Sophie Latham

Sophie is an Associate based in the Construction Team in the Cardiff Office.

Main areas of practice

Sophie deals with contentious and non-contentious construction matters across a variety sectors including regeneration, healthcare, infrastructure, transportation, education, manufacturing and leisure to name a few. Sophie has experience working with NEC, JCT and bespoke construction contracts. Sophie works with developers, local authorities, public sector teams, housing associations, private sector clients and contractors in relation to all aspects of construction and engineering projects from tender, through the build phase and additionally in dispute resolution. She has been involved in a large number of public procurement exercises and specialises in drafting NEC suites of construction contracts for both the public and private sector, including providing training to clients and the supply chain on NEC.

Sophie assists senior members of the team with procurement, building contracts, development agreements, collateral warranties, professional appointments and other ancillary construction documents as well as construction and engineering disputes.

Expertise

• Construction & Development
• Real Estate & Property
• Infrastructure

Career

Sophie graduated from the University of Bristol in 2017, Law with Study Abroad (Japan) (LLB Hons.) and has completed a Legal Practice Course. Sophie joined Blake Morgan as a Trainee in September 2019 and qualified in September 2021.