Construction Disputes

Construction projects involve multiple parties, long timelines and heavy capital commitments. When delay, defects or payment problems arise, the financial exposure escalates quickly and the contractual position often turns on records kept months or years earlier.

Wise Counsel advises employers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants and investors on construction and EPC disputes in Vietnam. Our lawyers combine contractual analysis with practical knowledge of how projects actually run on site.

What we help with

• Advising on construction, EPC, design and consultancy contracts and their risk allocation
• Claims for delay, extension of time, disruption and prolongation costs
• Disputes over variations, scope changes and additional works
• Defect claims, remedial works and disputes over handover and acceptance
• Payment disputes, retention money and unpaid interim certificates
• Advising on performance bonds, advance payment guarantees and calls on security
• Termination and suspension of construction contracts
• Preparing and defending claims before the Construction Arbitration and Vietnamese courts
• Advising on evidence preservation, site records and expert reports

Construction disputes are won on documents. We help clients build the record early, so that when a claim arises the evidence already supports their position.