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Matthew E. Smith

Matthew E. Smith

Partner
London
+44.20.7360.8246
Email Matthew E. Smith @ matthew.smith@klgates.com
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Matthew Smith focuses on advising on heavyweight UK and international infrastructure projects and disputes including procurement strategy, drafting and negotiating contracts and handling disputes in international arbitration and adjudication. He has a particular focus on rail transport (light rail and high speed rail) and nuclear and renewables projects. He has more than 30 years experience in advising on construction and infrastructure projects and has acted for owners, contractors and consultants on many different disputes utilising many different forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation. 

He has experience in all forms of infrastructure contracts including bespoke and EPC and EPCM, O&M and concession agreements. He is skilled in the use of the New Engineering Contract (NEC3 and NEC4) and is frequently requested to lecture on the subject.

Matthew is ranked in Chambers for both contentious and non-contentious construction and in The Legal 500 as a leading individual for contentious construction. He is described in The Legal 500 2024 as “a genuine construction law expert in both the international and UK domestic markets” and “a powerhouse of construction disputes.”

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