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Jess Webster
Jess Webster
Senior Associate — International Construction Disputes
Senior Associate — International Construction Disputes

Jess Webster

Jess Webster
Tokyo

Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building
27th Floor
1-6-5 Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Japan

Jess Webster

Experience Highlights

  • Acting for a Japanese main contractor on an adjudication arising out of a subsea interconnector and grid connection project

  • Acting for a Japanese EPC contractor on SIAC arbitrations arising in relation to multiple power plants in Southeast Asia

  • Advising a construction company in connection with the entry into offshore wind projects in Asia

  • Advising an EPC contractor on various disputes arising out of a power plant project in North Africa

  • Acting for a Japanese contractor in ICC arbitrations relating to a rapid transit rail system

  • Acting in the English Commercial Court for an international oil and gas major in relation to a dispute arising under a long-term gas sales agreement

  • Advising an employer in relation to time and cost claims received from an EPC contractor in relation to the design and construction of a power plant in East Africa

  • Acting in LCIA proceedings in respect of a dispute under a Joint Venture Agreement regarding a US$500 million development project in Russia

  • Acting in the Technology and Construction Court for a multi-national construction and engineering company in relation to the public procurement process for elements of a large UK railway project

  • Advising a European biomass power plant owner in relation to issues arising under a fuel supply agreement, including claims in respect of delay and breach of quality obligations

  • Advising a real estate investment trust in relation to disputes arising out of a UK hotel project and acting in a related adjudication

  • Providing ongoing project support to a Japanese EPC contractor in relation to delay, defect, variation and acceleration claims on a power project in North Africa

  • Representing a Korean main contractor in an ICC arbitration concerning a wide range of delay and disruption claims, together with over 400 additional cost claims, arising out of a Middle Eastern petrochemical plant construction

  • Acting for the contractor consortium in LCIA proceedings relating to an LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal in Europe

  • Advising an employer in relation to time and cost claims relating to the design and construction of a power plant in East Africa

  • Acting for a European energy major in an LCIA arbitration relating to the sale and prior operation of petroleum licenses offshore West Africa

  • Acting in the English Technology and Construction Court in relation to the public procurement process for elements of a large UK railway project

  • Acting for the main contractor in an adjudication regarding the construction of an onshore substation for an offshore wind farm

  • Advising a Japanese contractor during the bid phases and EPC contract negotiations for the entry into multiple power plant projects across Asia, and chemical plant projects in Africa and Asia

  • Advising on various carbon capture and underground storage projects, including leading contract-drafting and negotiations on the implementation of CCUS technology on a large, first of its kind, European project

Credentials

  • BPP University Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2016
  • Durham University, LL.B. (Hons), 2014
  • England and Wales
  • Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi (Registered Foreign Lawyer, Japan)