Addleshaw Goddard notably expanded into the Scottish infrastructure market with the recent hire of ex-Dentons trio Euan Wilson, Stewart Maciver, and Andrew Orr, a move which allows the firm to advise a host of public authorities and private sector entities. The team oversees the bidding, procurement, development and operational aspects of projects across the social infrastructure, transport, and energy transition spaces, with a growing body of work pertaining to PFI/PPP handbacks. The team is headed up by the ‘outstanding’ Suzanne Moir, who combines development and finance expertise with a strong commercial background. Sophie Black advises a range of public and private sector bodies on the operational and handback issues relating to PFIs and PPPs across various sectors. Daniel McKinney is also a key name to note.
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Testimonials
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‘True strength and depth of expertise, scale. People who are generally happy in their work and with their colleagues, making for stronger and more cohesive teams.’
‘Suzanne Moir is an outstanding lawyer who really gets how to work as part of a project team. She has the rare combination of great technical skills, inter-personal skills and the ability to ask the "daft" question which is actually really insightful.’
‘Suzanne Moir was excellent.'
‘Suzanne Moir was focussed, commercial, structured, had good market intelligence and was genuinely committed to the transaction.'
Key clients
- Scotrail Trains Limited
- Scottish Government
- SSE plc
- Renfrewshire Council
- Oaklee Housing
- James Hutton Institute
- HCP Kings College Hospital Y
- Aviva
- NHS Highland
- 3i BIIF GP LP
Work highlights
Acting for Oaklee Housing as part of the Amberton Housing consortium, with Macquarie and Cunningham Contracts, in their bid for the €150m Social Housing PPP Bundle 3.
Acting for HPC Kings College with respect to a series of upgrade projects at Kings College Hospital, London, including the proposed £16m refurbishment of the Golden Jubilee wing.
Acting for Scotrail Trains Limited on its rolling stock procurement programme under which it plans to replace 65% of its current train fleets over 10 years.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Suzanne Moir
Other key lawyers
Euan Wilson; Andrew Orr; Stuart Maciver; Sophie Black; Daniel McKinney