Beauchamps LLP

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy

Peter is a partner in our Projects, Infrastructure & Energy group, specialising in Public Procurement. He has more than 25 years’ experience of advising public and private sector organizations on the procurement of projects and contracts across various sectors including transport, social housing, education, technology, communications, waste, health and energy.    

Peter advises contracting authorities on all aspects of the public procurement process – strategy, procedure, market consultation, drafting robust procurement documents, candidate selection, evaluation and award processes, debriefings, contract drafting/negotiation, contract modification and green/social procurement issues. 

He also advises bidders on every aspect of tendering - teaming and consortia arrangements, bid strategy, pre-qualification, clarifications, contract reviews/mark-ups, reviewing tender requirements and evaluation criteria, compliance issues, debriefings, sub-contracting and contract finalisation.

He regularly acts for clients in procurement dispute resolution and has advised on many leading cases decided by the courts in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Peter has been recognized for many years by independent directories (Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal) as a leading procurement and projects lawyer.

• Member of the Editorial Board of the Public Procurement Law Review

• Diploma in Commercial Law (Law Society of Ireland)

• Solicitor – Admitted in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

• Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queens University Belfast

• College of Europe, Bruges (LLM – European law)

• Queens University Belfast & University of Louvain (Common and Civil Law (LLB) with French)