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PFI, PPP and projects

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Delivering a Public Private Partnership (PPP) or other long term, high value complex procurement can be a difficult process requiring experienced and dedicated professional support. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience advising both public and private sector partners on Private Finance Initiative (PFI), PPP and other projects. We have dedicated, specialist lawyers in areas such as environmental law, banking, employment and pensions, planning and construction, procurement, intellectual property (IP), information technology, taxation and insurance, which can often pose issues on PFI and PPP projects.

What we do...

Our clients – public sector organisations including central government departments, local authorities, health trusts and strategic regional bodies.
Strength and depth of expertise – long established public sector experience transferable to the private sector, including a detailed understanding of private sector partners’ requirements in joint venture and partnership structures.
Nine dedicated lawyers - including six partners based in Nottingham, London and Exeter, plus a team of specialists supporting our core projects expertise.

Specialist services - PF2, PFI projects, PPP, private finance initiatives, public private partnerships, joint ventures and long term partnering arrangements, reviewing, renegotiating and driving value from existing PPP and PFI arrangements.
Full service - specialists in procurement, property, construction, IP, funding, tax and employment issues arising from projects.

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What our clients say....

What the directories say...

Browne Jacobson are excellent technical lawyers who give very practical advice which our departments appreciate. They particularly understand the local government sector as some of their lawyers have a background. They are very responsive and provide a full range of service.

Legal 500 2021

Browne Jacobson have been part of the team from the start of the large project they are supporting us on. Having a lead lawyer who really gets under the skin of the development and all associated contracts is one thing, they also show an immense human grasp of the people involved. Outstanding team work at the Browne Jacobson end means other lawyers involved all work through the lead giving a seamless feel.

Legal 500 2021

The legal advice from Stephen Matthew’s team at Browne Jacobson is always pragmatic and in consideration of the outcome the client is seeking to achieve.

Legal 500 2021

Browne Jacobson LLP has a strong public sector focus and acts for high-profile private sector clients as well as central government agencies such as the Crown Commercial Service, the Ministry of Justice and NHS England, and local authorities.

Legal 500 2018

The ‘very responsive and flexible’ team at Browne Jacobson LLP is known to clients as ‘extremely pragmatic, genuinely enthusiastic and exceptionally knowledgeable’.

Legal 500 2017

Recent experience

Advising Cheshire East Council on innovative proposals to procure a development partner to work with them to exploit geo-thermal resources. This would be the first deep geo-thermal project of its type in the UK.
Advising the Crown Commercial Service on the multi-billion GBP procurement of energy frameworks to supply gas and power to all government bodies in England and Wales.
Supporting a major, city scale, district heating scheme to cover the Lee Valley regeneration area. A key development for London, the scheme aims to become the first city-scale heat network in London, providing heating and hot water to thousands of homes & businesses in the Lee Valley.
Advising EOS on its bid to run a number of the new Community Rehabilitation Centres established by MOJ following the winding down of local probation trusts.
Advising a local authority on the outsourcing of its learning & achievement Services and HR & finance services - strategically important for the Council as it forms part of the overall revision of its future service delivery model.
Acting for Morgan Sindall plc on the third private finance batch procured under the Priority School Building Programme (North West). The batch comprises five secondary schools and seven primary schools. We advised on all aspects of the construction documentation, working closely with the lawyers acting for the investors. This was a major PF2 scheme under the batched funding model and we continue to advise Morgan Sindall on the construction issues arising from its delivery.
Providing business critical advice to the National Audit Office on the replacement of its Oracle based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for HR, payroll and finance business related activities.

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