Gleeds has launched a new global dispute advisory business to service clients across its network of 73 offices, as it expands post-Covid
Gleeds previously offered dispute advice on the 9/11 twin towers collapse and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The company has experience working with insurers, loss adjusters and professional consultants, from legal to forensic accountancy.
This is the first time the dispute advisory service has been brought together as a single operating entity.
The new International Dispute Advisory Group is made up of a collection of specialists. The group’s service offering will include dispute avoidance, dispute resolution, schedule and quantum analyses, strategic procurement and contract advice, as well as expert witness work.
‘Mitigating risk and delivering positive results’
Chris Soffe, member of Gleeds’ main supervisory board, said: “After the tragedy of the pandemic there will be clients involved in projects and schemes worldwide who will face huge challenges in meeting the contractual obligations agreed prior to Covid.
“With vast experience in helping organisations successfully resolve disputes, we can bring a skillset and professionalism which will mitigate risk and deliver positive results after this stressful period.”
Gleeds intends to run the business out of offices that span Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, enabling the new operation to ‘think global, act local’.
Soffe added: “The pandemic has presented a once in a generation series of challenges which will impact many aspects of the creation, management and implementation of the built environment worldwide.
“We intend to use our unparalleled knowledge of planning, delivery and operating assets which we integrate into our solutions for clients to our best advantage.
“Taking a multi-dimensional approach to avoidance, mitigation and the resolution of disputes is the best route to securing successful outcomes.
“Principally we work closely with all stakeholders to understand their needs and develop a solution that provides speedy, cost effective and proportionate advice that delivers the required results.”
