James Perry

• Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1985 (Washington DC)
• Member American Bar Association
• S. Civil Engineering, 1981
• D. (Juris Doctor), 1984
• Listed in Lexology (Thought Leader) (ex Who’s Who Construction Lawyers (France)
• FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators
• FIDIC Accredited Trainer
• FIDIC Affiliate Member
• DRBF (President-elect/President/Past President, 2018-2021)
• AFSA Listed International Arbitrator
• CIETAC Listed Expert (Dispute Boards)
• CRCICA Listed Expert (Dispute Boards)
• Syntec-Ingénierie, Member French list of FIDIC Adjudicators
• DRBF’s Al Mathews Award winner for Dispute Board Excellence (2016)
• DRBF (Past President, Region 2, 2013-2014)
• Society of Construction Arbitrators (Arbitration Member)
• Member of the International Bar Association
• PS Consulting is a member of the French and US National Committees of the ICC
• Past Director Region 9 (Europe/ Central Asia/ Russia and Africa)– Association for the
• Advancement of Cost Engineering International (2012-2014)

• Co-arbitrator in a 600MUSD ADCCAC matter involving airport mechanical and electrical systems in the Middle East.
• Arbitral Tribunal president in a VIAC arbitration with the seat in Hanoi concerning an urban infrastructure project.
• Arbitral Tribunal president in an ad hoc arbitration with the seat in South Africa concerning a water transfer scheme.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter involving road construction in Eastern Europe.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Hong Kong matter concerning a LNG terminal in the Middle East.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter concerning road construction in East Africa under a FIDIC form of Contract (Case No. 1).
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Hong Kong matter concerning road construction in East Africa under a FIDIC form of Contract (Case No. 2).
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter concerning road construction in East Africa under a FIDIC form of Contract (Case No. 3).
• Co-Arbitrator in a DIAC matter concerning oil field development works in the Middle East under a bespoke contract governed by the laws of England and Wales.
• Co-arbitrator in a CEPANI matter concerning engine design issues in connection with a mergers and acquisitions based dispute governed by Belgian law.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter concerning railway construction work in Eastern Europe performed under a FIDIC form of Contract.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Hong Kong matter concerning offshore drilling work in the South Pacific.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter concerning dredging works in Central America.
• Co-arbitrator in an ICC Paris matter involving road construction in Eastern Europe.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DAB in connection with the construction of a rolled – compacted concrete dam in Lebanon under a FIDIC Construction 1999 (Red Book) form of contract.
• FIDIC appointed DAB Member to an ad hoc DAB under a FIDIC EPC/Turnkey 1999 Contract (Silver Book) in regard to a large dispute related to the civil and hydro-mechanical works for a major hydropower project in East Africa.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under a FIDIC Construction 1999 (Red Book) in regard to civil and hydro-mechanical works for a major hydropower project in South East Asia.
• Appointed DB chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under a FIDIC MDB 2010 (Pink Book) in regard the construction of a large RCC dam and the associated hydro-mechanical works and hydro power production (4,300MW) in South Asia with World Bank financing.
• Appointed DAAB chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under a FIDIC 2017 (Red Book) in regard the civil works construction of a large extension to an existing hydro power plant and the associated hydro-mechanical works in South Asia with World Bank financing.
• Appointed sole DB Member by party agreement on an ad hoc dispute board under a FIDIC Plant and Design Build 1999 (Yellow Book) in regard to major hydromechanical upgrade works for a hydropower project in Central Asia.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under an AfDB French language form of contract in connection with the construction of an energy transfer scheme by pump and reservoir with 350MW hydro power production in Morocco. (French language case)
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under and ENAA form of contract in connection with the rehabilitation of a hydroelectric powerhouse including replacement of 4X300MW turbine generators in Kyrgyzstan.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in an ad hoc DAB in connection with the construction of a 400MW combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DB in connection with the Design/Build of offshore and onshore HVDC converter stations under a FIDIC EPC/ Turnkey 2017 (Silver Book) form of contract, Western Europe.
• Appointed sole DB Member by ICC appointment on a standing DB under a bespoke turnkey contract in connection with the design and construction of the floating foundations for an offshore wind park in Western Europe.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DAB in connection with the construction of a headquarters building for CERN in Geneva under a FIDIC Plant and Design Build 2017 (Yellow Book) form of contract. The DAAB also covers the design/supervision professional services agreement under a FIDIC Model Services Agreement 2017 (White Book).
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DAB in connection with the construction of marine works and container terminal extension in Madagascar under a FIDIC Construction 2010 (Pink Book) form of contract.
• Party appointed Ad hoc Dispute Board Chair for construction of new airport in Kabaale Uganda (3.5Km runway, passenger plus cargo terminals) under a FIDIC Construction 2010 (Pink Book) form of contract.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on two different standing dispute boards, with different contractors and the same employer, both under the FIDIC Construction 1999 (Red Book) in regard to road construction of a strategic commercial corridor in Albania.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on and ad hoc dispute board, under the FIDIC Construction 2005 (Pink Book) in regard to road and bridge construction for a section of highway in Serbia under EIB financing.
• ICC appointed Sole Dispute Board Member for a highway rehabilitation project in East Africa. The contract was a FIDIC MDB version, but with an ad hoc Dispute Boards under World Bank financing.
• FIDIC appointed DAB Member and selected chairman on a standing dispute board Construction 1999 (Red Book) in regard to a dredging and port extension project in Eastern Europe.
