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About Taylor Wessing
Taylor Wessing is a major international law firm, with a team of around 900 lawyers, working across 22 offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We offer an integrated service across the full range of practice areas, with recognised industry experts in infrastructure, technology, energy and the environment (sustainability, renewable energy and cleantech) issues.
Our clients include public sector bodies, major corporations, investment funds, financial institutions and wealthy individuals and families doing business globally. The firm’s globally renowned expertise in intellectual property underpins its strength in knowledge-based industries and it has a clear focus on supporting the fast growing industries of tomorrow:
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Real Estate and Infrastructure
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Energy and Environment
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Technology, Media and Telecoms
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Industrials
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Life Sciences and Healthcare
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Consumer Brands
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Financial Institutions and Services
Major Projects and Infrastructure
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Our dedicated Major Projects and Infrastructure group works on major infrastructure projects and project financings in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. With extensive expertise across many sectors, including energy, healthcare, telecoms, shipbuilding, transportation, waste/water and PFI/PPP sectors, we act for government agencies, sponsors, developers, contractors, and finance providers.
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The group includes lawyers with backgrounds in private and public finance, project development and project management, M&A, construction and engineering, environmental, regulatory and commercial work.
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It is this combination of industry knowledge, broad legal expertise and track record in domestic and international projects that enables us to provide innovative solutions that reconcile the interests of government agencies, sponsors, financiers and other stakeholders within varying political and commercial environments.
Procurement Strategy
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We have extensive expertise in advising on procurement law from all perspectives including that of the awarding authority, bidder and receiver of procurement processes, as well as assisting the state in respect of allegations of procurement breach.
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We provide advice on whether a body is governed by the public procurement directives. We write procurement guides for use by procurement managers and their teams and devise workshops to ensure that those teams have a full understanding of the principles which apply.
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We advise on general procurement strategy by awarding bodies, including choice of procurement procedure, pre-qualifications issues, award criteria and evaluation issues.
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We also advise on procedural issues such as the permissibility of contract clarifications/negotiation and on obligations vis a vis contractors, debriefing meetings and how to manage risks of challenge including actually defending a threatened challenge.
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Our extensive procurement experience will help guide the advisory team through every stage of the process and generally ensure that the procurement is concluded in an open and fair way.
Construction Risks and Choice of Procurement Route
We advise on construction and engineering law in the major projects and infrastructure sectors including:
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Core construction and engineering contracts
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Alternative methods of construction
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Legal aspects of performance specifications
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Joint ventures
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EPC contracts
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Consortium agreements
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Maintenance and service agreements
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Warranty claims
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Project security
It is important for any employer to have clearly defined goals and objectives so that it can ensure that the most suitable mode of contracting is adopted for its choice of infrastructure project. No hard and fast rules can be stated on the appropriate methods of contracting that may be adopted on any given project. Much will depend upon the employer’s goals and objectives, which may well include some of the following:
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Time considerations
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Desired level of involvement in the construction process
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Control over design
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Flexibility pre-construction and during construction to change the design
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Fixed or guaranteed price
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Site restrictions
We can assist in the development of these goals and objectives through the preparation of strategic risk analysis papers and advice on the various choice of contractual structures that can be adopted for any chosen infrastructure project.
We are also experienced in addressing the complex disputes that can arise in these sectors through dispute resolution boards, expert determination, international arbitration or court proceedings.
Property and Planning
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Our experience informs us that it is important that full legal due diligence on property issues is conducted at an early stage, as this can affect project timing when the procurement process gets underway. Our advice includes providing all property, planning, conservation and environmental law advice required during both the pre-procurement and procurement phases of the project.
Taylor Wessing has considerable experience of advising government agencies on all these matters and many others to help achieve successful project delivery.
Taylor Wessing’s Role in MAPPS
Its projects and infrastructure practice has considerable experience in advising at all stages of the PPP / PFI process, from the initial procurement process through to financial close and advises a number of project sponsors, consortia, contractors and funders.
Its multi-disciplinary team covers all relevant disciplines needed for a successful infrastructure project, such as procurement, property, construction, vires, corporate, finance and facilities management. Its team collectively offers broad transaction experience, embracing tendering and procurement, project development, finance and M&A, consortium arrangements, contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering and outsourcing.
Taylor Wessing conventionally advises upon:
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EU and domestic regulatory framework (e.g. tendering processes and public procurement)
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Environmental, planning and property issues, financing and security structures
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Project development and joint venture / consortium arrangements
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Construction, engineering, other commercial contracts, in particular, relating to the supply of services
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Risk analysis and allocation
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Dispute resolution
www.taylorwessing.com
TAYLOR WESSING Taylor Wessing's international offices operate as one firm but are established as distinct legal entities and consist of: Taylor Wessing LLP UK, Taylor Wessing France, Taylor Wessing Germany, Taylor Wessing Belgium, Taylor Wessing Dubai, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP Singapore, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Austria, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Czech Republic, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Hungary, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Slovakia, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Poland and Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Ukraine.
Taylor Wessing has representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
TAYLOR WESSING LLP Taylor Wessing in the UK is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales. It is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority including for any incidental services relating to investments, insurance and mortgages. The rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority can be accessed at http://www.sra.org.uk/.
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Registered office: 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW
Tel +44 (0)20 7300 7000
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