England - North West • Public sector
Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard’s Manchester-based local government team is fully integrated into the firm’s national approach, blending sectoral knowledge and handling major and complex governmental, infrastructure and transport projects. The team is known for its strength in construction and real estate, including affordable housing projects, and stands out for its expertise in PPP arrangements as well as procurement processes. Andrew Pettinger who draws on a wealth of experience in infrastructure and outsourcing projects, jointly heads the practice with Michael O’Connor, esteemed specialist in public, private and project finance transactions across various infrastructure and social infrastructure sectors, particularly transport. Recently, Sara Gilmore acted for Merseytravel and the WMCA on their bus franchising options assessments.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team listened and developed creative yet lawful approaches to the issues understanding the various constraints upon the client team which was worked into the solution. The options were put forward in an easy to read manner with a clear and concise analysis of the options and associated risks and opportunities.'
- 'The individuals were pleasant and responsive taking care to work through the options.'
Key clients
- Wigan Borough Council
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Merseytravel
- West Midlands Combined Authority
- Trafford Borough Council
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Greater London Authority
- Transport for London
Work highlights
- Advised the Greater London Authority on a very significant procurement for the retrofit of existing public housing with net zero carbon solutions. This evidences our expertise on innovative procurement structures and the green agenda.
- Advised Wigan Borough Council on a secondary IT outsourcing involving the disaggregation of the existing service provision and a new procurement for a new Partner. This evidences our knowledge of how to deal with complex procurement issues and the delivery of service (including IT) contracts that are critical to local government operations.
- Advised GMCA and Stockport MBC in relation to the redevelopment of the Stockport Interchange site to regenerate the Stockport Interchange bus station and develop a residential PRS scheme. This evidences our commitment to regeneration and transport and evidences our expertise in leading deals to deliver the same.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Pettinger, Michael O'Connor