Dentons has decades of experience advising a vast range of construction industry clients, including owners, developers, lenders, general contractors and equipment suppliers.

If you need advice on drafting or negotiating construction-related documentation, turn to Dentons’ truly extensive first-hand knowledge; we will respond to your needs in an optimal, timely and cost-efficient manner.

To help you achieve your business objectives, we have built multi-disciplinary teams across practices and borders. Our construction lawyers work closely with Dentons’ transportation, infrastructure and public-private partnership lawyers, as well as real estate and property development professionals located in all of our European offices, to further strengthen our capabilities and deliver you a unique combination of expertise.

Be confident that our construction team members based throughout our European offices are fully able to assist you with the drafting and negotiation of EPC contracts. We will work together to ensure joined-up thinking so you can have the best procurement solutions to meet all of the multi-jurisdictional and country specific aspects of your project.

Naturally, the focus is always on securing the optimum outcome for you. However, should things take a different course, you have the confidence that comes from our impressive track record handling local and international disputes arising from project development, construction and infrastructure projects. We can assist you not only as experts in resolving disputes but also with valuable contributions at earlier stages, from assisting on structuring, negotiating and drafting agreements, to advising on risk management for when the project goes operational.

Our services are based on a thorough understanding of your objectives and business, backed up by broad-based experience, comprising the drafting, negotiating and amending of all types of development and construction related agreements, including:

• Construction and EPC contracts, domestically or internationally based, on both bespoke and standard forms (with predominant experience in, and focus, on FIDIC forms of contract)
• Development and project management agreements
• Letters of intent, funding agreements and joint venture structures
• Forms of security, including performance bonds, parent-company guarantees and collateral warranties

Recognition

Dentons awarded as Top Firm for International Law by JD Supra

March 10, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has received the “Top Firm Award: International Law” in the 2023 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards, which acknowledge top authors and firms for their thought leadership in key topics during 2022.

Dentons named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers' Choice Awards

May 7, 2020

Dentons was named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, six lawyers from Dentons’ offices around the world received Top Author awards, in recognition of the visibility and engagement that their thought leadership earned among JD Supra’s readers in 2019.

Dentons lawyers shine in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame

March 1, 2018

Dentons is proud to announce that 17 of our lawyers from Africa, Europe, Middle East and the United States have made it into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, as lawyers at the pinnacle of the profession.

Insights

CPK: Tenders for around PLN 30 billion this year (approx. €7 billion)

May 7, 2025

Poland: This year, CPK will launch tenders totalling around PLN 30 billion. These will include the construction of roads or construction work for the Warsaw-Lodz railway line. Currently, tenders worth around PLN 4 billion are being conducted for the construction of a long-distance tunnel in Łódź and the creation of a baggage system.

Defense Infrastructure Projects – a new opportunity in Poland

April 15, 2025

Poland: Defense infrastructure, including dual-use facilities, represents a great opportunity for potential bidders to participate in strategic projects and enhance their presence in Poland and other countries of the CEE region. It encompasses a wide range of military and defense industry investments, such as the construction of new military bases, modernization and expansion of existing facilities, and development of transportation infrastructure.

Episode #2 – Talking to Björn Pfeiffer – real estate investment and ESG

January 20, 2025

Europe:  “ESG will play a key role in investment and asset management. Companies have their own ESG targets or targets from different regulations. So you can't not think about ESG when it comes to investing”. In the second episode of the series, Sabine Wieduwilt interviews Björn Pfeiffer, who co-authored the chapters "Investment and ESG" and "Management agreements" of the book “Implementing ESG into Real Estate Contracts”.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons bolsters projects and infrastructure capabilities in Poland with the hire of partner Adriana Mierzwa-Bronikowska and nine lawyers

January 7, 2025

Partner Adriana Mierzwa-Bronikowska has joined Dentons’ Warsaw office with a team of four lawyers, who will form a dedicated Projects team to advise clients across all stages of infrastructure projects. The Firm has also recruited five lawyers specializing in infrastructure and energy finance, including counsel Aleksander Haleniuk.

Dentons strengthens Energy group in Poland with double hire

November 4, 2024

Piotr Ciołkowski has joined Dentons' Warsaw office as a partner and Co-head of the Energy sector group in Poland as of November 1, 2024. In his new role, he will lead the team alongside fellow co-head, Christian Schnell. In addition, counsel Maciej Ziółkowski joined the Energy team earlier in October.

Oleg Batyuk joins panel of judges for the CEE Deals of the Year

March 1, 2024

Dentons’ Ukraine Managing Partner Oleg Batyuk has been appointed to the esteemed Country Selection Committee for the 2023 CEE Deals of the Year Awards organized by CEE Legal Matters.

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