Alastair advises sponsors, facilities managers, procuring authorities and construction contractors on infrastructure PPP projects and other major commercial contracts, both in the UK and internationally.

Alastair's experience

  • Advised the construction contractor on a settlement agreement regarding alleged defects in a bridge project in Cornwall, addressing claims from the employer under an NEC style contract and considering potential liability of sub-contractors and designers.

  • Advised Balfour Beatty Living Places Limited a leading infrastructure services provider on the extension of original contract terms with Southampton City Council under the Scape Framework, a public sector procurement framework facilitating efficient project delivery and drafting the call off based on an amended NEC4 contract.

  • Advised Enfield Lighting Services Limited and Lambeth Lighting Services Limited, (Project Companies) on variations to major public street lighting private finance initiative projects in London, including drafting amendments to the project agreement and service contract and advising on funder consent requirements.

  • Advised CAF Signalling S.L., a Spanish rail technology provider, on the Heads of Terms for a consortium agreement with a UK engineering firm and conducted legal risk analysis of the framework agreement, call-off contracts and memorandum of understanding for a major train control system signalling bid in the United Kingdom.

  • Advised the Atomic Weapons Establishment in connection with the delivery of a multi-billion pound programme of defence related works.

  • Advising Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the main civils contracts, enabling and advanced works contracts and professional services contracts (all based on NEC4) for the Dublin Metrolink project.

  • Advised a leading employer, on the procurement of water services through a competitive tender process and the production of a new term service contract, based on an amended NEC4 TSC.

  • Advised Bouygues Batiment International SA, a leading international construction company, on a single-sourced contract awarded by the UK government for the development of accommodation facilities at military bases in Cyprus.

  • Advised Mitie Defence contractor on preparing a subcontract with a local joint venture partner in Cyprus to ensure obligations under a major hard facilities management contract were properly flowed down, addressing risk allocation and commercial terms for compliance with UK Ministry of Defence requirements.

  • Advised RATP Dev in relation to its contract with BYD for the provision of electric buses for its bus operations in London and financing work in relation to their electric vehicle bus fleets.

Out-Law / Insight by Alastair Dale

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