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Graham Burns


















Admitted as a solicitor
1989

Qualifications
LLB Hons (Upper Second Class) in Law from Manchester University

Three Academic Law Prizes, including Administrative Law

Director & Solicitor

Graham has specialised in Public Private Partnerships and Joint Ventures since 1996. Before joining TPP Law Limited 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, with schools, academies, LEAs and 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, including completing the largest schools partnership contract in England for Northamptonshire County Council.

Graham has extensive experience of major public procurement exercises, and has particular expertise in local authority legal matters.

In 2007 and 2008, Graham led the legal team on the 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 closed out the third phase of the BSF Agreement using a new form Design and Build Contract.

Graham is currently lead advisor on the establishment of a Local Education Partnership at The London Boroughs of Lambeth and Ealing together with acting as lead advisor to the wave 4 and 6 schools with the Kent BSF programme. Graham is also advising for a number of bidders on numerous BSF projects.

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