• Party appointed Sole Dispute Board Member for a road construction project in Central Asia. The contract was a FIDIC MDB [2010] version with a standing Dispute Boards under ADB financing.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under a FIDIC MDB [2010] in regard to the construction of a drinking water mains in Uganda.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on an ad hoc dispute board under a FIDIC Construction 1999 (Red Book) in regard to the construction of sewer lines in Uganda.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on two different standing dispute boards, with different contractors and the same employer, both under the FIDIC MDB [2010] form in regard to road construction in Georgia.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement in an ad hoc DAB in connection with the construction of three new major bridges and rehabilitation of three pre-existing bridges in Bangladesh under a FIDIC MDB 2010 (Pink Book) form of Contract, with JICA financing.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement in a standing DB in connection with the design and construction of a new 17KM section of a six-lane dual carriageway forming part of the Trans-West African Coastal Highway in Ghana under a FIDIC 1999 (Yellow Book) form of Contract, financed by UK Export Finance.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DAB in connection with a design build contract for a major bridge in Gambia under a FIDIC MDB version 2010 (Pink Book) form of Contract.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in a standing DAB in connection with the construction of a Multilateral Development Bank’s Headquarters Building in a Western European capital under a FIDIC Red Book contract.
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in an ad hoc DAB in connection with a design build contract for a five star resort in French West Africa under a FIDIC EPC Turnkey 1999 (Silver Book) form of Contract.
• Jointly appointed Sole Dispute Board Member in an ad hoc DAB in connection with motorway construction under a FIDIC Red Book contract in Eastern Europe with EIB financing.
• ICC appointed Sole Dispute Board Member in two motorway construction projects in Central Asia. The contracts were FIDIC MDB version with standing Dispute Boards under World Bank financing.
• Appointed chairman by party agreement on a standing dispute board under a FIDIC Construction 1999 (Red Book) in regard to a maritime and container port construction project on the North Pacific coast of South America.
• MCA-Sénégal and Contractor appointed Sole Dispute Board Member in two Highway construction projects in West Africa. The contracts are FIDIC Red Book version with standing Dispute Boards under Millennium Challenge Corporation financing. One project related to road rehabilitation, the other to irrigation civil works. (French language case)
• Party appointed Dispute Board Member in an ad hoc DAB in connection with the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Central America.
• Sole Dispute Board Member under a FIDIC Yellow Book ad hoc DAB in connection with a ten million Euro dispute in regard to a water treatment plant in Eastern Europe.
• Co-Counsel under a FIDIC Yellow Book ad hoc DAB in connection with a twenty million Euro dispute regarding the design and construction of a 25km section of motorway in Eastern Europe.
• Co-Counsel under a FIDIC Red Book ad hoc DAB in connection with a fifteen million Euro dispute regarding the design and construction of a 50km section of national roadway in Eastern Europe.
• Dispute board proceedings, co-counsel in connection with a dispute board procedure in Bucharest in a dispute over non payment and defects related to the construction of a luxury housing scheme.
• ICC Paris, 40M € dispute regarding the electrification, signalling and controls on a major urban commuter line serving 26 million passengers per year in North Africa capital city. Acting as party appointed delay and quantum expert. (French language case).
• ICC Paris, 100M € dispute regarding the M&E installations for the construction of a billion Dollar cultural facility in North Africa design to receive up to 120,000 members of the general public at a single event. Acting as party appointed delay expert (French language case).
• ICC, Bucharest, and commercial court Istanbul, dispute related to the replacement of a concrete structure subcontractor for the construction of a high-rise building complex for delays in the subcontract works. (Acting as in-house counsel/ technical advisor and coordinator over litigation in Turkey, mediation and arbitration in Romania.)
• ICC Hong Kong, provided an expert legal opinion on the interpretation of the Contractor’s liability imposed by certain clauses under the FIDIC EPC Turnkey model form of Contract 1999 (Silver Book) and the impact of certain Particular Conditions in connection with the design and construction of a cement factory in Central Asia.
• ICC Geneva, 100M € arbitration between general contractor joint venture partners in connection with a 100M € dispute over scope of work and delay and disruption in relation to the construction of a coal fired power plant in Europe. Co-counsel.
• ICC Geneva, arbitration between general contractor and mechanical erection subcontractor in connection with a dispute over scope of work and delay and disruption in relation to the construction of a coal fired power plant in New Caledonia. Quantum expert witness.
• ICC Paris, 550M € arbitration between employer and general contractor for a major LNG handling and storage facility in Europe under an EPC contract. Serving as party appointed delay expert in dispute of several hundred million Euros. (French language case)
• Tribunal de Commerce de Paris, technical advisor in litigation with regard to additional costs and non-payment, in connection with the construction of water distribution works in Morocco. (French language case)
• ICC, Paris, preparation of damages case as co-legal counsel to client related to a hundred million Euro arbitration between joint venture partners for the implementation of a complex mechanical system destined for use by a major European airport operator. (French language case)
• ICC, Geneva, arbitration related to delay and disruption between joint venture partners contracted for the construction of a 500Mkw power plant in Greece (delay expert witness).
• ICC, Stockholm, arbitration related to the implementation of a Franco-Russian government backed program to develop mass production of pre-fabricated housing (Acting as co-counsel).
• ICC, Geneva, arbitration related to the default of a major equipment supplier for a gas injection facility in the Middle East (delay expert witness).
• ICC, London, arbitration related to the construction of a shopping center located in Warsaw, Poland (Technical/ legal advisor to client.)
• ICC, Paris, multiple arbitrations related to the construction of leisure facilities located in France (Technical/ legal advisor to client).
• Co-drafter of Sample Bidding Tender Particular Conditions and Supervising Engineer Terms of Reference for FIDIC contracts for the European Delegation to Turkey.
• Litigation, Kuala Lumpur, related to construction of deep foundations for ultra highrise buildings. (Technical/ legal advisor to client).
• Litigation, Denver USA, related to expansive soils damage to a residential development. (Technical/ legal advisor to client).

