Anne-Marie Friel
Partner
Anne-Marie specialises in the delivery of complex infrastructure, construction and data centre projects.
Anne-Marie's experience
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Advised Pure Data Centres Group on the construction and energy aspects of its €7.5 billion AI campus development in Seinäjoki, Finland. The project is expected to become one of Europe's largest AI infrastructure developments, with an initial 110MW campus and capacity to scale beyond 550MW.
- €7.5b
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a leading infrastructure and energy sector companies, on drafting a subcontract for an offshore wind project in the United Kingdom, ensuring compliance with industry standards and joint venture requirements.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a global data centre operator on all construction procurement issues on a series of international data centres, in London, Ireland and wider European locations.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a local authority on construction and insurance issues associated with a heat network project.
- United Kingdom
- Professional & Public Services
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Advising Transport Infrastructure Ireland, a National Transport Agency on issues associated with cross-party collaboration and implementing ambitious sustainability and digital targets within its supplier contracts on the Dublin Metro project, Ireland’s largest infrastructure development.
- Ireland
- Infrastructure
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Advised various contractual joint ventures agreement negotiations on multiple works packages including deeds of variation and joint venture agreements over a 10 year period in connection with the delivery of a major London railway project.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised a three way joint venture main contractor on a major renegotiation of a large UK water alliance at the end of the AMP6 maintenance period.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised several major civils construction contractor joint ventures on a large multi-billion pound high speed rail project in the UK .
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acted for the integrated delivery team comprised of two joint venture contractors (Costain Skanska JV and Balfour Beatty Carillion JV) on a collaborative NEC-based delivery structure for the £1.4BN A14 roads upgrade. The A14 has been widely lauded by industry for its collaborative approach and best for project outcomes achieved.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising on developing for a tier 1 contractor a suite of Network Rail ICE based step-down template contracts for the procurement of its tier 2 supply chain for the delivery of National Rails programme of works.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
Credentials
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2016Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
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2001BPP Law School, London – Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test
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2001Qualified - England and Wales
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1999Joined Pinsent Masons
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1998Institute of Professional Legal Studies – Professional Legal Studies Course
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1998Qualified - Barrister & Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand
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1997Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand – LLB
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1994Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand – BA, (History)
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