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Sharpe Pritchard LLP
Sharpe Pritchard LLP is renowned for its public sector construction expertise in the UK, working on significant infrastructure, public realm, and mixed-use regeneration schemes. The construction department is led by Justin Mendelle, who provides advice to various central and local government clients. Rachel Murray-Smith offers broad experience in various construction contracts, including JCT and NEC standard form contracts, and regularly advises on complex regeneration schemes, school building projects, and a wide range of other non-contentious public sector construction projects.
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Testimonials
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‘Justin Mendelle provides that balance of strategic and transactional advice that is required and balance of senior to more junior time well. Almost always get the right advisor in the room at the right time.’
‘A real strategic approach to the delivery of outcomes. Instead of purely a transactional approach Justin Mendelle and the team consider the outcomes desired, commercial tensions and the legal ramifications.’
‘Sharpe Pritchard has a great depth of knowledge and experience in construction law and related contentious matters. That, coupled with their practical experience and commercial awareness, make SP an excellent provider of legal expertise within the construction sector.’
‘The availability of staff to react to tight deadlines, their wealth of knowledge and experience, commercial awareness and strategic input all combine to ensure that clients are well served by Sharpe Pritchard. Both Justin Mendelle (Partner) and Melanie Blake (Associate) have provided sterling legal and strategic advice.’
‘Real expertise that gives confidence in the creation and drafting of contracts, reliable, quick to respond and friendly service.’
‘Rachel Murray-Smith and Michael Comba are a dynamic team that provides first-class advice, to the extent that those on the other side of a transaction find it necessary to pass comment on their excellence. It is a pleasure to work with genuine good-natured individuals who are talented in their line of work whilst retaining their modesty.’
‘Rachel Murray-Smith has been a real asset to our project. As well as being an outstanding lawyer, she is very personable and provides advice which is clear to the project team and is commercially based. Coming from a local government background she has a clear understanding of public sector issues.’
- 'Rachel Murray-Smith and Helen Batter were excellent at their job. In the middle of the work when it was extremely busy with a lot of information flying about both people were very controlled, detail orientated and gave us a lot of confidence in the work produced (which was to a very high standard).'
Key clients
- Imperial College London
- London Borough of Southwark
- Cambridge City Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- John Whitgift Foundation
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Lambeth
Work highlights
- Preparing a mission-critical review and update of Imperial College’s existing suites of JCT 2016 and NEC4 contract amendments for use on many of its major projects moving forward.
- Advising London Borough of Southwark on the flagship regeneration scheme of the Tustin Estate. The scheme is the first large-scale project procured through the national framework provider Pagabo’s Developer Led Framework.
- Advising London Borough of Hackney in connection with the Council’s high-profile redevelopment of the Colville Estate in Hoxton.
Lawyers
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Justin Mendelle