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John Houlden

John Houlden

Burges Salmon LLP, South West

Work Department

Projects/procurement/state aid.

Position

Advises on procurement, subsidy control/state aid, projects, competition and regulatory issues on a number of major projects. Clients include the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Eurostar, FirstGroup, the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ofcom, Affinity Water, Department for Education, Environment Agency, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Babcock, Ministry of Justice, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and UK Atomic Energy Authority.

Career

Trained Burges Salmon; qualified 1999; partner 2008.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Board member of the Procurement Lawyers Association; member of UK State Aid Lawyers Association.

Education

Educated at University of Leeds (BA Hons); College of Law (Dip Law; 8+ years PQE).

Leisure

Enjoys sports and theatre.

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