Addleshaw Goddard offers clients a dedicated team in the water sector and boasts a leading practice regarding projects under the direct procurement for customers model. The practice also demonstrates a wealth of expertise in specified infrastructure project regulations and bulk supply agreements, advising some of the largest water companies in the UK and Middle East. David Shaw, in Leeds, and Phil Dupres, who splits his time between London and Manchester, are at the helm of the practice. The pair specialise in water infrastructure projects mandates. Richard Goodfellow, a further key contact, focuses his practice on first-of-a-kind utilities and energy projects.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Key clients
- Affinity Water
- Anglian Water
- Castle Water
- National Water Company of Saudi Arabia
- Pennon Group / South West Water
- Southern Water
- South East Water
- United Utilities
Work highlights
Advised United Utilities on its £3bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme.
Advised Southern Water on its c.£1bn Water for Life Hampshire project, comprising a DPC project and the development of Havant Thicket Reservoir with Portsmouth Water.
Advised a number of UK Water undertakers on bulk supply agreements.
Practice head
David Shaw; Phil Dupres
Other key lawyers
Richard Goodfellow