For the second time in 18 months I've been laid off (which isn't terribly surprising given lack of construction activity in CA) so I'm looking for a new position. In a nutshell:

CA attorney since 1999
UK Solicitor (non-practising) since 2008
US & EU citizen
Oil brat -- 10 years in Saudi Arabia as child
Grad of top 50 US law school
Graduate Diploma Construction Law, Univ of Melbourne expected 2012
literate, numerate & willing to travel

Looking for a new position handling construction matters and have experience of following areas:

• contracts (drafting, negotiating)
• claims management & analysis (during construction & afterwards, payment, delays, price increases, LDs, defects, settlement negotiations)
• alternative dispute resolution (mediations, informal resolution processes)
• litigation (construction defects, payment, delays, LDs, price increases)
• insurance claims & reporting
• private and public works project experience
• law firm and in-house experience

Also interested in moving into Project Finance and Oil & Gas/Energy areas. Very interested in re-locating overseas (where things are actually going on instead of staying in CA which is rapidly sinking....) including Singapore, Australia, NZ, UAE, London... or anywhere else that actually has construction work (Texas)!

PM me if you have any leads or for full resume/CV. Thanks in advance for any leads or interest!

Laura