Projects, energy and natural resources • London
Lawyers
Paul Smith
CMS, London
- Phone+44 (0)20 7367 3475
- Email[email protected]
Position
Partner
Head of the CMS Energy, Projects and Construction Group
Career
Paul Smith is Head of the CMS Energy, Projects and Construction (EPC) Group and Co-head of the firm’s Infrastructure & Projects Group. He leads an international team of over 200 lawyers.
He has extensive experience advising sponsors, funders and contractors in relation to infrastructure projects that are typically funded on a project finance basis (including those that adopt models such as PFI, PPP and NPD) in a variety of sectors and jurisdictions including defence, custodial, education, housing, health, roads and utility infrastructure.
More recently, he has been advising in relation to projects where parties are in dispute or the projects are in distress.
Memberships
Member, The Royal Institution of Quantity Surveyors
Member, The Law Society of England and Wales
Education
2000 - LPC, College of Law
1997 - LLB, John Moores University, Liverpool
1995 – Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
1992 - BSc Quantity Surveying, Salford University, Salford