Archive:February 2019

FPSO Europe Congress 2019

Feb 28 2019

K&L Gates was delighted to participate in the FPSO Europe Congress 2019 in London 19-20 February, 2019. K&L Gates partner Jeremy Farr chaired roundtable discussions on developing strategies for successful construction or conversion projects and spoke in plenary on the lessons the industry can learn to protect budgets based on his many years’ of experience of FPSO construction/conversion disputes.

Click here to access Jeremy’s presentation, “Experiences of FPSO/Construction Disputes: Learning the Lessons to Protect Budgets”

Click here to see a sneak peek into into Day 1 of the conference!

“If it isn’t broken…”: A Practical Guide to the Effective Use of Standard Forms of Contract

Feb 21 2019

By: Kiran Giblin and Inga Hall

Standard form building contracts play an important role in many construction and engineering projects. There are various advantages to using standard form contracts (as further detailed below), with a wide array of standard forms available to suit the particular types of parties, works and procurement routes involved in virtually all construction and engineering projects.