the Chambers UK Bar Awards and ‘English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Set of the Year’ at the inaugural The Legal 500 Middle East and North Africa Awards.

Members act in many of the landmark construction and engineering disputes, both nationally and internationally, for the whole range of clients in the UK, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Americas and Caribbean and Europe.  Work includes major infrastructure giga and mega projects, energy projects, commercial developments, social infrastructure projects, airports and rail, defence, ports, telecoms, shipping, roads, waste/water, aviation, as well as nuclear, oil and gas and clean energy sources. Clients include central and local government departments, developers, contractors, funders, insurers and construction professionals.

Members act in both common and civil law jurisdictions. In the UK, members regularly appear as advocates at all levels of Court in England and Wales, as well as in commercial arbitrations.  International work frequently involves complex cross-border disputes, with parties from several jurisdictions. Members practise in many of the world’s leading arbitration centres and are highly experienced in handling disputes conducted under the auspices of the major arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, HKIAC, SIAC, ICSID, LMAA, SCCA, QICCA, arbitrateAD and numerous others.  Some members have also appeared in the courts of other jurisdictions, including Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania and the DIFC in Dubai.

Members and Door Tenants also act as arbitrators, adjudicators, mediators and experts.

Members and Door Tenants of Atkin Chambers are authors of authoritative and influential legal texts including:

• Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts – the seminal work on the law relating to building and engineering contracts. which has been edited in Chambers for over 50 years .
• The Building Law Reports
• The International Construction Law Review
• The Construction Adjudication and Payments Handbook
• Adjudication in Construction Law