Plant Construction (onshore and offshore)

We know what it looks like behind the scenes.

LEBUHN & PUCHTA has substantial experience in advising and representing clients in the field of plant construction and mechanical engineering, offshore construction, shipbuilding and special-purpose shipbuilding.
Our team has both the legal expertise and the requisite technical knowledge in order to understand comprehensively the complex matters at the interface between technology and the law, in the interest of our clients. Our team is well-versed in the particularities of this specific branch of industry, arising from the typical structures of contracts and the customary provisions governing contracts and regulatory texts (FIDIC, SAJ, etc.).
We are aware of the specific interests pursued by the various participants in a project. We work regularly with technical and other experts. Our legal expertise includes expert determination proceedings, DAB proceedings, adjudication procedures, business mediation and other alternative dispute resolution procedures. We represent clients in corresponding national proceedings and, predominantly, also in cross-border conflict resolution proceedings.
- Advising a plant construction company in connection with a legal dispute concerning additional costs owing to construction hindrances.
- Advising a plant construction company with regard to termination of an EPC contract concerning an industrial plant
- Representing in DIS adjudication and arbitration proceedings concerning disputes relating to the construction of an offshore wind farm.
- Advising and representing in litigation essential suppliers for offshore construction site operations involving the installation of wind turbine generators and other offshore facilities
- Representing clients in arbitration proceedings in connection with the construction of a ship hull
- Representing clients in litigation concerning the construction of a special-purpose vessel