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Neave Maguire

Neave is a highly experienced construction lawyer with a dual practice in contentious and non-contentious matters, advising clients across the full project lifecycle. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating NEC, JCT, and bespoke contracts on major UK and international infrastructure projects across the energy, transport, life sciences, and residential sectors. Neave frequently supports clients with procurement strategy, contract amendments, risk allocation, and project delivery issues. She also advises on collateral warranties, bonds, and construction aspects of corporate transactions. On the contentious side, Neave acts as lead associate in complex disputes involving fire safety, delay and disruption, latent defects, final accounts, and wrongful termination. She has experience in adjudications, mediations, expert determinations, and court proceedings, including before the Court of Appeal. She also advises on contractor insolvency, recovery strategies, and general commercial litigation. Neave’s clients include developers, pension funds, housing associations, subcontractors, and global engineering and transport firms. · Keystone Law

EnglandConstruction, Dispute Resolution

About

Highly experienced construction lawyer at Keystone Law with a dual contentious and non-contentious practice advising across the full project lifecycle. She drafts and negotiates NEC, JCT and bespoke contracts for major UK and international infrastructure projects across energy, transport, life sciences and residential sectors, and acts as lead associate in complex disputes (adjudications, mediations, expert determinations and court proceedings including the Court of Appeal).

Practice areas

ConstructionDispute ResolutionCommercial LitigationProcurementProjects / InfrastructureCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

NEC & JCT ContractsEnergyTransportLife SciencesResidentialCollateral Warranties & BondsFire Safety Disputes