Jane Hughes

Jane Hughes is a Senior Associate in Bird & Bird's UK Construction Group based in London and part of the wider Real Estate Group. Her primary practice area is Construction Law.

She deals with commercial construction contracts for developers, landlords and tenants; framework appointments; consultants' appointments; warranties and third-party rights; novations; development management agreements; development agreements; funding agreements and associated documentation for commercial and residential developments, refurbishment projects and retrofitting projects, acting primarily for developers and employers. She has experience of acting in both the private and public sector.

She supports her real estate, commercial and procurement colleagues, providing construction input into real estate transactions, commercial transactions and development funding. She advises on construction issues in large development projects and commercial landlord and tenant transactions.

She has experience of construction litigation and has handled a variety of disputes via litigation in the Technology and Construction Court, adjudication, arbitration and ADR. Disputes have included the construction of hotels, shopping centres, residential developments, commercial warehouses, petrol stations, offices and private residences. She has also advised parties involved in construction insolvencies.