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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
Visit website 020 7919 4500 020 7919 4919

Darren White

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+44 20 7919 4800 darrenwhite@eversheds-sutherland.com

Work Department

Darren is a senior Parliamentary Clerk in the Parliamentary and Infrastructure Consenting team and has over 30 years of experience in the promotion of, and opposition to, Private and Hybrid Bills, Transport and Works Act Orders, Development Consent Orders and Harbour Orders for the authorisation of major infrastructure projects. Darren has extensive expertise advising on the preparation of the documents required to support an application and is responsible for securing compliance with the relevant procedural requirements. Darren is currently acting in relation to the Act of Parliament and hybrid Bills for the authorisation of the High Speed Two rail project between London, Birmingham and Manchester and Leeds and has previously acted in relation to the promotion of numerous Private Bills in the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments. Darren is currently working on a TWA Order for the authorisation of a renewable energy project off the coast of Wales and most recently has acted in connection with the TWA Order for the upgrade of the Felixstowe Branch Line Railway and the Bank Underground Station Capacity Upgrade. Darren acts for a large number of harbour and port authorities and is currently acting in the promotion of orders for the authorisation of developments at harbours in north Wales and off the West Coast of Scotland. Darren has also recently acted in the promotion of several Development Consent Orders under the Planning Act 2008 for renewal energy projects including two substantial onshore wind farms in Wales and two offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

Position

Senior Parliamentary Clerk

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London > Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP‘s team of Parliamentary Agents and clerks maintains an excellent reputation for its infrastructure advice and promotes bills, Transport and Works Act Orders, and Development Consent Orders in relation to some of the largest transportation, ports, and energy projects across the country. The team is noted across the sector for its promotion of Hybrid Bills for and its advice on the implementation of the HS2 railway project, and it has also advised on secondary legislation in relation to major railway expansions, developments, and upgrades for the likes of Network Rail. Harbour Orders are another area of specialism for the team, which is instructed by seaports across the country to advise on logistics and renewable energy schemes. The practice benefits from the ‘excellent commercially minded and dynamic leadership‘ of Roll A Parliamentary Agents James O’Connor and Stephen Collings, who provide specialist advice to some of the UK’s largest infrastructure providers on project implementation and parliamentary procedures. Other key contacts in the team include Jessica Craven, who has drafted Orders for and advised on major railway projects, and Darren White, who advises clients on their projects’ compliance with parliamentary requirements.

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