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Suzanne Reeves

Suzanne headed up the Construction team at Wedlake Bell until 2020 and has been instrumental in its growth to a current team of 10 lawyers. The practice covers all issues relating to construction projects including contract drafting, advice throughout a project and resolving disputes with emphasis in doing so, where possible without recourse to formal proceedings. She has acted for most sectors of the industry and in recent years has acted principally for developers, private healthcare, care homes and later/senior living providers. Suzanne has over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry involving a wide range of projects large and small, such as hospitals and care homes, residential, office and retail development, manufacturing plant, sports stadiums and infrastructure. · Wedlake Bell LLP

EnglandConstruction, Construction Disputes

About

Suzanne is a senior construction lawyer at Wedlake Bell who headed the firm's Construction team until 2020 and helped grow it to a team of 10 lawyers. Her practice covers all aspects of construction projects including contract drafting, project advice and dispute resolution, and she has acted principally for developers, private healthcare, care homes and later/senior living providers.

Practice areas

ConstructionConstruction DisputesConstruction ContractsAlternative Dispute Resolution

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Expertise

Developers (residential and mixed-use)Private healthcare, hospitals and care homesLater/senior living providersOffice and retail developmentManufacturing plants, sports stadiums and infrastructureJCT contract draftingAdjudication and mediation; Construction Act payment provisions

Education

  • St Josephs School, Reading
  • Exeter University — LLB (1976)

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England & Wales (qualified 1979)
  • Accredited adjudicator
  • CEDR-qualified mediator