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Emily Blanshard

Legal Director
UK
About

Emily has over 12 years of experience in top tier international disputes practices (including in-house secondments to senior and leadership roles in large corporations). Her practice spans project advisory work and dispute resolution in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors.

Emily has acted and advised on complex disputes in numerous jurisdictions involving arbitration (under the LCIA, ICC, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules), expert determination, adjudication, mediation and English court proceedings. Emily works with owners and contractors and regularly advises on standard form construction contracts (including the JCT, NEC, and FIDIC forms), bespoke contracts and PFI arrangements. Emily also appears before the English courts and international arbitration tribunals.

Areas of FocusInfrastructure, Construction and TransportEnergy and Natural ResourcesLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsInternational Arbitration
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and WalesSolicitor-Advocate in England and Wales
Education
  • BBP Law School, London, LPC, Distinction, 2009 
  • College of Law, Guildford, Graduate Diploma in Law, Commendation, 2008 
  • University of Southampton, History BA(Hons), First Class, 2007

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a consortium of contractors on numerous claims submitted to a dispute board for extensions of time and additional cost (in excess of USD1bn) arising out of a multi-billion dollar metro project.
  • Advising Korean contractor in respect of an ICC arbitration regarding claims arising from the construction of an oil refinery in Egypt.
  • Advising an international consortium in respect of ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to claims arising out of material delays and related claims under the subcontract for the construction of a major infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia.
  • Advising the project contractor on a number of potential claims by the Authority arising out of one of the largest PPP projects in Asia and potential arbitration under the SIAC rules.
  • Advising an international investment firm in an ICC arbitration seated in Paris regarding a mining project in Turkey (conducted witness handling during the merits hearing, led by Ian Gatt KC).
  • Advising a global electricity supplier on three parallel adjudication proceedings arising out of a major nuclear project in Europe.
  • Advising a developer in respect of potential multiple adjudications under an NEC3 contract concerning a major infrastructure project.
  • Advising a property developer on contentious issues concerning inflation and rising material costs across multiple developments leading to a successful renegotiation of position.
  • Advising an energy company in relation to insurance claims for property damage to a gas turbine and associated business interruption losses.
  • Advising an international oil and gas company in ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to a USD50m shareholder dispute over oil and gas assets located in Poland and raising complex issues of legal construction and share valuation.
  • Advising a consortium of leading multinational energy companies in UNCITRAL arbitration and expert determination proceedings against the Republic of Kazakhstan. The case concerned budget and schedule disputes worth USD9bn in a high-profile and politically significant case concerning one of the world's largest oil and gas projects.
  • Advising a contractor in TCC litigation proceedings in respect of claims under section 1(1) of the Defective Premises Act 1972 with extended limitation under the Building Safety Act 2022.

Additional Qualifications

  • South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess Foundation Advanced International Advocacy Course (2014)
  • Higher Courts (Civil Advocacy) Qualification (2013)

Memberships and Affiliations

  • The Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association (TECSA)

Connect

Phone

+44 2071537038
(Work, London)
+44 7425672325
(Mobile, London)
+44 2077966666
(Fax, London)

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