Public Sector

"You have been extremely helpful and your contribution has been invaluable"

- Ian Seivwright, London Borough of Hillingdon

Whether assisting with large scale planning and development schemes or procurement outsourcing initiatives, we provide a wide variety of specialist support to public bodies' in-house legal teams. We have a demonstrable track record of working with non-departmental public bodies, local authorities, police authorities, central government and other public bodies.

Our public sector clients benefit from our firm-wide expertise as our specialists vary from commercial, corporate and employment lawyers to those with long standing reputations in real estate law. Several of our lawyers have previously worked in-house at local authorities, giving us a complete understanding of the unique pressures that public sector bodies face.

We understand our clients' needs and offer pragmatic advice to help you and your team adapt to new legal developments with confidence.

Recent highlights

• Advising a local authority on a major estate regeneration project, including advice on the impact of key ECJ judgments in respect of development agreements and material contract changes.
• Advising a police authority on a major national IT framework (believed to be the largest in the UK) under the competitive dialogue process.
• Advising a London Borough on a complex redevelopment of an operation school site to provide a new school cross-subsided by the sale of part of the disposal site for residential development purposes.