Construction

We can add value to a project, which is why our clients keep coming back to us.

Helping you build your business

Our specialist team works exclusively on construction and engineering projects. It is one of the biggest single site teams in the country and has achieved national recognition for its work
on projects throughout the UK.

About our expertise with consruction

Our expertise spans procurement, where our role is to identify and sort out points that are practically and commercially important to you – we do not waste time in fruitless battles over points of no commercial importance.

Another area where we have particular expertise is dispute management. We are proud to be the only UK firm to publish our record of success in adjudication (we have acted in 82 and lost 4).

We have developed our own approach to dispute management. Its focus is early and rigorous cost benefit analysis and what needs to be done to achieve closure on the best terms available and at least cost.

On construction projects we understand where the risks will be and what we can realistically expect to do about them. Overall we can add value to a project, which is why our clients keep coming back to us.

Examples of our construction work

Acting for the developer of a city centre hotel project (The Pod, Nottingham, now an IBS Hotel) involving an architectural design competition which subsequently won numerous awards.
Over many years advising a developer and operator of hotels as it expanded its chain of mid-range and budget hotels across the country. Work included all construction contracts, consultants’ appointments, etc and also various more complex arrangements such as where hotels were to be built on difficult city centre sites.
Advising hotel operator on associated development of pub/restaurants to be located on adjacent sites.
Reviewing construction documentation of an operator, including framework agreements, building contracts, collateral warranties and bonds.
Advising on Framework/Term/Partnering contracts for contractors and consultants to provide services on a rolling basis, both in relation to maintenance of existing retail units and in rolling programmes of refurbishment.
Advising on the contract to appoint a consultant to project manage the rebranding of a retailer’s outlets in several hundred units around the UK.
Negotiating a contract for completely refitting over 150 outlets around the country, including changes in signage/branding, as well as refurbishment and in some cases extension. This involved using a single contract between the Employer and 14 contractors (divided into teams of 3 or 4 per region).
Acting for a client with a large UK estate we drafted a contract based on the CIOB FM contract to appoint a contractor to carry out an ongoing programme of minor alterations and upgrades.
Drafting standard contracts for shopfitting works.

Testimonials

MA
“Leo and his team at Freeths act for The Big Table Group. I have had a longstanding relationship with Leo including my present role as Director of...
Matt Ainger, Property Director
Big Table Group
MG
“Freeths LLP have been our long term legal partner providing expertise and professionalism in handling both our everyday needs as well as supportin...
Mark Grunnell, Co-founder and Chief Executive
Red Oak Taverns
KA
“I have worked with Leo since April 2021 and he has provided me with inciteful and commercial support which can only come from someone who understa...
Kamran Aziz, Managing Director
RedCat Pub Company
HS
"Peach Pubs grew through acquiring freeholds and leaseholds (both private and pubco) over 20 years. Freeths became part of our success in the la...
Hamish Stoddart, Co-founder
Peach Pub Company
PD
“Leo and all of the team at Freeths are undoubted leisure sector specialists and are both commercial and pragmatic in their advice. They are able...
Phil Derbyshire, Group Property Director
The Restaurant Group Plc
RM
“Partnering with Freeths has provided us with invaluable support for our property activities. Their expert guidance and seamless service have prove...
Richard Maslin, Property Director
The Liberation Group
JD
“We have worked with Freeths for well over a decade for matters concerning our wine business and wine bars and restaurants, and are consistently im...
James Davy, Chairman
Davy’s
GB
"I have worked with Freeths for over two decades, firstly as an advisor alongside them when acting for a client, and more recently as the principal...
Graeme Bunn, Property & Acquisitions Director
Red Oak Taverns
TD
“Leo and his team at Freeths act for BKUK Group Limited and have done so since the inception of the business in its current form in 2017. I have ha...
Tim Doubleday, CFO
BKUK Group Limited
NB
“Freeths has provided unrivalled legal advice to our portfolio businesses in the pubs sector for many years. Their team regularly goes above and be...
Noah Bulkin, Managing Partner
May Capital
JL
“I have used Freeths for many years now, both on property and transactional matters. There are many reasons that I have used them so much, but top...
John Leslie, Non-Executive Director
Oakman Inns and Restaurants
PM
"The Late-Night sector has had some particularly difficult trading conditions over the last year, which meant unfortunately we had to take on board...
Peter Marks, Chairman
UK – REKOM

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