Julian Pope from SNR Denton & Co provides an insightful analysis of Qatar's construction industry.

Who's Who Legal has brought together five of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss key issues facing construction lawyers today.

In just twenty years, the use of mediation in domestic construction disputes in the United States has grown from a good idea to a prevalent practice. In that domestic setting, mediation has proved a very reliable way to resolve construction disputes of all types, from the simple to the extremely complex.

Fifty Chinese international contractors made it into the 2010 edition of Engineering News Record’s “Top 225 International Contractors”. Despite the global economic crisis of 2008, Chinese contractors continued their ascent in this sector, increasing total revenue that year for the 10th consecutive year.

The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers has brought together five of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss key issues facing the construction bar today.

Building on more than a decade of research, comprising thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners and hundreds of hours of interviews with leading lawyers, Who's Who Legal provides a snapshot of trends and developments in the international construction legal market as the global economy moves beyond the devastating effects of the global financial crisis.

This article analyses the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.

Our research has revealed 417 construction law experts in 37 jurisdictions who can truly be considered leaders in the field.

Most of the lawyers we interviewed for this publication said they had seen fewer major insolvencies in the construction industry than they had expected at the outset of the economic downturn.

The property market in the CIS has seen a drop-off in transactional work over the past year, and the lawyers we consulted are finding their restructuring and advisory skills are increasingly in demand. We feature 31 lawyers from seven jurisdictions in this chapter, which combines lawyers with construction and real estate backgrounds.

Against a backdrop of uncertain economic times and as belts in the construction industry are tightening, the Californian legal market in this sector is undergoing a seismic reordering following the downfall of Thelen LLP in late 2008.

Although the construction industry in the US is experiencing difficult times, the legal market continues to offer a wealth of high quality practitioners with expertise in construction law.

The construction industry is traditionally one of the first to feel the impact of any slowdown or recession.

The United Arab Emirates has a strong claim to be the most active construction market in the world. Driven by oil revenues and with high levels of demand across sectors such as housing, hotels and infrastructure, it is said that one-third of all the new concrete in the world is poured in the UAE. This heightened activity is unsurprisingly reflected in a busy legal market, with local and international firms making an impact in our research and 19 individuals appearing overall.

The construction industry continues to provide high levels of work for lawyers in Illinois, both in relation to ongoing projects and an increasing number of disputes. In this chapter we identify 29 lawyers with expertise in representing the full spectrum of clients, including owners, contractors, subcontractors, architects and design professionals, in both contentious and non-contentious matters.