Construction Contract Drafting, Negotiating and Counseling

DFL Legal’s core practice includes the negotiation and drafting of construction-industry contracts and related documents in both the private and public sectors. Our lawyers have significant experience in various industrial sectors negotiating and drafting EPC Contracts, design-build contracts, construction management agreements, build-out and renovation agreements, contract specifications, tender documents, equipment purchase contracts, purchase orders, long-term maintenance agreements, performance and payment bonds, parental guarantees, letters of credit, project finance agreements and project close-out agreements.

We also have experience negotiating and drafting the agreements for various project delivery options such as joint ventures, alliances, partnering and teaming, consortiums, and project-specific companies. We have advised our clients on the structuring of complex transactions for the development of major domestic and international industrial projects.

In addition, we have assisted our clients in drafting their own standard form agreements for use on their construction projects. We have experience with and have negotiated, drafted and customized project-specific versions of many of the standard-form contracts in the construction industry, including, AIA, FIDIC, CMAA and ConsensusDOCS.

By working with our clients upfront during the negotiation and drafting phase, we believe that DFL Legal provides them competitive advantages towards the successful execution and delivery of their construction projects and the prevention of project claims and disputes.