Construction

Overview

Arent Fox provides a full range of construction services to the real estate, construction and design industries. Our accomplished transactional attorneys and experienced litigators represent the broad range of project participants – including owners, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, project managers and construction managers – in a wide variety of projects and objectives. The diversity of our clients provides us with the ability to understand the needs of all parties involved in construction projects, including complex multiparty transactions and interrelated real estate, corporate and financing issues.

We offer an established dedication to the built environment as well as:

• A thorough understanding of the business, technological and legal needs of the industry
• Representation through the full life cycle, from project formation through dispute resolution
• Experience with a wide variety of projects, including commercial buildings, stadiums, cultural institutions, retail centers, schools, infrastructure and utilities
• An awareness of industry trends and a commitment to providing new services to address emerging business needs, including business information modeling (BIM) and sustainability/green building

Rankings

Legal 500 2011

“Arent Fox LLP’s construction group consists of 12 lawyers nationally, with the core practice in New York. The firm handles project documentation, litigation and contract administration, delivering ‘on-the-mark advice’ to a variety of clients including owners, developers and contractors. Clients assess the overall level of service as ‘outstanding’, and the lawyers' industry knowledge as ‘superior to many legal practices’. The firm was selected by the New York Yankees to handle the construction contracts and supply agreements for the new Yankee Stadium; recent work on the $2bn project includes drafting and negotiating contracts, assisting on developing the contractor-controlled insurance program, and advising on claim issues. Eugene Scheiman and James Frankel co-chair the New York construction team. Scheiman is valued for his ‘practical and responsive’ service in litigation, ADR and business advisory services, while Frankel is recognized for his advice on front-end project structuring, transactional documentation, risk transfer and dispute resolution among other construction-related issues; he is recommended for his ‘in-depth knowledge and expertise’, and is ‘more than a lawyer, he is a trusted adviser’.”