Nick Longley
Partner
About Nick
Nick is a Partner in the Construction team, and co-head of HFW’s International Arbitration Group. He has over 35 years’ experience and primarily advises head contractors, specialist subcontractors and construction design consultants on construction and construction insurance law. He focuses on arbitration and large scale litigation relating to major transport infrastructure and conventional and renewable energy projects.
Nick is admitted in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia. He is a fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an executive board member of ACICA. Nick is a practicing arbitrator and is on the list of arbitrators at the HKIAC, the Resolution Institute in Australia and the Asian International Arbitration Centre. Nick is listed by the International Who’s Who as one of the world’s leading construction lawyers and a leading Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyers in the Doyles Guide.
Key Current and Recent Experience includes:
- Representing an International joint venture contractor in insurance claims for a rail tunnelling project in Perth, Australia
- Acting for an Engineering consultant in multi-party proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court relating to tunnelling project in Melbourne
- Acting for EPC contractors in an ICC arbitration relating to the construction of solar farm projects in Queensland
- Advising Korean EPC contractors in respect of claims for a conventional power project in Indonesia
- Advising Korean EPC contractors in respect of claims relating to a conventional power plant in Bangladesh
- Providing “Project Counsel” advice to EPC contractors on an ongoing basis for an oli & gas project in Mozambique
- Advising contractors in respect of liability for delays for a large battery storage project in Australia