Blake Morgan LLP‘s Cardiff team provides a ’customer-focused’ service to a variety of stakeholders on advisory and contentious work, both regionally and UK-wide. On the contractual front, team head Joanna Rees is at ‘the top of her game’, providing advice to developers on major Wales-based matters, as well as for public sector clients, including Cardiff Council, which she advises on all its infrastructure and education projects. With ’hugely impressive attention to detail’, Kate Howell regularly acts in construction disputes, including in an insolvency context, as well as in relation to fire-safety and cladding-related matters.
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Testimonials
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- 'Blake Morgan is one of the leading UK-wide firms specialising in construction and engineering, infrastructure, and energy. They offer excellent commercial understanding of those sectors and of the complex technical disputes that arise in this area.'
- 'They take time to know the person, the culture of the business aligned to providing the best legal advice for all aspects of the construction/built environment industry.'
- 'Joanna Rees is at the top of the game with her knowledge, guidance and advice.'
- 'Kate Howell is hugely experienced in construction disputes for both public and private sector clients. She has hugely impressive attention to detail and gets excellent results for her client.'
Key clients
- Cardiff Council
- NKLA Limited
- Cardiff Council
- Gower College Swansea
- Transport for Wales
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Cardiff Council
- Cardiff University
Work highlights
Advised Cardiff Council, on the £108m construction of Fairwater School, advising on a rescue deal after the insolvency of its main contractor ISG which involved novation to a replacement contractor together with all the supply chain intact.
Advised KLA Ltd in relation to the delivery of a new build award winning Manufacturing and Research facility for Compound Semi-Conductors in Newport.
Advising Cardiff Council working with Transport for Wales on the procurement and construction of a new tram link between Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay.
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Practice head
Joanna Rees
Other key lawyers
Kate Howell; Natalie Taylor; Sophie Latham; Miles Murphy