Michelmores LLP stands out due to its expertise in PPP and PFI matters, including advising clients on handbacks. The firm’s clients include local authorities, NHS trusts, service providers, financial institutions and private equity funds. The team is led by energy expert Ian Holyoak, PPP advisor Ben Hogan and banking specialist Karen Williams. Carol McCormack focuses on the social infrastructure sector. Within the team, Hannah Slater and Jo Spalding are knowledgeable of the healthcare sector.
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‘The Michelmore's team are all highly focused on delivering excellent and efficient service and at all times go above and beyond our expectations in order to complete challenging pieces of work in often extremely tight deadlines.'
'The team provide a balance of innovative and complex problem solving and practical commercial legal advice.'
'The Michelmores team is well balanced with senior partners and more junior lawyers all of whom are empowered and encouraged to contribute to the work.'
'The team are very knowledgeable across our contracts, and work with us to work through problems not just from a legal perspective but also with an understanding of the more commercial aspects of what we need to do.'
'Ben Hogan is always responsive, always makes the time to work with us to our timescales and always does what he says he's going to do, when he says he's going to do it.'
Key clients
- University College London
- ISS Mediclean Limited
- Dalmore Capital
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust
- Innisfree
- Equitix
- Semperian
- Triple Point Energy Transition plc
- Sky UK Development Limited
- TBC Partners Limited
- Armstrong Capital Management Limited
- Solar Growth Limited
Work highlights
Advising a project company operating a large acute healthcare facility on all legal matters relating to the operation of the PFI project.
Advising various healthcare and education PFI project companies on public sector-led net-zero/decarbonisation initiatives.
Advising Zestec Asset Management in relation to the installation of rooftop solar systems across Co-op's portfolio of 700 sites by advising and negotiating on the complex framework agreement, power purchase agreement and lease templates.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Ian Holyoak; Ben Hogan; Karen Williams
Other key lawyers
Carol McCormack; Alexandra Watson; Stephen Newson; Jo Spalding; Hannah Slater; David Cave