• Advice and drafting standard particular conditions to go with FIDIC RB contracts for
  international tire factory projects.
• Coal fired power plant, Europe (Expert witness)
• Design/Build of offshore and onshore HVDC converter stations, Europe (DB Member)
• M&E upgrade of a Hydroelectric Power Station, Central Asia (Dispute Board Chair)
• Hydroelectric Power Station, Guatemala (Dispute Board Member)
• Hydroelectric dam and hydraulic structures (4,300MW), South Asia (DB Chairman)
• Hydroelectric Power Station extension, South Asia (Dispute Board Chairman)
• M&E upgrade of a Hydroelectric Power Station, Central Asia (Sole DB Member)
• Energy transfer by pump and reservoir with 350MW hydro units, Morocco (DB Chair)
• Floating foundation system for offshore wind generators (Sole DB Member)
• Gas injection facility, Middle East (Expert witness)
• Gas cogeneration power plant, Komotini, Greece (Expert witness)
• Gas cogeneration power plant, South Asia (DAB Member)
• LNG terminal (8.25 Bn m3 capacity) green field project, Europe (Expert witness)
• LNG terminal (13 Bn m3 capacity) green field project, Europe (Claims)
• LNG terminal off shore M&E module, Middle East (Co-arbitrator)
• Gas gathering and treatment facility, North Africa (Claims)
• Coal fired power plant, Noumea, New Caledonia (Expert witness)
• Dry lining production facility, Vaujour France (Watching brief)
• Silicium production facility, Saint Antin France, EPC contract negotiation.
• Complex baggage handling system – (Co-counsel, specialist for quantum and delay
  issues)
• Project manager Campbell’s Soup – Extension of a soup factory in Maxton, NC

