Josh Leavitt, a Principal at Much Shelist, advises his clients on a broad range of construction-law matters, including disputes, contracts, and counseling on industry risk. Co-chair of the construction practice, he has over 25 years of construction law experience, and is an elected Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. On the disputes side, Mr. Leavitt has handled a wide variety of claims.

Mr. Leavitt is often called upon to identify and mitigate risk in connection with construction industry M&A transactions. Mr. Leavitt has led due diligence efforts in industry acquisitions and reorganizations. His deep industry experience enables Josh to help clients identify, assess and address risks of troubled projects for both sell side and buy side engagements.

Mr. Leavitt frequently lectures and publishes on construction and design law topics, including delay and disruption claims, construction damages, liability of design professionals and contractors, electronic discovery, successful mediation and arbitration strategies, wrongful termination, construction defects, claims prevention techniques, negotiating and drafting contracts, changes to industry form contracts, advanced and emerging delivery system choices, construction law issues on global infrastructure and P3 projects, insurance coverage, lending, green building/sustainability development and due diligence in construction industry acquisitions.

Since 2004 he has been a panelist for Practicing Law Institute’s leading annual national construction law symposium in New York, and since 2007 he has also served as a panelist for Practicing Law Institute’s annual Commercial Real Estate Institute. He has also presented to the prestigious Engineering and Construction Risk Institute.

Mr. Leavitt obtained his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.