Foot Anstey

Head of Energy & Infrastructure | Head of Projects, Infrastructure & Construction | Real Estate

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.