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Amanda Topham
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Graham Burns
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Director & Solicitor
Graham
has specialised in Public
Private Partnerships and Joint Ventures since 1996. Before joining The Projects Partnership as a Director, Graham was the lead
projects lawyer in the City office of Eversheds.
Graham started his legal career in local government. He has a particular interest
in education schemes, and is currently engaged on a number of major leisure and
education projects, both with LEAs and in the higher education sector.
He specialises in complex procurements and major commercial transactions in the
local authority sector handling a broad range of commercial and legal issues. Graham has
substantial and leading-edge experience of major and complex public private partnership deals.
Graham has extensive experience of major public procurement exercises, and has particular expertise in local authority legal matters.
In December
2005, Graham successfully completed the largest schools partnership contract in
England for Northamptonshire County Council. The contract is worth around £1 billion
over its life and will bring in capital investment of over £200 million to 41 schools. As part of that Scheme, Graham is currently leading on a major disposal of property assets by the Council, and the addition of a new Special School to the
Scheme.
In April 2006, Graham completed a innovative 35 year PPP project for the provision
of student accommodation in the University sector.
In 2007, Graham led the legal team on the first completion of London’s first BSF
Scheme on behalf of the London Borough of Lambeth. As part of the scheme, Graham
successfully varied the existing ICT PFI Agreement, and has recently closed out
the third phase of the BSF Agreement using a new form Design and Build Contract.
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