Ioan Prydderch

Position

Partner, Head of Construction, Energy and Projects Team

Services

Construction, Energy & Projects

Related sectors

Areas of expertise

Construction
Projects PFI/PPP
Dispute Resolution

Profile

Ioan Prydderch is a Partner and Head of the Construction, Energy and Projects Team at Hugh James. He has extensive experience of advising clients in the construction and engineering sector on both projects and the disputes that can arise. The team acts for a range of high profile clients ranging from government and public authorities to banks, developers and contractors and has acted in a number of often high value and complicated projects and disputes.

Recently Ioan acted in a substantial adjudication over an extension of time and loss and expense claim involving a national contractor. He and his team also advise clients on procurement and projects including PPP/PFI deals and renewable energy projects.

Currently Ioan is advising a client on a wind farm project and recently advised Gwalia Housing Association on the £40m University of Wales, Bangor PFI project. Clients also include the Welsh Assembly Government,

Cardiff Council, Cowlin Construction and Watkin Jones & Son.

Professional career

Trained: Hugh James

Qualified: 1999

Partner at Hugh James: 2006

Ioan qualified in 1999 at Hugh James. He then joined Laytons in Bristol in 2001 specialising in construction law and moved with the Laytons' construction team to Clarke Willmott in 2005. Ioan returned to Hugh James in 2006 as a Partner in the Construction and Projects Team, becoming head of the team in 2009.