Andrew is a projects and procurement lawyer advising on public sector contracts and public procurement. His areas of focus are PFI handback, heat networks / decarbonisation, leisure and waste. Examples of experience include advising: PFI/PPP on PFI handback arrangements in order to maximise the benefits for clients and mitigate procurement and contractual risk on the renegotiation of a number of major PFI contract funders to the successful bidders on a number of PPP schemes a bidder on its bid for a PPP in central Europe (the first PPP in the country) a bidder on its successful bid to deliver a private patient unit within an NHS hospital Heat Networks and Decarbonisation the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on guidance for local authorities on the procurement of finance for heat networks a number of local authorities on the procurement of heat networks including advice on procurement and commercial structuring a local authority on its park and ride contract including the introduction of ultra-low emission buses Leisure City of York Council on its award winning community stadium project and transfer of number of leisure facilities Barrow in Furness Borough Council and South Holland District Council on the transfer of their leisure services a range of local authorities on managing the impact of COVID-19 on their leisure arrangements Waste Hereford and Worcester Councils on a variation to their circa £900 million waste PFI scheme to deliver an EfW facility Wrexham County Borough Council on a variation to its waste PPP in order deliver savings and higher recycling rates a middle eastern municipality the structure and contract for its EfW PPP.
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Andy is a partner in the restructuring and insolvency team in Leeds. Before joining the firm he worked at DLA Piper in Leeds for over 11 years. Andy specialises in advising banks, other financial institutions and companies on restructuring and turnaround of businesses and property investments. He has spent 9 months on secondment at one of the main UK banks working closely with the business support and distressed property teams. He regularly advises insolvency practitioners and other specialists in restructuring and insolvency related assignments. Andy has advised on various sectors including healthcare, hotels, leisure, retail, real estate, charities, education and football clubs.
Claire is a partner in the developers and investors team and Head of Retail. She has over 17 years' experience in all aspects of real estate transactions advising investors, occupiers, and developers from site assembly through to letting and on-going asset management. Claire heads up our full service UK hospitality practice advising all types of businesses on all aspects of their requirements touching hospitality and real estate. Claire routinely leads multi-disciplinary and multi-locational teams advising on portfolio acquisitions/disposals, financing and development. She has particular expertise in retail, transport and logistics, and the hotel and leisure sectors. Claire has completed account management training designed by the Cranfield School of Management and for many years has acted as client relationship partner helping some of the country's largest companies achieve their ambitious plans for growth.
Claire is a partner and national head of the real estate group at Womble Bond Dickinson. She specialises in planning and environmental law, with an MA in environmental law. She has particular expertise in the energy, waste and chemical sectors. Experience includes advising on several nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) on hazardous waste, energy from waste and CCGT developments. Claire also provides strategic planning advice to owners, developers, promoters and housebuilders on major development schemes, including dealing with examinations in public, public inquiries and judicial review proceedings.
Fiona spent 11 years running her own business before coming to the law. She trained as a barrister and was called to the bar by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She joined the firm in 2005 and specialises in commercial property litigation. Fiona advises both landlords and tenants including CEG, Govia Thameslink Railway, Grainger PLC, the National Trust, Standard Life and a number of Administrators, including Deloitte and KPMG, as well as major institutional lenders and large-scale residential developers on contentious property matters including: opposed and unopposed lease renewals, break clauses, surrender and forfeiture; insolvency related matters; the enforcement and release/modification of restrictive covenants; possession claims, including claims brought against commercial tenants, trespassers and squatters; adverse possession claims, easement disputes (including rights of light) and boundary disputes; valuation disputes at arbitration, mediation and expert determination and professional negligence claims. Fiona’s most notable court case to date was at the Court of Appeal in the case of Erimus Housing Limited v Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Limited [2014] EWCA Ccv 303. Fiona’s tenant client held over after expiry of a contracted out lease and the case concerned whether or not her tenant held over as a periodic tenant or a tenant at will. Her most notable arbitration to date was acting for CEG in a complex valuation involving the satisfaction (or otherwise) of planning conditions.
James is a partner and national head of Intellectual Property. His expertise extends to all aspects of intellectual property including patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, passing off, database rights and confidential information. He has top level experience, spanning more than 30 years, of the protection, exploitation, challenge and enforcement of intellectual property including disputes in the Supreme Court. Work examples include patent litigation, cybersquatting, intellectual asset management, anti-counterfeiting, brand enforcement, licensing, commercial contracts and franchising, mediation, IT and software issues, and search and seize orders (including as supervising solicitor). Assisted by a Cambridge University science degree, James is also a solicitor- advocate, giving him full rights of audience in the higher courts.
James is a Partner experienced in advising a broad variety of clients, from small owner-managed businesses to large corporates, on the full range of corporate matters. He has a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and in putting in place arrangements between shareholders. James has wide experience of advising on private equity transactions, having acted recently for LDC, Cairngorm Capital, NorthEdge, Enact, Nimbus and NVM. Key recent highlights included having acted for LDC in connection with its investment in Aspire Technology and NVM on its investment in Easby Electronics. Finally, James has lots of experience advising management teams in connection with private equity investment and this year advised the management team of Boxpark in relation to the investment in that business by LDC.
Partner in the banking team specialising in corporate finance, property lending and asset-based lending. Focussed on new lending and turnaround.
Sam specialises in advising various stakeholders in relation to distressed businesses, charities and providers of public services; especially in scenarios with a continuity of supply requirement or which involve complex stakeholder management. He is a qualified insolvency practitioner (non-practising) and has 18 months' experience in a non-legal banking role within the business support team of Lloyds Bank. He has particular experience in the education, healthcare and technology sectors.
Simon leads the firm's corporate team in Leeds and is a highly experienced corporate transactional lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in a huge variety of corporate transactions. He has significant and varied experience in private M&A and private equity having advised numerous PE funds, management teams and corporate and individual sellers over the years. Simon has worked in the recent past with a wide range of clients including Cairngorm Capital, North Edge Capital, Endless LLP and LDC.
Vicky is a Partner in the Construction and Engineering Team experienced in transactional construction work and in particular specialises in mechanical and process plant projects in the renewables, manufacturing and retain sectors. She acts for developers, funders, local authorities, central government, technology providers, retailers, manufacturers, housebuilders and education providers on a variety of everyday and complex capital projects. She provides clients with strategic advice on contracting structure and works extensively with bespoke forms of construction and EPC contracts along with industry standard forms such as JCT, NEC, IChemE, FIDIC and MF1. Vicky also advises on ancillary construction documentation such as appointments, collateral warranties, third party rights and performance security and has experience advising on projects where contractors are based in other jurisdictions.