Expertise
Paul Prescott, partner at Addleshaw Goddard leads the construction and engineering practice in Saudi Arabia. He has more than 20 years' experience, of which 12 years have been spent in the Middle East.
Paul has substantial experience advising government departments, investors, sponsors, developers, lender clients, D&B and EPC contractors on major construction, infrastructure, wastewater and energy projects in the Middle East, including GIGA projects in Saudi Arabia. These have included logistics facilities, airport, road and heavy rail engineering infrastructure, stadia infrastructure and facilities, independent sewage treatment plants, and renewable energy projects in the Middle East and globally.
Paul has extensive knowledge and in-depth experience of standard form contracts for the procurement of construction and engineering projects using the FIDIC suite of contracts, NEC, ICC, ICE, MF/1 and LOGIC. He has considerable experience advising clients on PPP arrangements, EPC arrangements, framework agreements and target cost arrangements.
Paul has been highlighted as WWL's recommended lawyer in 2024 for construction and is noted in the Spotlight Table in Chambers Global after being ranked for six consecutive years. He also has a Building Information Modelling Project Management certificate from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Paul was seconded to the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the Government department responsible for procuring the infrastructure and facilities for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and the Olympic Delivery Authority’s in-house legal team during the peak period of procurement activity for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Experience
His infrastructure experience includes
- Major Developer: Advising on FIDIC-based template suite of contracts and procurement documentation for a major developer which included drafting and preparation of contracts based on the Red and Yellow FIDIC Books, short-form, design and non-design consultancy agreements, settlement agreements, letter of conditional award and framework agreements for its infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Oman over a period of 24 months.
- International Airport Expansion Project: Advising on procurement strategies and drafting building and engineering contract documentation for the new runway and baggage handling system, and other project documentation in relation to the expansion of an international airport in the Middle East.
- Oil & Gas Project: Advising an international EPC contractor in relation to a process engineering facility in the Middle East, including advice and legal support on extension of time and prolongation costs claims.
- Solar Renewable Energy Project: Advising an international EPC Contractor on the project risks and project documentation in connection with a solar renewable energy project in the Middle East.
- Education
- Staffordshire University – Law Degree LLB (Hons) Qualification 1996
- Testimonials
- "He gives me timely, practical advice. His knowledge of the market stands out, as does the quality of his advice".
- Clients enthuse about [Paul's] "knowledge of the market; he can go to administrators and he really is a good deal-maker".
- [He] "is super client-friendly and supportive" Chambers and Partners Global