Our Services

We are recognised for our expertise in advising on large-scale, award-winning, and market-leading Projects and Infrastructure transactions.

Our experience covers the full range of infrastructure sectors, including transport infrastructure, military infrastructure, battery and energy storage solutions, mining, refining and petrochemicals, LNG, thermal power, and water.

We act for governments, developers, financial institutions, main contractors, sub-contractors, and suppliers. Our breadth of experience across the full range of market participants enables us not only to anticipate issues that may arise during the course of a transaction but also to understand them deeply and deliver innovative, practical solutions.

Our sector focused construction team, integrated within our Projects, Infrastructure & Energy practice, advises on all aspects of project construction documentation. We are highly experienced in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, including construction agreements, power purchase agreements, tender administration, supply agreements, offtake arrangements, government contracts, and licensing agreements across the Projects and Infrastructure sectors.

We also provide sector-specific advice in the context of mergers and acquisitions, particularly with respect to asset-level due diligence, joint venture structuring, and regulatory and government-facing agreements.

We deliver structured and disciplined Legal Project Management (LPM) services to support the efficient execution of complex projects. Our approach combines legal expertise with proven project management methodologies to ensure that legal workstreams are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with broader project goals. We manage legal risks proactively, coordinate the flow of contractual documentation, and oversee stakeholder engagement to maintain momentum throughout the project lifecycle.

A core aspect of our service is anticipating and addressing the common issues that frequently arise during the delivery of major projects. We advise on the legal and contractual management of variations to scope, claims for price fluctuations, project delays, requests for extensions of time, and the administration of liquidated damages. We assist clients in establishing clear procedures at the outset for managing changes, ensuring that variations are properly documented, valued, and approved in accordance with the contractual framework. We also advise on strategies to mitigate exposure to claims arising from delays and disruptions, including the preparation and negotiation of extension of time claims and the analysis of critical path impacts.

Our experience spans major infrastructure, construction, and industrial projects, including managing the legal aspects of multi-package EPC contracts and coordinating multi-party negotiations under tight project deadlines. By embedding LPM principles and proactive contract administration practices from the outset, we help clients to minimise disputes, preserve contractual entitlements, and drive projects to successful completion.

We advise both public and private sector clients on the strategic and practical aspects of tendering, from project inception through to contract award. Our services include drafting invitations to tender (ITTs), request for proposals (RFPs), pre-qualification documents, and tender evaluation frameworks. We assist in establishing robust procurement processes that promote transparency, competitiveness, and compliance with local and international procurement laws, including public sector procurement regulations where applicable. Our experience includes advising government bodies on major infrastructure procurements and assisting sponsors and developers in the tendering of EPC, O&M (Operations & Maintenance), and consultancy contracts for energy and transport projects. We also support clients in managing bidder queries, conducting tender evaluations, and negotiating final contract awards, ensuring the procurement process is legally defensible and commercially advantageous.

We draft, negotiate, and advise on a full range of construction contracts, both standard form and bespoke. Our expertise covers EPC contracts, design and build contracts, construction management arrangements, alliance and collaborative contracts, and turnkey solutions across various sectors, including transport, utilities, commercial real estate, and industrial developments. We regularly work with standard forms such as PAM, PWD, AIAC, FIDIC, NEC, RIBA, ACA, JCT, and bespoke variants tailored to project-specific risk profiles. Our services include advising on contract structuring, risk allocation (including delay, defects, liquidated damages, and force majeure), security packages (performance bonds, parent company guarantees, and warranties), and dispute resolution mechanisms. For example, we have advised sponsors on the drafting and negotiation of EPC contracts for power generation facilities and acted for contractors in negotiating construction subcontracts for major tunnelling and infrastructure projects. Our advice ensures that contracts are not only legally robust but also operationally workable.

We assist clients in engaging technical, design, and project management consultants across the life cycle of a project. We draft and negotiate consultancy agreements that clearly define scopes of service, performance obligations, deliverables, liability caps, insurance requirements, payment structures, and rights to intellectual property. Our experience includes preparing framework consultancy agreements for multinational infrastructure programmes, drafting bespoke architectural design appointments, and negotiating owner’s engineer contracts for energy and industrial projects. We ensure that consultancy contracts provide appropriate recourse and incentivisation, reducing the risk of cost overruns, delivery failures, or professional negligence claims. Where multidisciplinary consultant teams are engaged, we assist in drafting coordination agreements to clarify interfaces and responsibilities.

