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Jens Henniker Heaton
Work Department
Projects
Position
Partner.
Jens advises private and public sector clients on major projects and commercial agreements in a wide range of sectors including student accommodation, defence, energy, detention and health. He also regularly advise clients in relation to operational projects (including PFI contracts) on issues such as performance deductions, variations and expiry. He is part of the firms Australasia panel and completed a secondment to Australian law firm (and fellow SCG member) Hall & Wilcox in 2016. Jens has previously been seconded to Aviva Public Private Finance. Client feedback includes: “Jens provides excellent insight into complex legal matters and creative solutions to barriers to progress. His understanding of the politics of public sector deals, coupled with his expert advice make him an asset on any project”.
Career
Trainee solicitor Mills & Reeve 2008-2010, Associate 2010-2013; Senior Associate 2013-2015, Principal Associate 2015 – 2020. Partner 2020 – present.
Languages
Swedish, English
Education
LLB (Hons) from Solent University (2007), LPC at Inns of Court School of Law – City University (2008)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Education: institutions
The education practice at Mills & Reeve LLP
comprises a large team of multidisciplinary lawyers who are well-equipped to advise a range of universities and Oxbridge colleges on high-value and complex strategic and contentious matters spanning employment, regulatory compliance, freedom of speech, and commercial issues. The national team is jointly led by Cambridge-based lawyer Gary Attle
, who has acted in a variety of high-profile contentious mandates under the Equality Act 2010 and is also a key contact for regulatory matters related to data protection and freedom of speech, and Martin Priestley, who practices from Leeds and is active across a range of high-value mergers, acquisitions, and procurements for higher education clients. Other key contacts in the team include Cambridge-based lawyers Sarah Seed, a higher education financing and banking specialist, Jens Henniker Heaton, an expert on student accommodation projects, and Poppy Short, who advises on a wide range of academic partnerships and arrangements.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector