Julie is a Partner in the construction and engineering team at Gunnercooke LLP, an international law firm.
Julie has 32 years’ experience as a specialist construction and engineering lawyer. She has represented engineers in arbitration proceedings on a variety of infrastructure and oil and gas projects in the Middle East and Africa, including dams, bridges, airports, rail and roads, as well as disputes through the English courts. Over the last 15 years Julie has also advised on the drafting and interpretation of construction and engineering contracts acting for a diverse range of construction clients and projects and has run her own consultancy business advising international engineering companies based in Pau, South-West France.
On dispute avoidance, Julie actively encourages and promotes all forms of conflict limitation in contracts and in the resolution of disputes. She is UK Country Representative of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation https://www.drb.org/ a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the avoidance and resolution of disputes worldwide through the use of dispute boards. Julie is also Honorary Secretary of the Society of Construction Arbitrators and has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for 25 years.