Bevan Brittan LLP is renowned for being an authority on PFI/PPP matters with related issues encompassing contract management, variations, disputes, finance, procurement and property. Key contacts in the firm’s Leeds office include Michael Boyd, who has a broad understanding of procurement issues in the health sector; construction team head Sarah Wilson and ‘outstanding communicator’ Judith Hopper, a disputes specialist whose practice extends to professional negligence claims in the energy sector.
Testimonials
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- 'The team has a laser focus on the client's goals, which means that there is always a clear alignment between the work being done and the overall strategy being followed. The practice is unstuffy and forward-looking: it's about getting results, rather than going through the motions of a case.’
‘Judith Hopper is an outstanding communicator. She is always at the other end of a call or email and has a clear eye, at all times, on the strategic goals in a case.'
- 'Emma Beynon is an exceptionally hard-working, meticulous and responsive lawyer. She goes through everything with a fine-tooth comb and leaves no stone unturned.'
‘The team we had contact with throughout the negotiations of an energy supply contract for heat supplied from a waste to heat scheme were extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter and nuances of such a scheme. ’
‘They were flexible in terms of approach and availability and collaboration with technical members of the Trust team. The team was easily able to translate complex technical subject matter into simple easy-to-understand terms.’
Key clients
- 15 NHS Trusts and other NHS Organisations - LIBOR
- The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- NHS Property Services
Work highlights
- Advising 15 NHS Trusts, on recommendation by Department of Health & Social Care, on the impact of cessation of LIBOR on 15 PFI projects.
- Acting for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on variation to PFI for oncology services.
- Advising NHS Property Services on settlements and variations across its portfolios.