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Pinsent Masons LLP is noted as having ‘the leading practice in waste management projects’, and recently advised Lincolnshire County Council on its procurement of an energy-from-waste treatment facility, which will be the first project to be 100% funded by prudential borrowing. It is also acting for Bath and North East Somerset Council regarding the Bath Transport Package. Alan Aisbett is ‘a top PFI lawyer’.

DLA Piper UK LLP was appointed to the East Midlands LawShare panel; advised Coventry City Council on the Far Gosford Street regeneration project; and acted for Blackpool Borough Council on the redevelopment of the sea front. Robert Norris and associate David Brammer are the key contacts.

Eversheds LLP provides ‘timely, professional and appropriate advice’. The group advised Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council on the introduction of single status terms, and acted for Birmingham City Council on the development of Eastside. Mark Hammerton is recommended for employment matters for local government clients.

Wragge & Co LLP was reappointed to the Birmingham City Council consortium of 38 West Midlands authorities, and to Croydon Council’s four panels, as well as winning a spot on Oxfordshire Council’s legal services framework. The group advised Amey on the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways PFI. Mark Greenburgh leads the practice.

Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP was appointed to the EM LawShare panel, and acted for Stockton-on-Tees Council on the transfer of its housing stock (over 10,000 homes) to Tristar Homes. Senior associate David Hall ‘works tirelessly, to extraordinarily tight deadlines’. Chris Plumley, also a senior associate, leads the team.

Bevan Brittan LLP advised Staffordshire County Council on its commercial activities, and acted for Birmingham City Council on its Schools Project. The team benefited from the recruitment of Olwen Dutton, previously chief executive of the West Midlands Local Government Association.

Martineau is known for handling general property and urban regeneration work for public and quasi-public sector clients. It has acted for Birmingham City Council and Wolverhampton City Council. Clive Read leads the team.

Mills & Reeve LLP is acting for Telford and Wrekin Council on all aspects of its £350m Southwater Town Centre regeneration scheme. Nathan Holden is ‘very strong in Teckal/public sector procurement’, and Tim Winn ‘in governance’.

Beachcroft’s Birmingham local government practice largely focuses on contentious work. Clients include Knowsley Council and Liverpool Library. Martin Cannon and Paul Leighton are the key contacts.

Caroline Coates’ team at Buller Jeffries has a ‘very good understanding of the public sector, and the quality of advice is first class’. The firm largely focuses on handling abuse claims for local authorities.

Cobbetts LLP acts for clients such as London Universities Purchasing Consortium, Birmingham City Council and Renewable East. Tiffany Cloynes leads the team.

KJD Freeth LLP advised a consortium of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, High Peak Borough Council and Lichfield District Council on outsourcing arrangements, and acted on the Stoke-on-Trent University Quarter development. Michael Servian is recommended.

Squire Sanders Hammonds’ work is heavily weighted towards property matters, particularly regeneration projects. Anne O’Meara advised Advantage West Midlands on its joint venture with Stoke City Council to develop the Stoke Business District.

Weightmans LLP nationally has over 150 local authority clients, and sits on eight local authority consortium panels. The team advised Gwynedd Council on the transfer of its housing stock. Andrew Cooper heads the team.

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