Biography
Shona has been involved in construction and infrastructure dispute resolution since 1994.
She provides strategic advice on the management and resolution of complex construction and infrastructure disputes, acts as Arbitrator and Adjudicator and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
Shona’s sector experience includes healthcare, infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, interconnectors); PFI projects (schools, hospitals, waste, sewage treatment, water treatment, waste to energy); marine (coastal defences, harbour); commercial developments (shopping centres, offices, hotels, retail, conference centres, housing, leisure centres); education (university and college campus developments, research facilities) and utilities.
She has experience of working with the NEC, JCT, SBCC, FIDIC, IChem E standard forms as well as with professional appointments, PFI contracts and other bespoke contracts.
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
She is ranked in Chambers & Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Hall of Fame), recognised in Who’s Who Legal Construction (Global Elite Thought Leader) and Who’s Who Legal Mediation and Arbitration and is an Acritas Star Independently Rated Lawyer.
Shona frequently writes for and speaks to industry bodies on construction, dispute resolution and ESG related topics.
She authored chapters for The International Compendium of Construction Contracts (De Gruyter, 2021) and FIDIC Contracts in Europe: A Practical Guide to Application (Informa Law, 2022).
She served as Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association for 2020 – 22; as a Director of the Scottish Arbitration Centre for 2016 - 2020 and is Education Officer of the Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) for 2023 - 24.