We advise project sponsors, developers, and offtakers on all aspects of Power Purchase Agreements across a wide range of technologies, including solar PV, onshore and offshore wind, battery storage, hydropower, and conventional thermal generation. Our experience covers both regulated utility-scale PPAs and private corporate PPAs, including synthetic (virtual) and physical structures. We assist in negotiating key commercial terms such as tariff structures (fixed, indexed, or hybrid), take-or-pay obligations, capacity and energy payment mechanisms, curtailment risk, performance guarantees, credit support arrangements, and termination rights. We have advised on PPAs underpinning the financing of major renewable energy portfolios, as well as on the negotiation of direct agreements with lenders and government support agreements where required. Our focus is on ensuring that the PPA structure is bankable, financeable, and aligned with the client’s commercial and operational objectives.

We advise clients on the legal, regulatory, and commercial aspects of the global energy transition and the increasing integration of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) standards into project development and financing. Our expertise covers the full spectrum of clean energy projects, including solar, wind, green and blue hydrogen, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), battery storage, and hybrid systems.

We assist in structuring renewable energy projects, advising on power purchase agreements tailored for corporate offtakers, structuring carbon trading and offset arrangements, and advising on green bonds and ESG-linked financing facilities. We also guide clients on the evolving regulatory landscape, such as mandatory ESG disclosures, climate-related financial reporting, and sustainable procurement practices. Our experience includes advising on ESG due diligence for M&A transactions, embedding sustainability-linked KPIs in project financing structures, and negotiating contracts that incorporate net zero, circular economy, and community engagement commitments.

We provide strategic legal advice to sponsors, developers, funds, and operators on the acquisition, disposal, and refinancing of operational (brownfield) assets. Our services encompass advising on share sales, asset transfers, portfolio acquisitions, sale-and-leaseback structures, and restructuring of project companies (ProjectCos).

We conduct detailed legal due diligence at the asset level, reviewing project agreements, regulatory approvals, financing documents, and O&M arrangements to identify key risks and value drivers. We assist in negotiating sale and purchase agreements (SPAs), novation agreements, consents to assignment, and transitional services arrangements. Our experience includes advising on the disposal of renewable energy portfolios, sale of toll road concessions, acquisition of operational power and water assets, and advising institutional investors on secondary market investment opportunities. We understand the commercial imperatives of de-risking transactions and optimising exit proceeds.

We advise on all aspects of supply chain contracting for major infrastructure and industrial projects, ensuring that risks are appropriately allocated and performance obligations are clearly defined. Our services include drafting and negotiating supply agreements for critical equipment (such as turbines, modules, cables, transformers, and process equipment), framework procurement agreements, logistics and transportation contracts, warehousing and inventory management agreements, and maintenance supply contracts.

We routinely advise on complex issues such as lead time risk, price escalation and indexing mechanisms, defect and warranty provisions, security requirements, and limitation of liability.

Our experience includes advising developers and contractors on the procurement of long-lead items for energy and transport projects, drafting framework agreements for modular construction, and negotiating strategic supply contracts in the renewables and industrial sectors. We also assist in structuring procurement strategies that comply with international and domestic regulatory requirements.

We draft, review, and negotiate Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Agreements that govern the ongoing performance and upkeep of major assets across the energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. Our expertise spans both long-term outsourced O&M contracts and internal self-perform arrangements.

We advise on key commercial issues including performance standards, availability guarantees, bonus/penalty regimes, maintenance obligations, handback requirements, health and safety compliance, and operational reporting standards. We ensure that O&M agreements are bankable where required, particularly for assets subject to project financing, and that they align with the lifecycle planning and exit strategies of asset owners. Our experience includes negotiating O&M agreements for power plants, water and wastewater facilities, roads, ports, and data centres. We also advise on transitional O&M arrangements for newly commissioned assets and on restructuring O&M frameworks for distressed projects.

We provide specialist regulatory and compliance advice to clients operating in highly regulated sectors, including energy, utilities, transport, social infrastructure, and industrial developments. Our services cover licensing and permitting, market entry approvals, tariff and price regulation, environmental and social compliance, health and safety regulation, and local content requirements.

We assist in securing project approvals, advising on compliance with national energy laws, environmental protection legislation, planning and zoning regulations, and occupational health and safety obligations. We also guide clients through anti-bribery, corruption, and sanction risks associated with project development in emerging markets. Our experience includes advising sponsors on grid connection licensing, compliance audits for operating infrastructure assets, permitting strategies for greenfield developments, and responding to regulatory investigations. We are particularly attuned to the regulatory risks and opportunities arising from the increasing convergence of climate change policy, infrastructure investment, and ESG standards.