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Bill Barton

Construction Director

billbarton@bartonlegal.com
0113 202 9550
07872 665 952
www.bartonlegal.com

“He is very experienced, thorough, highly technical and brings great depth due
to his contentious as well as non-contentious skills.”

Bill has specialised in contentious and non-contentious Bill acts for specialist sub contractors, colleges and
construction for over 30 years, having been a partner with developers providing advice on contracts, adjudication,
Walker Morris, Watson Burton and DLA Piper. arbitration and litigation as well as advising foreign clients
on international contracts under English Jurisdiction.
He has particular expertise in drafting and negotiating
specialist bespoke contracts whether in relation to wind Bill also provides specialist construction advice
farms, renewable energy such as biomass, office and and assistance to other law firms that do not have
industrial developments, colleges or standard construction construction expertise.
projects. As a result, he is experienced in drafting Bill is a qualified mediator and a Fellow of the Institute of
amendments to and negotiating not only standard forms Arbitrators. He has substantial experience in conducting
of contract such as JCT, NEC and ICE, but also the FIDIC adjudications, mediations and arbitrations as well as
Red and Silver books as well as IChemE Burgundy, Red litigation within the TCC, ICC and LCIA.
and Yellow books.
He regularly advises international clients from places
Bill’s experience ranges from industrial developments in as varied as Geneva, Milan, Durban and Tunis on their
Hull, to Colleges in Stock and Lancashire, from Scottish international construction projects.
and Welsh wind farms to oil tank farms in Ghana, from
construction contracts in Greece to a pharmaceutical Bill is an occasional lecturer at Leeds University
plant in Liverpool, from bottling production and supply Department of Engineering and has prepared and
contracts to PFI contracts, waste management contracts delivered seminars both in house and at conferences
to contracts for Housing Associations. both nationally and internationally.

Outside of work, Bill has numerous personal interests
LOGOS CHAMBERS including hockey, running, cycling, golf and travel.
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