Sara BeiroFarabow

Partner

Construction

sfarabow@seyfarth.com

Washington, DC

+1 (202) 828-3591

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Sara brings 30 years of experience as a trusted counselor to owners and contractors on complex industrial, infrastructure, mixed-use retail, renewable energy, hospitality and international government procurement projects across the globe.

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Sara is the leader of Seyfarth's International Dispute Resolution group and former national co-chair of the Construction Practice Group. Her practice is devoted to counseling clients on international arbitration and other cross-border dispute resolution proceedings, as well as complex domestic and international procurement issues, contract administration, claims, insurance, cross-border transactions, risk management, and project finance. For more than 30 years, Sara has been serving clients around the world involved in large-scale construction, renewable energy, hospitality, mixed-use retail, infrastructure and military projects. These include industrial plants, biofuel refineries, hotel development and renovations, condominium hotels, resorts, multifamily housing, high-rise office buildings, educational facilities, airports, light and heavy rail mass transit systems, bridges, military barracks, power plants, and wastewater treatment plants. She has arbitrated matters in proceedings administered by the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR, the international division of the American Arbitration Association), the International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and others tribunals.

Sara is "just simply the best," "extremely knowledgeable," "very timely" and "always looking out for our best interests," "a highly skilled negotiator," and "a huge asset to any team offering strong construction expertise and client risk management."—Chambers & Partners Client Comments and The Legal 500

In addition to her disputes practice, Sara serves as construction counsel for national and community real estate developers, facility owners, EPC contractors, government contracting firms, general contractors, and design firms. Sara also structures and negotiates complex integrated project agreements and prepares joint venture agreements, engineering contracts and consultancy agreements in connection with procurements administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, USAID, and GSA. Projects abroad encompass the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Through her appointment to the Documents Committee of the Construction Owners Association of America, Inc., Sara served on the Contract Content Advisory Board for the new suite of model construction contracts known as ConsensusDOCS. Sara also was a contributor to the ConsensusDOCS’ accompanying Guidebook, which provides commentary and recommendations on use of the documents. She has authored numerous construction law articles and lectured on a myriad of construction and international law topics in the US and abroad.

Sara is recognized by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Construction Law (2021-2022), by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) as a recommended attorney in construction (2016-2019), and ranked for the past 10 years by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading lawyer in construction (2012-2022).

  • LLM, Georgetown University Law Center
    International & Comparative Law

    With Distinction

  • JD, College of William and Mary Marshall Wythe School of Law

    American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy; National Moot Court Team; Order of the Barristers

  • BS, Virginia Tech
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • US Supreme Court
  • US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
  • US District Court, District of Columbia
  • US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

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