Global
Construction - UK
Adrian Hughes KC
Adrian Hughes KC is a skilled silk with a robust domestic practice and a particular interest in infrastructure and PFI work, including disputes relating to construction projects in the healthcare sector. His international arbitration offering is notable, and he undertakes significant work in the Middle and Far East. He is also recognised for his experience acting as an arbitrator in construction and engineering disputes.
Strengths
"Adrian Hughes steers the work masterfully."
Energy & Natural Resources - UK
Adrian Hughes KC
Adrian Hughes KC is a reputable construction and arbitration expert with a strong energy specialism. He frequently acts on engineering and contract disputes which arise from major international energy projects.
Strengths
"Natural resources and energy is always very technical in an engineering sense. He's totally at home in all of that."
International Arbitration - The Bar - Asia-Pacific Region
Adrian Hughes KC of 39 Essex Chambers stands out for his mastery - both as counsel and as arbitrator - of construction and engineering-related disputes arising in such areas as Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea and Singapore.
Strengths
"Adrian continues to have a large footprint in China and Hong Kong."
"He is a huge name with Mainland Chinese clients."