William Biegenwald

Assigned to the Hamad Port Projects program in Qatar as a contracts specialist and legal advisor.
•Responsible for contract and commercial administration of all aspects of various design/build, construction, design consultant and project management consultant contracts on behalf of the Hamad Port Projects including tender scope development and review, risk management, pre-award, day to day contract administration, assessment of payment requests, change management, claims review and resolution, and contract closeout. Reviewing and drafting responses to incoming correspondence as well as contractual review of outgoing correspondence for other Hamad Port Projects personnel. Contracts administered included, among others, port administration facilities, port infrastructure works, ITT agreements, general office buildings, bulk foodstuffs processing, roadworks, sewage treatment, temporary facilities, electrical distribution and security systems/facilities.
•Providing contract and legal advice to senior Hamad Port Projects management personnel including functional managers regarding all aspects of the development of an iconic mega port facility. Interfaced with Stakeholder and End-user legal staff and provided support in litigation matters.

PMT member on the Qatar Metro Rail, Red Line South responsible for receiving, organizing, analyzing, responding to and resolving ongoing EPC contractor claims submissions within a FIDIC contractual environment including interfacing with Client. Also, managing development of employer claims against the contractor.
•Advising Senior and Executive management on the viability of claims as well as strategies for resolution.
•Reviewing and drafting responses to claims related correspondence from the contractor and drafting team correspondence to the contractor to insure contractual compliance and furtherance of the Employer’s claims resolution strategies.

Served for over two years as a Legal and Contracts Consultant to Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company, Ltd. the contractor on a US$900 Million ship dry dock facility project for Qatar Petroleum in Ras Laffan, Qatar.
•Served for over three years as a Legal and Contracts/Claims Management Consultant to Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company, Ltd on a US$12 Billion EPC refinery project for Takreer in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
•Provided risk management consultation for all contractual and legal issues with the objective of avoiding or reducing client risks, preventing or reducing litigation and negotiation/resolution of subcontractor issues/claims.
•Provided advice to client senior management regarding compliance with local government laws and regulations.
•Drafted comprehensive legal memoranda and reports for client senior/executive management regarding general legal issues, the primary client contract and project subcontracts.
•Interviewed, selected and managed outside litigation counsel when necessary.
•Drafted complex contract amendments and client claims under the primary contract.
•Reviewed incoming correspondence for potential contractual issues and reviewed all outgoing draft correspondence to ensure legal, contractual, and grammatical accuracy.
•Also provided end of project claims consultation for Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company, Ltd. a joint venture partner on a US$1.5 Billion ADWEA power plant project in Shuweihat, Abu Dhabi.

Practice focused primarily on Construction, Real Property and Estate Planning matters.
•Served as Lead Attorney in attaining a substantially reduced settlement on behalf of client defendant Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo, a globally recognized architectural firm, in a US$80Million design defect lawsuit on a Ritz Carleton Resort Hotel.
•Recognized by the Hawaii State Supreme Court for volunteer arbitrator service to the First Circuit Court Annexed Arbitration Program.

Managed the design and construction of up to eight concurrent US$50 Million hotel development projects at any point in time that spanned various geographic regions. Projects included both new construction and renovations and required coordination of local teams of construction professionals comprised of engineers, architects, designers and contractors in each location.
•Served as the La Quinta Inns point person for corporate interactions with local governmental authorities during all stages of hotel development projects.
•Received recognition by the Board of Directors of La Quinta Inns for bringing in hotel development projects on time and under budget.

During each year of service managed over US$100M of infrastructure and industrial projects in the Eastern Provence of Saudi Arabia.