Simon Liddiard Email & Phone Number

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Acting for Thames Water as the principal construction solicitor, managing a small team for Thames Water's embedded outsourced legal function as part of Eversheds' Managed Legal Services group and managing the interface on construction law matters with the wider firm. Responsible for managing Thames Water's construction law advice, and primary point of contact for Thames Water including: - Major capital projects procurement, with values ranging from £8m to £400m - Thames Water's… Show more Acting for Thames Water as the principal construction solicitor, managing a small team for Thames Water's embedded outsourced legal function as part of Eversheds' Managed Legal Services group and managing the interface on construction law matters with the wider firm. Responsible for managing Thames Water's construction law advice, and primary point of contact for Thames Water including: - Major capital projects procurement, with values ranging from £8m to £400m - Thames Water's multi-£bn capital works programme for AMP7 and AMP8 - Dealing with construction disputes - Strategic assistance with environmental litigation Show less

Acting for Thames Water as the principal construction solicitor within the embedded BLP legal function of BLP's Managed Legal Services Division. Responsible for managing Thames Water's construction law advice, and primary point of contact for Thames Water including: - Procurement of material capital works contracts for Thames Water ranging from £1m to £300m - Advising on the management of a portfolio of capex contracts and opex frameworks with a combined value in excess of… Show more Acting for Thames Water as the principal construction solicitor within the embedded BLP legal function of BLP's Managed Legal Services Division. Responsible for managing Thames Water's construction law advice, and primary point of contact for Thames Water including: - Procurement of material capital works contracts for Thames Water ranging from £1m to £300m - Advising on the management of a portfolio of capex contracts and opex frameworks with a combined value in excess of £2bn - Conduct of disputes from £1m to £20m, mainly through adjudication and ADR - Providing training and governance support to Thames Water management - Advising on the procurement of TWUL's portfolio of AMP6 contracts with a combined value in excess of £1bn Show less

Acting for Thames Water on all aspects of construction law, from the procurement of large infrastructure projects, and framework agreements for engineering works, to dispute resolution and adjudication.

Associate in Norton Rose's construction team, acting primarily for developers, subcontractors and funds in commercial real estate development projects.

Trainee solicitor sitting in IP/IT, Corporate Finance, Aviation Finance, Construction, and a secondment to ExxonMobil's Upstream legal team.

Working in the Advanced Technology Unit at Arup, a team specialising in non-linear finite element analyses. Worked involved quantitative risk assessments on a major SE Asian infrastructure project, QA on newly developed FEA software, and the design of nuclear waste transport containers. Placements continued through summer vacations at University.