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Settlement of construction disputes
Our team is ready to provide legal assistance in the following areas:
- Litigation Strategy & Pre-Trial Dispute Resolution
- Developing a defense strategy and legal position, assessing risks and prospects for dispute resolution.
- Preparing legal opinions on dispute resolution prospects within pre-trial settlement procedures.
- Representing clients in construction disputes before local and international arbitration (commercial and investment disputes).
- Assisting with international arbitration disputes as local counsel, including document preparation, information gathering, selecting foreign partners and arbitrators, and drafting legal opinions.
- Pre-trial risk assessment, cost estimation for litigation/arbitration, and proposing alternative dispute resolution options.
- Negotiation and mediation support for pre-trial settlement of construction disputes.
- Legal Representation in Construction Disputes
- Disputes over construction quality, including defect remediation during the warranty period.
- Claims for payment of completed work, including refusal to sign acceptance certificates.
- Disputes over additional work performance and payment.
- Claims for withheld guarantee payments.
- Claims for penalties and damages due to contract breaches.
- Disputes over contract formation, unilateral termination, and early contract termination.
- Legal Protection for Engineering & Design Firms
- Defending engineering and oversight organizations in disputes over the quality of technical supervision services.
- Representing interests in disputes related to project design and surveying contracts.
*Court representation is carried out by separately engaged attorneys who are not employees of REVERA.
Learn moreSupporting construction activities
REVERA’s team offers comprehensive legal support for construction projects: from strategic decision-making on project initiation to completion.
- Comprehensive project structuring in terms of contractual relations, supply chains, contract development, participation in negotiations, advising during negotiations, supporting commissioning activities;
- Monitoring and proof-reading of construction contracts, advising on tax laws, acting as tax agent in Belarus;
- Advising on contract/agreements, certification/licensing matters;
- Resolution of complicated disputes;
- Any other issue/problem that might arise during construction activities.
Permits and authorisations for construction activities
Operating without construction permits/authorisations will entail gross penalties or even worse, forfeiture of all proceeds. We assist clients in formalising their construction activities in full conformity with law. To this end, we support mandatory implementation of required systems and secure obtainment of construction permits/authorisations required for customers, such as:
- Labour safety management system;
- Technical competence certificate for the production supervision system;
- Certificate of conformity of construction works;
- Certificate of conformity of construction materials/goods;
- Welding evaluation certificate;
- Quality management system;
- Certificate of compliance;
- Licenses in industrial safety and other spheres.
FIDIC contracts
REVERA’s experts are ready to render legal assistance in the following matters:
- Advising client on application of FIDIC model contracts, with account of mandatory rules of Belarusian laws;
- Supporting client during negotiations for the purpose of harmonising business terms of FIDIC contracts;
- Developing special provisions of FIDIC contracts, pursuant to settled business terms;
- Preparing various legal documents in the course of FIDIC contracts: notifications, referrals, queries, requests, claims, etc.
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