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Nick Henchie
Nick Henchie
Partner — International Construction Disputes
Partner — International Construction Disputes

Nick Henchie

Nick Henchie
London

20 Fenchurch Street
24th Floor
London EC3M 3BY
United Kingdom

Nick Henchie

Experience Highlights

  • 2007 to date, acting on a number of ICC arbitrations in connection with the design and construction of a major maritime project in Central America

  • Represented an international developer of power and water projects in complex and high-value ICC international arbitration proceedings concerning a Central American hydro electric power project

  • Representing an international EPC contractor and specialist waste-to-energy plant provider in major disputes concerning the design of a waste-to-energy plant in the UK

  • Advising General Electric on various international construction contracts with governments, EPC contractors, and IPPs around the world for supply of gas turbines and construction of power stations; negotiated power contracts in Israel, Italy, and Spain

  • Represented an international developer of power and water projects in complex and high-value ICC international arbitration proceedings concerning a Central American hydro electric power project

  • Represented INEOS Chlor in High Court proceedings in the U.K. against Alstom Power Limited concerning major disputes over a boiler plant

  • Successfully represented a major energy company in complex and high-value ICC arbitration proceedings concerning the Dolphin project in the Middle East; dispute concerned responsibility for delays and cost overruns, and a disputed termination of a major pipe coating contract

  • Representing a specialist contractor in ICC arbitration proceedings concerning termination and costs claims for a major development project in Saudi Arabia

  • Representing a major offshore oil and gas contractor in LCIA arbitration proceedings concerning a project in Kazakhstan

  • Advising a major offshore oil and gas contractor on disputes concerning a defective gas pipeline in West Africa

  • Representing a major international offshore EPC contractor in relation to warranty claims concerning the construction of various well head towers and umbilicals offshore West Africa

  • Representing a major offshore EPC contractor in disputes arising out of major off shore project in Venezuela

  • Representing an employer (Union Railways) in disputes, and serial adjudications and arbitration, arising out of one of Europe’s largest major infrastructure projects, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project

  • Representing a major Turkish conglomerate in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of the disputed termination of one of the EPC contracts relating to the Marmaray Project in Istanbul (FIDIC Silver Book based)

  • Advising a major international contractor on large disputes arising out of the design and construction of a major EU-funded road project in West Africa

  • Advising a major international EPC contractor on a new tram project in West Africa, and on all aspects of the EPC agreement and procurement

  • Represented a Jordanian company engaged in multimillion dollar ICC arbitration proceedings against an EPC contractor, engaged on FIDIC’s Orange Book to design and build a magnesium oxide plant on the banks of the Dead Sea; successfully defeated in its entirety the contractor’s loss and expense, and extension of time, claim in excess of $100 million; dispute concerned responsibility for errors in FEED

  • Represented a major U.S. international contractor in very substantial claims in UNCITRAL arbitration arising out of a process plant project at Ras Laffan, Qatar

  • Advised the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on various major oil shale concessions in the Kingdom

  • Advising a stock-listed mining company on construction (EPC/EPCM) aspects of the expansion of a major gold mine in Venezuela

  • Advising a major U.S. contractor on disputes and possible UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings arising out of a bauxite mine in Jamaica

  • Advising a Jordanian company on disputes arising out of an agency agreement for the supply of magnesium oxide

  • Representing a Jordanian company in major ICC arbitration proceedings concerning the design and construction of a magnesium oxide plant

  • Representing a major international power generation company in ICC arbitration proceedings against insurers, relating to damage to property claims concerning an infrastructure project in Latin America

  • Acting for a major energy company in claims against the EPC contractor, and under its business interruption and all risks insurance policies, in relation to complex engineering and performance-related issues, including major damage to the RO membranes, concerning a major desalination plant in Africa

  • Representing a major oil company in a dispute concerning the application of builders all risk insurance for alleged damage to property with regard to a major offshore project in the Middle East

  • Advising a UK contractor in relation to claims under its all risks insurance policies in relation to major water damage to the works at a prestigious new London development

Credentials

  • The College of Law, Guildford, England, 1992
  • University College London, LL.B. (Honours), 1991
  • Prior to joining Vinson & Elkins’ London office in 2011, Nick was a partner at another major law firm.
  • Who’s Who Legal, “Global Elite Thought Leader,” 2023
  • Latin Lawyer 250, 2020
  • Chambers UK, Construction–International Arbitration (UK–wide), 2016−2024
  • Legal 500 UK, Real Estate: Construction, 2012, 2015−2018, 2020–2023; “Leading Individual” in Real Estate: Construction, 2021–2024; Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration, 2015−2017, 2020–2024
  • Who’s Who Legal (Law Business Research Ltd.); Construction, 2013−2020; Construction, “Global Elite Thought Leader,” 2023; Arbitration, 2024; Construction, “Global Elite Thought Leader,” 2024
  • Selected to the London Super Lawyers list, London Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)2015
  • Legal 500, U.S., Real Estate: Construction (Including Construction Litigation), 2014, 2018, 2020, and 2021
  • The Best Lawyers UK (BL Rankings, LLC), Construction Law, 2012, 2014, 2017−2019, 2023 and 2024
  • Chambers UK, “Leaders in their Field” in Construction: Supplier (UK–wide), 2012–2014
  • Chambers UK, Construction: International Arbitration, 2014
  • Chambers UK, Construction: Purchaser, 2014
  • Legal 500 Latin America, International Arbitration, 2013, 2014, 2016−2018, 2021–2024
  • Selected to the London Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2013
  • Legal 500 EMEA, Construction, 2013
  • Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards, Shortlisted in “Construction Lawyer of the Year – UK,” 2013
  • Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration, 2012
  • Member: Society of Construction Law
  • Member: International Bar Association
  • Member: The Adjudication Society
  • Member: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales