Why projects matter: projects meet law

Join us for on online seminar in collaboration with MIGSO-PCUBED consulting.

This event will ask burning questions and offer an engaging conversation between scholars and practitioners.

Martina Huemann will discuss the relevance of Projects in Law with with Armando Castro, Julian Bailey and Graeme Bradley.

While not every contract is a project, but every project is a contract, thus contracts are excellent means to include ESG in project contracts and ensure projects contribute to better futures.

About the speakers

Julian Bailey
Partner, Jones Day London

Julian Bailey is author of Construction Law (4th ed., 2024), the leading practitioner treatise in the field. He was Chairman of the Society of Construction Law (UK), 2015–2016, and is a Visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He was recognised in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators and Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders Global Elite, Construction 2023.

Graeme Bradley
Senior Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Senior Partner of the Engineering and Construction Practice at Squire Patton Boggs in London, and co-lead of the firm’s global Construction practice. He was listed in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Construction since the inaugural 2018 cohort. He has long experience advising owners, contractors and capital funds on EPC and major projects in energy, infrastructure, power and process plants.

Dr Armando Castro
Director of the Centre for Sustainable Governance and Law UCL

Dr Armando Castro is the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Governance and Law in the Built Environment. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London, where he also served as an MIT-Imperial Global Fellow, and was a visiting PhD student at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He also holds a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the London School of Economics (LSE), a bachelor’s degree in economics (cum laude) from the University of Trento, and PGDL/BPC qualifications in English and Welsh law. Dr. Castro is also a barrister and an associate academic member of Gatehouse Chambers.

Host - Martina Huemann
Professor in Major Infrastructure Delivery, UCL

Dr. Martina Huemann is a Professor of Project Leadership and Society at UCL, where she leads The Project Hub, and holds a position at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. She has published extensively on project careers, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, and project management, earning the IPMA Research Award for her research on HR in Project-oriented Organisations. Martina is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Project Management and founding editor of Project Leadership and Society, with over 20 years of experience in research, teaching, and consulting.