MDA Law
Alex Goddard
Associate / Construction & Engineering Law Specialist
Practice Experience
Alex joined MDA Attorneys in January 2022. He is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and is currently pursuing an LLM in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom.
Alex advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious construction and commercial matters. He has experience working with the GCC, JBCC, FIDIC and NEC suites of contracts and regularly assists clients with contract drafting, review, negotiation, administration and project support throughout the construction lifecycle. His experience extends across a range of procurement and contracting models, including EPC, design-and-construct, cost-plus and re-measurable contracts.
Alex also advises on contractual disputes and has experience supporting adjudication, arbitration and commercial litigation proceedings across South Africa and other African jurisdictions. He regularly assists with the preparation and drafting of extension of time, additional payment, variation, loss and expense, and other contractual claims.
His project experience includes providing commercial support and dispute resolution assistance on major infrastructure developments, including a fresh produce market development valued in excess of R1.75 billion, a hospital development project valued in excess of R4 billion, an industrial development in Lesotho, a data centre in Malawi, and various power generation, water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Southern Africa.
Areas of Expertise
- Contract drafting, review and negotiation
- Contract administration and project support
- Claims management and dispute avoidance
- Extension of time, additional payment and loss and expense claims
- Adjudication, arbitration and commercial litigation support
- Standard form contracts (GCC, JBCC, FIDIC and NEC)
- EPC, design-and-construct, cost-plus and re-measurable contracting models
- Public procurement law and process
Clients
Alex advises contractors, developers and subcontractors operating across the construction, infrastructure, energy, water and industrial sectors.
Education
Bcom: Law, University of Pretoria, 2019
LLB, University of Pretoria, 2021
LLM in construction law and dispute resolution (currently in progress), Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Memberships / Positions
Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, 2024
