Osborne Clarke LLP is active in various sectors including residential real estate, energy and utilities, and infrastructure, which spans finance, highways, facilities and public buildings. Robert Horne spearheads the practice and contributes his wide-ranging experience in handling large-scale construction, engineering and infrastructure project disputes, both domestically and internationally. Daniel Cashmore is the key contact for the team’s renewable energy offering, with a particular focus on solar, wind, waste and biomass projects.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Excellent well-resourced team to deal with complex and business-critical issues (both contentious and non-contentious) on a very strategically important project for the business. Good at strategic planning and communicating with the project team - flexible and responsive in approach, and generally solutions focussed in its advice. Strong understanding of the industry sector and the specifics of the client business. Very sound legal and commercial judgement.’
‘Rob Horne is excellent at strategy - very strong legal and commercial competence - highly experienced and sound, pragmatic approach to problem-solving.'
Key clients
- BDW Trading Limited
- Vistry Homes Limited
- Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd
- Octopus Energy
- Costain
- NG Bailey
- National Grid Electricity Distribution
- UK Power Networks
- RWE Generation UK Plc
- Siemens
- American Express
- Rendel
- Engie (now Equans)
- GLP
Work highlights
- Acted for BDW Trading Limited, a residential housing developer, in a TCC multiparty litigation claim against two consultants and one sub-consultant for the failure to supervise and review the groundwork operations at a site which was formerly occupied by a quarry.
- Advising BDW Trading Limited in proceedings against URS Corporation Limited, the professional design engineers responsible for the structural designs of residential high rise concrete frame buildings at the Capital East and Freemens Meadow developments.
- Instructed by BDW Trading Limited to advise on a claim against a specialist cladding contractor and an architect firm in relation to three multi-block housing developments in London.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Robert Horne