Shona has been involved in construction and infrastructure dispute resolution since 1994. She provides strategic advice on the management and resolution of complex construction and infrastructure disputes in litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and expert determination, acts as Arbitrator and Adjudicator and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

Sector experience includes healthcare (acute, general, mental health and secure hospitals), infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, interconnectors, wind & solar farms); PFI projects (schools, hospitals, waste, sewage treatment, water treatment, waste to energy – in operational phase and approaching handback); marine (coastal defences, harbour); commercial developments (shopping centres, offices, hotels, retail, conference centres, housing, leisure centres); education (university and college campus developments, research facilities, student accommodation) and utilities.

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (HonFRIAS), a CEDR Accredited Mediator and a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL).

She is ranked in Chambers & Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Hall of Fame), recognised in Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal Construction) (Global Elite Thought Leader) and Lexology Index Mediation and Arbitration.

Shona frequently writes for industry publications and speaks to industry bodies.