• Standing Dispute Board Member for the construction of a rolled compacted concrete
  dam in the Middle East.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for the construction of a rolled compacted concrete
  hydroelectric dam in South Asia.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for the construction of an extension to a hydroelectric
  power station in South Asia.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for the construction of a rolled compacted concrete
  hydroelectric dam in South East Asia.
• Ad hoc Dispute Board Member for the construction of a major hydroelectric dam in
  East Africa.
• Sole ad hoc Dispute Board Member for a hydroelectric dam in Central Asia.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for road construction projects in Albania.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for a road construction project in Serbia.
• Standing Dispute Board sole member for numerous road construction projects in the
  Caucuses.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for motorway design and construction section of the
  Trans-West African Coastal Highway.
• Standing Dispute Board sole member for a drinking water mains in Uganda.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for the construction of breakwater for a major Black
  Sea port.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for a major rehabilitation of a principal container port
  in South America.
• Standing Dispute Board Chair for marine works and major extension of a container
  terminal in Madagascar.
• Ad hoc Dispute Board Chair for construction of new airport in Kabaale Uganda (3.5Km
  runway, passenger plus cargo terminals).
• Co-arbitrator in a case involving railway construction in Eastern Europe.
• Expert delay and quantum witness for a railway line electrification project in Tunisia
• Co-arbitrator in a case involving road construction in East Africa.
• Delay and quantum expert in an urban commuter rail line electrification, signalling
  and controls upgrade in North Africa.
• Standing Dispute Board Member for a major bridge construction project linked to the
  transcontinental highway in West Africa.
• Sole ad hoc Dispute Board Member appointed by the ICC for a road rehabilitation
  project in East Africa
• Advice and drafting standard particular conditions to go with FIDIC RB contracts for
  international container ports operator.
• Advisor to the Minister of development in an East Asian country in the matter of the
  termination of a contractor for delay in the performance of a contract related to
  motorway construction. (FIDIC MDB and IFI financing)
• Central Asia, sole dispute board member for the construction of 50km of motorway.
• Central Asia, sole dispute board member for the construction of 20km of roadway.
• French West Africa, sole dispute board member for the reconstruction of a national highway and principle bridge works.
• Eastern Europe, watching brief for the construction of a 43Km section of motorway.
• Eastern Europe, advising in litigation for the rehabilitation of 50km of national
  highway.
• Offshore drilling works in Southeast Asia (Arbitrator).
• Dredging works for shipping lane in Central America (Arbitrator).
• Water treatment facility in rural Romania (FIDIC Sole Adjudicator).
• Major bridge structure for a high speed rail line in Morocco (Legal advisor)
• Water distribution and treatment works Oujda Morocco. (Technical assistance in
  French court).
• Co-drafter standard contract Particular Conditions for the EU Delegation to Turkey for
  water treatment, WWTP, railroad and roads works financed by the EU.
• Civil construction for a nuclear reactor test facility (advisor to government agency)
• Kuala Lumpur City Centre heavy foundations including barrette piles, raft foundations, slurry walls and cut and cover tunnels. (Contract Administrator)
• Co-arbitrator in a 300MUSD dispute regarding the construction of the electro mechanical systems of a major hub airport terminal in the Middle East.
• Prague International Airport – tripled terminal capacity of existing airport and added taxiways, aprons and equipment – Prague CR. (Contracts Director 1995-1998 for the D&B general contractor)
• Strontia Springs Dam – double curve thin arch concrete dam – Colorado, USA. (Cost
  engineer and labourer).

