Mark Manning > Ashfords LLP > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile
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GRENADIER ROAD
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EX1 3LH
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Mark Manning
Work Department
Construction & Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
Mark is a Partner in the Construction & Infrastructure Team specialising in complex building and engineering contracts and ancillary contract documentation as well as construction and engineering disputes.
Mark has significant experience in advising on and negotiating the contractual documentation used within the construction and engineering sector and providing advice and assistance on dispute avoidance and resolution.
Mark has an excellent reputation within the local government, renewable energy, retail and leisure, waste and development sectors.
Mark also regularly provides dispute resolution assistance within the construction and engineering sector, including assisting clients with adjudications and pre-action negotiations. He also has a wealth of experience in advising on complex disputes arising in relation to PPP/PFI contracts.
Mark has extensive building contract experience and is described in Chambers & Partners Legal Directory as “proactive” and a “can-do person”, with clients praising his ability.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Local authority: Advising a local authority in setting up their framework agreement for the delivery of capital works, housing and mechanical and electrical works. The work involved drafting the framework agreement for the appointment of contractors and consultants, forms of underlying call off contracts and associated documentation (including collateral warranties, parent company guarantees and performance bonds) together with a form of access agreement to allow other public sector bodies to call off works and services from the framework.
- International retailer: Advising in respect of contracts for all of this major retailer’s pan European construction works, including new build and store fit outs.
- Facilities management contractor: Representing the FM contractor in respect of an adjudication between the SPV company and the contractor in relation to categorisation of lifecycle works.
- Private clients: Advising private clients in respect of contract documentation for design and construction of high end residential refurbishment works.
- Repairs and maintenance contractor: Carrying out regular contract reviews and construction advice for repairs and maintenance contractor.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Ashfords LLP‘s energy and resource management team assists water companies with corporate transactions and contracts, asset maintenance and repair and regulatory advice, while also acting for developers on S104 sewer adoption agreements. Leading the practice are Mark Manning, an engineering contracts and disputes specialist, and M&A, and regulatory lawyer Brian Farrell, who also advises on water technology developments.
South West > Real estate > Construction
The ‘pragmatic and sensible’ construction and infrastructure team at Ashfords LLP is well-placed to advise on an array of contentious and non-contentious work, with modern methods of construction and energy and waste projects standing out as two recent areas of focus. Practice chair Patrick Blake‘s recent workload has seen him advising on a range of building contract disputes. Accredited construction disputes adjudicator Stephen Homer litigates major disputes for local authorities and large developers and often appears in legal publications such as the Driver Trett Digest. Mark Manning is regarded by clients as ‘tenacious, detailed and thorough’, while Carl Thompson is noted for his expertise in energy and waste management matters. Lianne Edwards and the ‘thoughtful and experienced’ Laura Reeve are further key contacts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Transport > Shipping
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Insurance > Professional negligence