Overview
When it comes to choosing lawyers to handle large, complex projects anywhere in the world, Gowling WLG offers a winning combination:
- Experience - we advise on the most challenging and complex infrastructure and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects being undertaken in the UK and globally;
- Trusted advisers - our lawyers are established advisers to government departments, investors, sponsors, funders and contractors, and have a strong track record of delivering strategically important and high value projects;
- Commercial - we understand public procurement and advise on bid tactics and strategic procurement issues. Our team regularly advises on infrastructure M&A, PPP projects and project financed ransactions. We also advise on alliancing, prime contracting and long-term collaboration agreements.
PPP
Ranked a first tier firm by Legal 500, we benchmark international best practice from our experience in the UK (which is a world leader in PPPs) added to our work in Canada, the Middle East and Africa on PPP projects.
Team members have acted for UK Central Government Departments and Agencies for several decades.
Our lawyers are among the leading names for PFI/PPP work, with partner Dominic Richardson recognized as a 'Leading Individual' by Legal 500.
For international projects, partner Jonathan Brufal is considered a "great lawyer", who is "impressive, confident, articulate and knowledgeable".
Transport and ports
For organisations involved in transport infrastructure projects, our team has a strong track record, including roads, ports, highways, rail and light rail. We advised on some of the largest highways PPP schemes including: the £2 billion Sheffield Highways PPP; advising National Highways on variations to the M25 DBFO and the competition to appoint a contractor for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down project; the main contractor on the M8/M73/M74 NPD Project in Scotland, the OJV on the A465 MIM project in Wales, the Kenyan National Transport Authority on its Road Tolling PPP and the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Transport on the Jeddah-Jizan and Yanbu-Jubail Road PPP
Defence
Clients choose our team for its market-leading knowledge of the defence sector, developed through our longstanding relationship as a key adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Our team has Ministry of Defence on a number of major strategic procurements, including Project Marshall (a major air traffic control services project, to provide long-term air traffic management capability for the safe operation of all the Ministry of Defence's main bases, airfields and air weapon ranges).
Social infrastructure
Acting on PFI and PPP projects in the education, health, social care, leisure, social housing and serviced accommodation sectors Our team has an in-depth understanding of the legal and commercial issues and opportunities, and also continues to advise on operational variations to PPPs, and on the expiry of some of the largest PFI Projects.
Waste
The Gowling WLG team has been at the forefront of waste infrastructure development in the UK, including waste management and treatment projects and energy from waste. This has included advising on merchant EfW projects and on the procurement and delivery of major waste PFI and PPP projects in the UK and in the Middle East.
