Partner and national head of Construction, Engineering and Environmental. Construction specialist with particular expertise in advising on procurement strategies and in the drafting, negotiation and approval of development and funding agreements, construction and engineering contracts, partnering agreements, consultancy agreements and warranties for large scale refurbishment schemes, leisure, retail and office developments, residential and mixed use schemes, manufacturing projects and developments involving both mechanical and process plant, and projects within the public sector. Has been widely involved in regeneration initiatives and civil engineering projects and advises clients not only on contract drafting and negotiation but also in relation to contract management issues and claims avoidance. Clients include a number of commercial developers who operate on a national basis and also contractors, financial institutions and public sector bodies, in particular in the higher education field.
England - North West • Real estate
Addleshaw Goddard
The Manchester-based team at Addleshaw Goddard has a strong reputation for its ability to advise on a broad range of clients on complex construction matters, namely involving major multi-use development and redevelopment projects in the region, a key example being its acting for Hermes in the high-profile £200m Wellington Place development. Nancy McGuire, who specialises in delivering such complex projects, and contentious specialist, Andrew Greaves, are at the helm of the practice. The growing construction litigation offering ably handles issues ranging from PFI and PPP to international arbitration, which is Paul O’Kane‘s specialism. Noteworthy team changes include the October 2022 arrival of dispute specialist Katherine Sneddon from Pinsent Masons LLP and the February 2023 arrival of dispute avoidance and resolution partner Anthony Willis from Brabners LLP. Susan Bennett is a name to note, while managing associate Sarah Wilson is described as ’the queen of PFI work in the north’.
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Testimonials
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‘The firm has a good regional knowledge and presence in the construction disputes market.’
‘Sarah Wilson has good regional knowledge and presence in the construction disputes market and works hard for her clients.’
‘Sarah Wilson is the queen of PFI work in the north.’
Key clients
- Hermes/MEPC
- Bruntwood
- West Midland Combined Authority
- Moda Living/Caddick Developments
- Allied London
- Tritax Symmetry group companies
- Alumno Group
- Vita Group
- DunnCox
- Westrock / Platform
- UK Parliament
- Falkland Islands Government (FIG)
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Select Property Group / Vita
- BT
- Far East Consortium
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Manhattan Loft Corporation
- Watkin Jones Plc
- Manchester NHS Trust
- JD Sport
- Matalan
- Colewaterhouse
Work highlights
- Advised Bruntwood and Bruntwood SciTech Developments in relation to The Alderley Park site, the UK's largest single site life science campus containing 2000 innovators, 200 businesses, 1m sq. ft., 400 acres and 275 new homes.
- Acting on the Victoria Riverside, Addington St and and Collyhurst Village developments for the Far East Corporation.
- Acting in relation to Allied London's re-development of the London Road Fire Station in Manchester, which is a major city landmark building adjacent to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
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Nancy McGuire, Andrew Greaves