Suriya Edwards

Suriya is a Partner at the Construction & Engineering team at Freeths & specialises in renewable energy (battery storage and solar projects). 

Her experience extends to infrastructure & energy from waste projects, and mainstream construction commercial development work. She acts for developers, funders and contractors & has acted for utility companies and waste operators.

Suriya advises on complex construction and engineering contracts (EPCs), O&M contracts, appointments, and associated security documentation. She works with several industry forms of contracts such as MF/1, FIDIC, NEC, IChemE and JCT.

Suriya places importance in providing practical advice to her clients on contract strategy, risk, and approach to take. In the context of a fast-paced energy market, this makes programme commitments & milestones, procurement structures, long-lead times for major components, testing & energisation requirements key factors that influence commercial drivers to revenue generate within anticipated timescales.  

To enable her clients transition from legal contract negotiations to project delivery, Suriya skilfully navigates relationship building alongside clear advice to clients to manage and mitigate project risk, taking into account stakeholder interests.

Suriya is a specialist in climate contracting and is skilled at advising clients on tackling their climate ambitions within their contract drafting and has had close collaborations with The Chancery Lane Project.