Projects
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- DUNDAS & WILSON CS LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
- MCGRIGORS LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
- SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN Edinburgh, Glasgow
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- MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
- MACROBERTS LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
- PINSENT MASONS LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
- TODS MURRAY LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
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- Brodies LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Burness LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
- DLA Piper Scotland LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
- McClure Naismith LLP Glasgow, Edinburgh
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- Anderson Strathern LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Biggart Baillie LLP Edinburgh, Glasgow
Under Michael McAuley, Dundas & Wilson CS LLP is a regular adviser to the public sector on Scotland’s largest projects. The ‘consistently first-class‘ team advised Inverclyde Council as sponsor of the Inverclyde Schools PPP; Transport Scotland as sponsor of the M80 DBFO roads PPP; and Grosvenor House on the £15m PFI project for the redevelopment and reprovision of the St Michael’s Community Hospital in Braintree. Michael Stoneham and Ailsa Ritchie are also recommended.
McGrigors LLP’s projects practice is led by Drysdale Graham, who splits his time between the firm’s Edinburgh and Belfast offices. Praised for its ‘high level of industry knowledge‘, the team advised Dunfries & Galloway Council on its £100m schools PPP project, and Bank of Ireland as the sole mandated lead arranger on both the £67.2m funding of the East Down & Lisburn Campuses of the South East Regional College, and the £41m Derry Schools PPP. Euan McVicar and project finance specialist Iain Macaulay are also recommended.
Led by Rhona Harper, Shepherd And Wedderburn’s public sector-focused practice advised the HMG consortium as preferred bidder on the M80 DBFO roads project, and the board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on the Southern General Hospital. The team, which ‘goes out of its way to address problems at short notice‘, received first-time instructions from Perth and Kinross Council.
Under Euan Wilson, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP advised Healthcare Scotland on its clinical waste contracts, and FES FM in relation to the facilities management contract for the Inverclyde Schools PPP project. Alastair McEwan and Rod Munro are recommended.
MacRoberts LLP’s private sector focused practice acts for a range of construction and services companies throughout the UK. Led by Andrew Orr, the ‘balanced, hardworking and extremely pleasant‘ team advised John Laing Social Infrastructure and Laing O’Rourke as bidder on the £85m Tayside Mental Health project, and a consortium comprising Pihl, FES and Quayle Munro as bidder on Moray Council’s £45m Building for Learning NPD project. David Henderson and managing partner Michael Murphy are also recommended.
Led by the ‘knowledgeable and determined‘ Ian Laing, Pinsent Masons LLP advised Amey Community on the Belfast Education and Library Board strategic partnering project, and New Campus Glasgow on the £300m project to develop a shared campus for Glasgow’s Central, Metropolitan, Stow and Nautical Studies colleges. David Nash and project finance specialist Clare Foster are recommended.
2008 saw Tods Murray LLP advise a syndicate of banks on the £90m financing of the Inverclyde Schools PPP project, and Consort Healthcare as preferred bidder on the £100m Victoria Hospital project. Ian McPake, Stephen Colliston and practice head Gordon Prestige are all recommended.
Headed by the ‘highly competent and commercial‘ Keith Patterson, Brodies LLP advised Glasgow City Council on procurement of the Athletes’ Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and Veolia Water on its acquisition of a portfolio of five Scottish and Northern Irish PPP contracts in the water sector.
Led by construction and projects head Ken Ross, Burness LLP has a good name for public sector regeneration work. The team, which also includes the ‘technically unsurpassed‘ Christa Reekie, advised the public sector on both the Orkney Islands Schools project, and the Lothian and Borders Waste Management Project.
DLA Piper Scotland LLP advised successful bidder tie Limited, which is managing the delivery of the £500m Edinburgh Tram project. Andrew Fitchie is recommended.
Led by Steven Brown, McClure Naismith LLP advised BAM PPP on the £85m West Dunbartonshire Schools PPP project, and the e4i consortium on the £80m Inverclyde Schools PPP.
Anderson Strathern LLP’s joint practice heads Keith Bishop and Karyn Watt are recommended.
Newly promoted partner Martin Gallacher is the name to note at Biggart Baillie LLP.