Welcome to the sixth episode of our Global Projects & Construction Podcast series. With the Procurement Act 2023 currently now expected to go live in February 2025 (a 4 month delay to the original October 2024 go-live date), Procurement Partner David Hansom and Legal Director Hannah Chapelhow discuss what changes we may see as a result of the new act, how this will affect Public Sector Procurement and in particular how will this impact bidders.

In a special episode of our Global Projects & Construction Group podcast, Laura Coates, and Robin Wood, both Partners in the Projects & Construction team, discuss what the Labour election victory means for infrastructure investment and development in the UK, and what changes could be on the cards for the months and years ahead.

In a special episode of our Global Projects & Construction Group podcast, Laura Coates, and Robin Wood, both Partners in the Projects & Construction team, discuss what the Labour election victory means for infrastructure investment and development in the UK, and what changes could be on the cards for the months and years ahead.

In this episode of our Global Projects and Construction Group podcast, host Cynthia Aoki,
partner in Clyde & Co’s Calgary office in Canada, leads a conversation on risk apportionment trends and developments in the construction sector in North America. She is joined by three Clyde & Co partners who specialise in construction and infrastructure disputes: Mark Braidwood in Vancouver, Jamie Spotswood in Toronto, and Dan Lever in Boston.

In this episode of our Global Projects and Construction Group podcast, host Steven Cannon, Partner at Clyde & Co, focuses on cyber threats in the construction sector. He is joined by Laura Coates, Dan Lever, William Barrington, and Alex Devereux, all from the Clyde & Co Global Projects & Construction Group, along with Helen Bourne, Rosehana Amin, Stephanie Luhrs, and Olivia Darlington, representing Clyde One, Clyde & Co’s new global cyber brand, which provides an end-to-end cyber solution.

In this episode of our Global Projects and Construction Group podcast, host Alon Meyerov, Partner with Clyde & Co in Johannesburg, focuses on the development of renewable energy projects across different global regions and the risks and opportunities facing the sector.

In the first episode of our Global Projects and Construction podcast, host Chris Leadbetter focuses on the evolution of building safety law in the last ten years and the risks that these rapid changes bring for companies in the construction sector. Joining Chris are Eugene Tan, who leads Clyde & Co’s Asian Construction Practice, Chloe Blackwell, Senior Associate in the Sydney office and specialist in construction law, and Will Cadwaladr, Senior Associate in the UAE office.

In the second and final part of this episode, Andrew, Duncan and William look at real life cases across different jurisdictions whereby the Courts have intervened in the calling of performance bonds. Contractors will leave the episode with a clear understanding of the jurisdictional differences and some key learnings they can take away to minimise their risk of a wrongful call moving forwards.

In this two-part episode, Andrew Archer, Duncan Miller SC and William Marshall discuss the commercial purpose behind cash performance bonds and the differing approaches local Courts have taken to intervening in a relationship between a contractor and a principal. In the first episode, contractors will gain a clear understanding of cash performance bonds and their usage, and will start to build a picture of the differing approaches jurisdictions take to the subject.

The expiry of PFI contracts is set to be the new big challenge for the industry, with the majority of PFI contracts in the UK due to expire in the 2030s. Join Legal Director Laura Coates, along with Associates Ana Bonnington and Ross Jenkins as they explore the implications of this and what key lessons can be learned from projects that have already been handed back.