• Peninsula Hotel Paris, providing procurement strategy advice, and watching brief.
• Multilateral Development Bank Headquarters building in a Western European capital (DAB Member)
• Accor Hotel group, providing claim strategy and watching brief, Paris, France
• Villages Nature (JV of Euro Disney SCA and Pierre & Vacances), providing advice on development of project contracting documents – Marne la Vallée, France
• EuroDisney Magic Kingdom theme park – Marne la Vallée, France. (Contracts Manager.)
• EuroDisney Walt Disney Studios theme park – Marne la Vallée, France (Contracts Director – Managing Director)
• Luxury resort development in French West Africa (DAB Member).

• Kuala Lumpur City Centre including Opera House – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contracts Manager.
• Kings College London School of Medicine teaching facilities – London. Contracts Manager.
• Grande Mosquée in North Africa for congregations up to 120,000 people (Expert).
• Implementation of an industrial base to mass produre 2,500 prefabricated houses per year – Russia (Arbitration counsel)

• Standing Dispute Board Member for a CERN headquarters building in Geneva.
• Standing Dispute Board Member for an EIB headquarters building in Luxembourg.
• 300 million Euro urban development project in Minsk, Belorussia, including luxury hotel, office and commercial complex. (Construction contract drafting)
• EPC contract for the construction of 10,000 housing Units – Venezuela (Transaction and watching brief)
• EPC contract for the construction of 17,000 housing Units – Venezuela (Transaction and watching brief)
• London West End top end luxury apartment development – Stone fit out works (Claim defense on quality issues)
• Residential complex (6 x 13 storey towers + 4 x 6 storey towers). Luxury residential complex in Bucharest – Romania.
• Kuala Lumpur City Centre including 92 storey Petronas Twin Towers – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Contracts Manager)
• Exxon headquarters Malaysia – 50 storey tower at Kuala Lumpur City Centre site – Malaysia. (Contracts Manager)
• Project manager new office building – Greensboro NC
• Project manager new office building – Charlotte NC
• Project Manager new office building – Raleigh, NC

• Kuala Lumpur City Centre including shopping mall – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Contracts Manager)
• Project manager shopping mall – Lynchburg, VA
• Project manager shopping mall – Charlotte, NC
• Shopping mall – Warsaw, Poland (Technical assistance to arbitration)
• Project manager Moses Cone Hospital renovation – Greensboro, NC

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“Dispute Boards: Un règlement ICC propose trois options afin d’aider les parties à résoudre leur différend », ICC France, Echanges International, July 2020.

“The Evolution of Global Claims and John Doyle Construction Ltd v. Laing Management (Scotland) Limited”, The International Constriction Law Review, Volume. 22, Part 2, April 2005, ISBN 0265 1416.

Drafting committee member FIDIC Task Group 8 for the second edition of the FIDIC Short Form of Contract (Green Book) (2021).

Drafting committee member FIDIC Task Group 9 for FIDIC Subcontract forms for use with the 2017 Suite of Contracts and the Short Form of Contract (Green Book)

Frequent conference panelist for organizations such as: ICC, IBA, SCL, CIArb, FIDIC, Paris Arbitration Week (PAW), SCA, DRBF, ACCL, etc…