Browne Jacobson LLP has considerable expertise in handling the funding side of landmark developments and regeneration projects, with a particular focus on the education and energy fields. On the contentious side, the practice has a strong track record in managing remedy clause breach cases, as well as third-party rights disputes. Tim Claremont oversees the firm’s national offering, while the West Midlands head, Zoe Stollard, has extensive knowledge in the renewable energy and nuclear construction spheres. The ’commercial and responsive’ Scott Mounfield joins her in Birmingham, mainly acting for major funders and developers. Jonathan Vickers focuses on the real estate and infrastructure industries.
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Jonathan is a construction lawyer with over 12 years of experience specialising in the real estate and infrastructure sectors with particular experience in commercial, residential (including BTR and later living) and public/private regeneration projects. He has a passion for sustainability in the built environment.

He has extensive experience advising all parties involved in construction projects including institutional investors, government bodies, developers, tenants, purchasers and contractors. He brings this knowledge of each party‘s commercial drivers to achieve a collaborative negotiation of construction contracts ensuring that risks are appropriately allocated and shared to allow for a successful project from the outset.

Jonathan acts for both public and private sector clients from the very inception of a project advising on procurement routes and contract selection through to contract completion continuing to advise during the works on contract administration and management. He has extensive experience with all the main standard form of contracts with particular focus on JCT and NEC contracts as well as bespoke building contracts, development agreements and framework agreements.

He is passionate about sustainability in the built environment. He is a member of the Decarbonisation CAB at the ICE as well as involved with The Chancery Lane Project on drafting sustainable and net zero construction provisions.

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  • ‘The Construction team has a strong knowledge and understanding of the local government sector.’

    ‘Scott Mounfield is knowledgeable, commercial, and responsive and has a strong understanding of local government and the challenges facing local government. All in all, he is a pleasure to work with.’

Key clients

  • Avonside Energy Limited BAM Construction Limited Bowmer & Kirkland Limited Baxi Heating Blackpool Borough Council Breedon Group The British Museum Clegg Construction Limited and Clegg Food Limited County Contractors Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Elevate Property group H E Simm Hero Futures Homes England Ingersoll Rand Air Solutions Hibon J Coffey Construction Limited J Tomlinson Limited Keltbray Limited London Borough of Croydon Mace Limited and Mace Management Services BV National Highways Natural England OCU Group Osprey Shipping Limited Statera Energy Stonbury Limited The Government Legal Department - Ministry of Justice United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust University of Hertfordshire University of Leicester Welsh Government Willmott Dixon Construction Limited and Willmott Dixon Interiors Limited Wintech Limited Wolverhampton City Council Wrexham University