Your challenges
There is increasing pressure on local authorities to maintain and enhance the services they provide, against a background of efficiency savings and a drive to seek best value through partnering with the private sector. There are many outsourcing and joint venture models in the market place and several central government initiatives with model contractual structures which local authorities must follow to secure capital programmes (eg, Building Schools for the Future (BSF)). You need to quickly analyse the quickest and most cost effective route to secure the completion of an outsourcing programme and seek clear guidance to steer you through a complex PPP/PFI procurement.
Achieving your ambitions
Our lawyers understand the complexity that a major project brings. From assisting with affordability issues, PFI credits and grant and other funding matters, to dealing with procurement issues, state aid, construction and project management, our experts will ensure that you are provided with a comprehensive service. We deliver practical and commercial advice in jargon-free plain English and work with our clients to help them achieve their objectives. You can be confident that the tender documentation we produce will be acceptable to the market.
The strength you need
Our dedicated projects team of fourteen lawyers advises local authorities, bidders and funders on project structuring and the procurement process (including competitive dialogue) through to financial close and operation. We have advised on successful projects in a range of sectors such as care homes, leisure, BSF and accommodation.
We are flexible in how we provide advice that will be tailored to your needs (assisting your in-house legal support or providing a complete service as part of your extended projects team).
Lawyers you can trust
Our team is highly rated by Chambers and Legal 500. Clients we have supported include: Barking and Dagenham LBC, Newham LBC, Tower Hamlets LBC, Waltham Forest LBC, Greenwich, Telford and Wrekin Council, Birmingham and Norwich City Councils (to name but a handful of the 70 local authorities we currently act for).