England - South West • Public sector
Bevan Brittan LLP
Led by Ash Woodcock from the firm’s Birmingham office, the sizeable local government team at Bevan Brittan LLP has a national reach with disputes, climate change response and levelling-up funding among the mandates that have been keeping the Bristol team busy. Employment specialist Sarah Lamont has a niche focus on the processes required for disciplining or dismissing statutory officers. Chris Harper is well versed in company acquisitions and sales, while contentious construction specialist Louise Robling bolsters the team’s PFI disputes expertise. David Hutton has retired.
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‘Nathan Bradberry has been involved in the majority of large local authority led decentralised energy projects in the UK over the last few years. This has allowed him to develop excellent sectoral knowledge.’
‘Have been able to meet all of our requests for legal advice with significant breadth of expertise in their team.'
‘Highly responsive, willing to explore a range of innovative and sometime out-there ideas, when seeking to identify how best to move forward.'
Key clients
- The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff
- Manchester City Council
- Birmingham City Council
- London Borough of Hammersmith
- Merton Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA)
- City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Flintshire County Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Leicestershire Council
- Dudley MBC
- Local Government Association on behalf of 52 Fire & Rescue Authorities
- Walsall MBC
- London Borough of Bromley
- Portsmouth City Council
- London Borough of Havering
- Lewisham LBC
- Haringey LBC
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- The Corporation of London
Work highlights
- Acting for 52 Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) in England and Wales, as part of the national public sector pension litigation.
- Advising Merton Council on the sale of its wholly-owned company (CHAS 2013 Ltd) to Veriforce (US) which is backed by Thoma Bravo Discover Fund II LP.
- Appointed by the Welsh Government to advise on the structure of the £1.5bn Welsh Education Partnership Strategy Partnership Delivery Model.
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ash Woodcock