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Lloyd James

Lloyd James

Burges Salmon LLP, South West

Work Department

Construction and engineering.

Position

Lloyd is a partner in the construction and engineering unit. He joined Burges Salmon in 2008 and acts for developers, funders and contractors specialising in the following areas: Construction and Engineering; Energy and Renewables; Waste Management; Water and Utilities; Transport Infrastructure; and PPP Projects. Lloyd deals with a range of contracts used in the industry and his focussed sectors (including, among others FIDIC, NEC, IChemE, MF/1 and LOGIC).

Recent examples of Lloyd’s work include: advising ITER/Fusion for Energy on its multi-billion pound international nuclear fusion project in Cadarache, France; advising Highways England in connection with M25 associated works relating to the expansion of Heathrow airport; advising the Cayman Islands Government on the delivery and procurement of a new and innovative waste-to-energy scheme; advising MeyGen in connection with the construction packages for the world’s largest commercial tidal array in Pentland Firth; advising a developer in connection with a significant new nuclear build project in the UK; advising a contractor/JV on the delivery of a £1 billion+ highways project in South Wales; advising Costain as EPC Contractor on the Greater Manchester Waste PFI project. Europe’s largest waste management scheme; advising in connection with significant defence construction projects in Saudi Arabia utilising FIDIC forms of contract with bespoke amendments for the local market; advising ThyssenKrupp in connection with a number of mining projects worldwide; advising public sector authorities (including Devon, Gwynedd and Isle of Wight councils) in connection with a series of energy related PFIs/PPPs.

Career

Trained and qualified (September 2006) as a solicitor at Morgan Cole, Cardiff, September 2004 – April 2008. Worked as a solicitor, associate and senior associate in the construction and engineering unit of Burges Salmon LLP from May 2008 onwards. Partner at Burges Salmon in 2015 to date.

Memberships

Society of Construction Law.

Education

Attended Caldicot Comprehensive School (4 A Levels, 9 GCSEs), 1991-1999; studied at Cardiff University and obtained a first class degree in Law and Politics, 1999-2002; Studied LPC at Cardiff Law School 2002-03.

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