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News Release from: Turner & Townsend
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 August 2006
Turner and Townsend new head of Contract
Services
Turner and Townsend has appointed Coenraad Snyman an admitted attorney of the High Courts of South Africa and Lesotho to head up the Contract Services division in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Turner and Townsend has appointed Coenraad Snyman an admitted attorney of the High Courts of South Africa and Lesotho to head up the Contract Services division in Johannesburg, South Africa Coenraad initially started work as a career diplomat with the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and has served in Washington DC and at the United Nations in New York
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 14 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Married to a Foreign Affairs official, the couple also lived and served in Milan, Italy and Montreal, Canada where Coenraad obtained an advanced degree in aviation and space law from McGill University.
After leaving Government, he completed his articles and commenced practising law for his own account.
Whilst doing contract work for Siemens, he was spotted by a leading South African construction law consultancy who offered him a permanent position, and was instrumental in expanding the consultancy's work by starting up an attorney practise specialising in construction law and remained with them until joining Turner and Townsend.
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Dave Todd, Managing Director for Turner and Townsend in Africa welcomed Coenraad to his new position.
"Coen's appointment is an important step for us as TandT globally are increasingly servicing international clients within various sectors and locations".
"Just as importantly however, this further enhances our ability to assist our African clients in terms of legal expertise coupled with a thorough understanding of the construction industry's particular challenges".
"This is one of our key differentiators".
Commenting from his base in Johannesburg, Coenraad said: "I have great faith in the ability of Turner and Townsend's Contract Services team to become leaders of the legal fraternity as we can draw upon the international experience and cumulative knowledge existing in-house amongst a highly successful and dedicated team of professionals, thus enabling us to render a service of unsurpassed quality and value".
During Coenraad's legal career, he has represented and acted for various clients in court and arbitrations and has gained an in-depth knowledge of the problems experienced during and arising from most forms of contracts typically used for construction projects.
He has also presented training courses on construction law, FIDIC, JBCC and NEC Contracts to numerous local players in the industry.
He has assisted and advised various blue chip clients during pre-award negotiations and has been involved in drafting numerous bespoke contracts.
He has successfully completed an advanced course in Construction law presented by the South African Association of Arbitrators.
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