Owner's Right to Withhold for Defects and Defaults

Bruce Merwin

Thompson & Knight LLP

• Real Estate partner in Thompson & Knight LLP's Houston office and firm's "go-to" construction transactions lawyer
• More than 35 years of experience working on all types of complex real estate transactions
• Represents developers, owners, contractors and architects involved in the development, financing, sale, purchase and leasing of commercial properties
• His construction practice has an emphasis on drafting and negotiating professional services agreements and construction contracts, including a focus on green building issues
• For the past few years, he has worked on more than 50 construction contacts annually, primarily involving multi-family development, medical buildings, office buildings and industrial projects
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for more than 15 years in both real estate law and construction law, the only lawyer in Texas to be recognized in both areas simultaneously
• Listed in Chambers USA in construction since 2003
• Speaks before local, state and national bar groups, at national seminars and before trade groups on an annual basis
• Steering Committee member of Division 2, Contract Documents, of the ABA Construction Law Forum and has made presentations before Division 2 of the Construction Law Forum for the past several years