Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects across the public and private sectors are being tested in ways no one predicted when the contracts were signed. Aging assets, stretched budgets, changing policy, evolving service needs and growing public scrutiny are all creating a landscape that is more demanding, high pressure and unpredictable than ever. Combine all this with looming PFI contract expiry and handback, and even the best-run projects can hit turbulence fast.
We're working at the heart of this national challenge. For decades, we've guided clients through some of the most ambitious and technically complex PPP and PFI projects across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada. We work with local authorities, investors, funders, contractors and operators who need clear, practical advice to help keep projects moving – from early procurement and financing, through to day-to-day management and the final stages of a contract's life.
When PFI expiry is on the horizon, preparation is everything. And we help you get ahead of the risks long before they become realities. Early planning, understanding where the risks sit and well-informed decision making is imperative when PFI contracts are coming to an end – whether you're handing back public assets, renegotiating terms, preparing interim arrangements or transitioning to what comes next.
We have some of the UK's leading PPP and PFI expiry lawyers advising on contract expiry, handback and transition and we're involved in some of the biggest, most complex expiry programmes in local government and the wider public sector. That means we know the patterns. We know the pitfalls. And we know the fixes.
Providing strategic and tactical risk management advice to ensure the PFI Project Co complied with its repairing obligations, including litigation, property and construction lawyers supported by a panel of Counsel and surveying experts.
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