When a construction project moves from concept to completion, the legal complexities at every stage can be as deep as the engineering challenges. Greenberg Traurig’s Construction Law Practice is built to address those complexities head-on, bringing legal and industry depth to the critical decisions, contracts, and disputes that shape a project’s outcome.

A Practice Designed Around the Entire Project Lifecycle

Construction projects do not unfold in a straight line. They involve overlapping phases, shifting priorities, unforeseen events, and an array of parties with competing interests. Navigating these challenges requires sophisticated counsel throughout the project lifecycle. Greenberg Traurig’s lawyers advise clients through virtually every phase, including:

Initial concept and delivery planning
Procurement and bidding processes
Contract negotiation and drafting
Active construction oversight and counsel
Project close-out
Dispute resolution, arbitration, and litigation

We handle traditional design-bid-build projects, public-private partnerships (P3s), EPC projects, and other alternative project delivery methods. We advise on form documents, internal procurement processes, evaluation of delivery methods, requests for proposals (RFPs), contract drafting and negotiation, project administration, contractor default issues, change management, project close-out, and post-completion claims and litigation.

This in-depth approach means that clients do not need to seek out different legal counsel as their project progresses. Greenberg Traurig’s construction team is equipped to advise at every turn, providing continuity, consistency, and strategic depth throughout the engagement. Moreover, the national reach and depth of Greenberg Traurig’s construction team enable the firm to mobilize the right resources wherever and whenever a project demands.

Experience Across the Global Construction Industry

Greenberg Traurig’s Construction Law Practice advises participants across the global construction industry on the development, financing, construction, operation, and redevelopment of complex projects. The team’s experience includes a broad range of project types and asset classes, including:

Data centers and digital infrastructure facilities
Sports arenas, stadiums, and entertainment venues
Airports, rail, transit, highway, and bridge projects
Energy, renewable energy, and power generation facilities
Industrial, logistics, warehouse, and manufacturing facilities
Multifamily, condominium, and mixed-use developments
Hospitality, resort, gaming, and hotel projects
Health care, life sciences, and medical facilities
Educational and institutional facilities
Water, utility, and public infrastructure projects

This breadth of experience represents a core element of the GT advantage: having represented virtually every type of party on virtually every type of construction project, our team understands not just their client’s position, but the positions and motivations of every other party at the table. That perspective informs our tailored strategic approach to negotiation, dealmaking, and, if needed, litigation.

Internationally Recognized Construction Law Leadership

Greenberg Traurig’s construction lawyers are recognized locally, nationally, and internationally as leaders in the field. This recognition is the product of years of focused, dedicated practice. The majority of Greenberg Traurig’s construction lawyers practice exclusively in construction law, with some concentrating on transactional matters and others on arbitration and litigation. However, most of our construction lawyers handle all of it, every day. This level of focus means clients are working with lawyers who have deep, current, and practical knowledge of the legal and industry issues that regularly arise on construction projects.

Construction Disputes, Arbitration, and Litigation

Construction projects frequently involve disputes regarding contract performance, construction defects, schedule impacts, cost overruns, design issues, scope changes, and payment obligations. Greenberg Traurig’s construction litigators and dispute resolution lawyers represent clients in construction arbitration, litigation, mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution involving complex domestic and international projects.

The team handles matters involving:

Delay and disruption claims
Change order and extra work disputes
Construction defect claims
Design and engineering liability claims
Defective work and warranty disputes
Project close-out and punch-list claims
Differing site condition claims

The Transactional-Litigation Advantage

One of the most meaningful distinctions of Greenberg Traurig’s Construction Practice is the deliberate integration of its transactional and litigation teams. Transactional lawyers who understand how disputes unfold draft clearer, more defensible contracts grounded in the realities of construction. Litigators who understand how contracts are negotiated and structured are better equipped to argue their meaning and intent when disputes arise. Together, these perspectives provide clients with sharper insight, stronger risk protection, and a more effective strategy from the outset.

The Resources of One of the World’s Largest Law Firms

Greenberg Traurig’s Construction Practice collaborates closely with the multidisciplinary teams of one of the world’s largest law firms. When construction matters involve environmental law, real estate, finance, public law, labor and employment, or government contracts, Greenberg Traurig’s construction team can draw on the firm’s broader bench of experience to help address virtually every dimension of a client’s needs effectively and efficiently.

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