overview

Legal Counsel – Chris Kane has over 30 years of legal background and experience including: private law practice; in house corporate counsel for specialty contractors, general contractors and engineering & construction (E&C) companies; and project counsel for owners and contractors on transportation and energy projects. Experience includes public private partnerships, contracts, claims, labor, business formation, and corporate governance.

 

Contract Preparation and Negotiation – Both as a business executive and as legal counsel in the E&C industry, Chris has served as primary negotiator for contracts and agreements for over $10 billion in infrastructure projects including toll roads, rail transit, hospitals, universities, NASA facilitites, environmental remediation, power plants, transmission lines, cogeneration, freight rail, coal gasification and airports. He has supported procurement, bidding, proposals, bid protests, drafting terms & conditions and contract administration for federal, state, municipal and private contracts.

 

Dispute Resolution – Chris has extensive experience in all methods of dispute resolution including dispute review boards, mediations, arbitrations, and litigation in state and federal courts. He has served on the AAA’s Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators since 1994 and has helped resolve construction and design disputes up to $40 million, as an advocate and as a neutral.

 

Work History – Chris began his consulting business, P3 Collaborative, LLC in April 2009, in Princeton NJ and Washington DC, advising project participants on innovative contracts and financing for infrastructure projects. Previously as Vice President Project Development, Washington Group International, Inc., Chris played a significant role over 8 years in development of the $5 billion, 22 mile Dulles Metrorail Extension in northern Virginia, helping negotiate the Comprehensive Agreement and the $1.7 billion Phase I Design-Build Contract. He also led negotiations with the Georgia DOT for the development of the SR316 and Ga400 HOT Lanes projects. Chris was also involved with privatization of the Jordanian Railroad, and negotiation of a $75 million development agreement for Houston Metrorail’s Expansion.

 

In 1999 he was offered a position as Vice President & General Counsel, Raytheon Infrastructure, Inc. Chris was responsible for all legal affairs and contracts for infrastructure projects, managing contracts such as the $1.5 billion Hudson Bergen Light Rail project’s design-build-operate-maintain agreement, labor contracts and an operating agreement for Addison Airport. Before joining Raytheon, he spent 12 years as a Partner in the Washington, D.C. law firms specializing in construction and government contracts. He spent many years working as procurement advisor for several utilities including the Pinon Pine Coal Gasification, Combined Cycle project in Nevada, for Sierra Pacific Power Corp.

 

Before obtaining his law degree, Chris served 5 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, achieving rank of Captain and managed civil works projects in the Pacific Northwest and at the Army’s Engineering School at Ft. Belvoir. He then worked as a facility engineering manager for IBM and George Washington University. He graduated from George Washington University Law School in D.C. and obtained a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Qualifications

• Licensed Attorney (NJ, DC, Va.)
• Professional Engineer (Va.)
• Over 30 years Experience
• $10B in Infrastructure Projects
• George Washington Univ. - Law
• U.S.M.A at West Point - Engineering