Jaclyn Nelson

Associate

Gateley Legal

Jaclyn Nelson

Jaclyn advises clients on both non-contentious and contentious construction matters which cover regional, national and international projects. Jaclyn has experience advising on high-value projects spanning a vast range of sectors including logistics, retail, education, commercial and residential.

In her non-contentious work, Jaclyn assists with transactions acting on behalf of all stakeholders including funders, employers and contractors. Jaclyn’s work includes involvement at the early stages of a project and covers drafting schedules of amendments to standard form contracts, consultant appointments, collateral warranties and construction security packages such as performance bonds and parent company guarantees. 

In her contentious work, Jaclyn assists in a range of disputes arising out of construction contracts including payment disputes and defects including fire safety claims. Jaclyn has experience of adjudication, arbitration (both domestic and international), mediation and litigation. 

Jaclyn draws on her background of having previously worked for a main contractor on a large healthcare project as well as previously having worked for a claims consultancy business and is therefore no stranger to general construction disputes including delay, loss and expense claims, termination and final account disputes.

Experience

  1. Acting for a specialist logistics company in an arbitration in relation to a supply contract to a major oil refinery extension in Bahrain. The contract was for circa USD12.5m
  2. Providing contractual advice to a subcontractor involved in constructing one of the largest and most technologically advanced paper mills in Europe. This included advising in relation to adjudication proceedings brought by a sub-subcontractor regarding a payment dispute over the sum of circa £3.8m.
  3. Acting for a dormant trade contractor in relation to fire safety cladding claims brought by main contractors
  4. Acting for a residential developer in relation to the design and construction of 51 houses and 16 apartments together with associated infrastructure and external works. The contract sum is circa £8.8m
  5. Acting for a commercial developer of a 606-acre site which will be the East Midlands’ most significant mixed-use development