With an established practice handling procurement and dispute resolution, Freeths LLP advises clients across a range of sectors, including energy, oil and gas, and engineering. Perveen Akhter leads the practice, focusing on non-contentious matters in both the private and public sectors, with clients such as local authorities, contractors, consultants, banks and education institutions. Akhter also focuses her practice on renewable energy. Alex Johnson leads the team’s contentious offering, assisting in a variety of construction and engineering disputes, often with an international component.
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‘Very experienced construction lawyers working in small teams who have a pragmatic approach to achieving resolution of disputes in the most effective way for their clients.'
'Alex Johnson: what stands out for me is his approach to the challenges, keeping an open mind to and exploring possible options before deciding on a course of action and not sticking to a "cookie-cutter" methodology.'
Key clients
- Aldi
- Tarmac
- Gleeds
- Landmark Power Holdings
- PCE Limited
- Lloyds Bank Plc
- Clydesdale Bank Limited
- Hive Energy (UK)
- Hull Esteem Consortium LEP Limited
- London Luton Airport
- Porcelanosa (South East) Limited
- Catalyst Capital
- Cambridge Power
Work highlights
- Advising Landmark Power Holdings on its second project for the design and construction of a flex power plus and carbon capture utilisation and storage plant.
- Counselling Hive Energy on the design, installation, testing and commissioning of a 13.1 MWp ground-mounted solar PV plant.
- Acting for the project company funded by Catalyst Capital in relation to the EPC turnkey contract for a large-scale 100MW battery storage project in Yorkshire.
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Perveen Akhter