Expertise

Jenna is an experienced contentious lawyer, specialising in construction and engineering law. She is dual qualified in South Africa and England and Wales and has advised a wide range of clients in various jurisdictions such as Middle East, Africa and England and Wales. Her experience includes representing clients in adjudication, arbitration, court litigation and mediation.

Jenna has advised and represented clients on various matters in relation to renewable energy projects, data centres, high value mixed-use developments and large power plant projects locally and internationally. Jenna has been involved in one the largest construction disputes in South Africa relating to the construction of South Africa’s first high-speed railway link.

Jenna has been recognized in the Legal 500 as a key lawyer.

Jenna Advises

  • Various contracting companies in relation to various residential projects in the UK
  • A large MEP contracting company in relation to data centres and various residential developments
  • Engineering companies in relation to various residential and infrastructure projects

Experience Highlights

  • Jenna’s work has involved the successful representation in the reported case of BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited [2024] EWHC 3235 (TCC)

Career History

Previous Businesses

  • Senior Associate at Howard Kennedy
  • Senior Associate at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP
  • Associate at DWF LLP in Qatar
  • Senior Associate at Tiefenthaler Attorneys in South Africa

Memberships

  • Society of Construction Law
  • Solicitors Regulation Authority

Education

  • University of Oxford Brookes – MSc in Real Estate
  • University of Johannesburg – LLM in Commercial Law, LLB and BA Law
  • Association of Arbitrators – Certificate in Construction Law

Expertise

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Jenna is an experienced contentious lawyer, specialising in construction and engineering law. She is dual qualified in South Africa and England and Wales and has advised a wide range of clients in various jurisdictions such as Middle East, Africa and England and Wales. Her experience includes representing clients in adjudication, arbitration, court litigation and mediation.

Jenna has advised and represented clients on various matters in relation to renewable energy projects, data centres, high value mixed-use developments and large power plant projects locally and internationally. Jenna has been involved in one the largest construction disputes in South Africa relating to the construction of South Africa’s first high-speed railway link.

Jenna has been recognized in the Legal 500 as a key lawyer.

Jenna Advises

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  • Various contracting companies in relation to various residential projects in the UK
  • A large MEP contracting company in relation to data centres and various residential developments
  • Engineering companies in relation to various residential and infrastructure projects

Experience Highlights

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  • Jenna’s work has involved the successful representation in the reported case of BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited [2024] EWHC 3235 (TCC)

Career History

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Previous Businesses

  • Senior Associate at Howard Kennedy
  • Senior Associate at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP
  • Associate at DWF LLP in Qatar
  • Senior Associate at Tiefenthaler Attorneys in South Africa

Memberships

  • Society of Construction Law
  • Solicitors Regulation Authority

Education

  • University of Oxford Brookes – MSc in Real Estate
  • University of Johannesburg – LLM in Commercial Law, LLB and BA Law
  • Association of Arbitrators – Certificate in Construction Law