Hamish Lal
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
[email protected]Dr Hamish Lal is ranked Band 1 in both construction and international construction arbitration in Chambers & Partners UK, and in the top tier in the UK Legal 500. He is adjunct professor at University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fulbright Scholar and author of the Manual of Construction Agreements published by LexisNexis. Dr Lal is a specialist in international construction arbitration and deals with prospective and retrospective delay analysis, disruption, cumulative impact claims, FEED errors, nonconformance reports, design codes (such as DNV-OS-J101), pipeline weld defects, bad-weather windows, vessel-standby, unforeseen ground conditions, professional negligence, taking over/completion, liquidated damages, incentive payments, variations, bond calls (based on URDG758) and termination under various forms of contract under the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), CRINE/LOGIC and NEC3/4.