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Work Department
Energy, Infrastructure & Government
Position
Partner
Career
Ben is a projects lawyer with over ten years’ experience advising public and private sector clients on projects and commercial contracts. Ben has advised extensively in the leisure sector and more recently has specialised in waste, energy from waste and anaerobic digestion projects, advising on some of the largest and most complex waste projects in recent years.
Ben is a partner in the Firm’s Energy, Infrastructure & Government Group and also leads the Team’s work in the anaerobic digestion sector.
Yorkshire and the Humber: Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI)
Energy
Within: Energy
Walker Morris LLP's expertise is focused around waste matters, including energy-from-waste projects, anaerobic digestion matters and bio-resources projects. The group's clients span public sector bodies, utilities and project companies, developers, technology providers, subcontractors and funders. David Kilduff and Ben Sheppard jointly lead the group; Kilduff focuses on project work and Sheppard handles energy-from-waste matters. Gwendoline Davies is the key name for contentious work, Jules Harbage handles construction-related matters and Judith Pike focuses on real estate issues.
Infrastructure
Within: Infrastructure
Walker Morris LLP fields practitioners from multiple departments to handle matters in the rail, highways, energy, waste, utilities, education, leisure and telecoms sectors. Clients include local authorities, utility companies, power companies, developers, constructors, technology providers and funders. David Kilduff jointly leads the group with energy-from-waste project specialist Ben Sheppard; Gwendoline Davies focuses on contentious work, Jules Harbage handles construction matters and Judith Pike specialises in funding energy sector work.
Yorkshire and the Humber: Public sector
Local government
Within: Local government
Walker Morris LLP counts more than 100 authorities across the UK as clients, and also acts for public and private companies operating in the local government sector, including NHS bodies, registered providers, utility companies, funders and contractors. David Kilduff, Ben Sheppard and Chris Woodthorpe jointly lead the practice; Kilduff handles projects and procurement work, Sheppard specialises in energy-from-waste projects and Woodthorpe focuses on real estate issues.