Ian Stubbs > Foot Anstey > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
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Ian Stubbs
Work Department
Head of Energy & Infrastructure | Head of Projects, Infrastructure & Construction | Real Estate
Position
Ian is head of our projects, infrastructure and construction team. He specialises in transactional legal aspects of major national and international projects, their procurement, construction, delivery and operation, as well as their funding, sale and refinancing, supporting you at all stages of the lifecycle of a constructed asset. Prior to joining Foot Anstey, Ian was a partner at an international law firm and based in the City of London, where he headed up a team working on some of the UK’s largest construction, infrastructure and energy projects.
With his extensive experience/expertise, Ian can provide you with strategic, commercially-astute advice on your contracting structures, finance and procurement methodology and can also support you on contract drafting and in negotiations, ensuring successful delivery of your projects and giving you the experience of having an expert not just advising you, but being a part of your team.
Ian has over 35 years’ industry experience, including senior management and technical experience outside of the legal sector as a quantity surveyor and a contracts manager. Driven by this strong, industry-based operational understanding of contracting and delivery issues and a thorough understanding of the challenges that high-value, technically complex, long-term projects might present you with, Ian can listen to you and understand the issues you face and help you put those issues in the context of your legal and contractual responsibilities. Because Ian knows that the first step towards managing your risk is for you to understand it.
Ian is proud to have been part of the team that was a finalist in the categories of Leadership and Pioneer at the 2018 British Renewable Energy Awards. He is also an externally recognised expert in his subject area, having spoken at conferences held by the European Construction Institute and by the Engineering & Construction Risk Institute, as well as at events organised by other industry professional bodies, such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
(Leading partners)Under the leadership of ‘exceptional communicator‘ Ian Stubbs, the offering at Foot Anstey brings together energy, construction, planning and corporate specialists to advise on complex energy and infrastructure projects. The ‘truly epic‘ team has developed particular strength in the solar, nuclear, battery storage and electric vehicles spaces. In a demonstration of the firm’s commitment to the field, January 2023 saw the promotion of energy specialists Kutahya Cherry, Suriya Edwards and Dickon Court to the partnership.
South West > Real estate > Construction
(Leading partners)Turned to by a host of national and international clients from the worlds of energy, transport, ports, and space, Foot Anstey regularly works with clients on major projects throughout the country. Practice head Ian Stubbs counts waste management and energy among his areas of focus. Tris Tucker specialises in disputes involving developers and contractors, while Dickon Court‘s recent workload includes a number of cladding disputes. Procurement law specialist Brian Hitchcock, energy and infrastructure experts Suriya Edwards and Mark Greatholder, and the ‘pragmatic’ Lee Ward are further key contacts.
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
The Bristol-based cohort at Foot Anstey is led by projects, infrastructure and construction work specialist Ian Stubbs. The team has experience advising on projects and renewables work. Christian Silk has an increasing focus on decarbonisation, energy transition and net-zero environmental solutions. Kutahya Cherry was promoted to partnership in January 2023. Former practice heads Chris Pritchett departed to Shoosmiths LLP in April 2023 and Stuart Cleak departed to Birketts LLP in June 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South West > Real estate > Construction
- Leading partners South West > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Construction South West > Real estate
- Energy and projects South West > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Construction
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Real estate > Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol