Mark Pantry

Mark particularly focuses on major infrastructure, engineering and energy projects, advising clients through all stages of a project from procurement strategy to drafting and negotiating construction contracts and ancillary project documentation.

Examples of Mark’s expertise include:

• advising Nexans on its agreement with ScottishPower Renewables to supply and install 100km of high-voltage subsea export cables and 55km of onshore cables for the East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm in the North Sea;
• advising Nexans on its agreement to manufacture and construct the Celtic Interconnector, the first subsea electricity interconnector for direct electricity exchange between France and Ireland;
• advising an international specialist contractor on NEC contract documentation for works forming part of a major UK nuclear new-build project;
  advising a contractor on the negotiation of FIDIC-based construction documentation for a utility-scale solar photovoltaic project;
• advising an international joint venture in relation to FEED and EPC documentation for a major pumped storage hydroelectric project;
• acting for Bovis in relation to the construction of the £300 million HMP Fosse Way prison in Leicestershire, including drafting and negotiating key subcontract packages and providing ongoing project advisory support;
• advising a Tier 1 contractor in relation to its contracts for infrastructure works on High Speed 2;
• acting for an international contractor in relation to its offshore and onshore EPC contracts for the construction of a 600MW wind power project in Laos;
• advising the technical adviser to a public authority on procurement strategy and EPC documentation for a major wastewater infrastructure project;
• acting for a German manufacturer and installer of intralogistics systems on EPC contracts for the design, construction and installation of complex automated facilities for major UK retailers;
• advising an international contractor on a consortium agreement relating to the upgrade of a major petrochemical refinery in the Middle East;
• acting for Bovis in relation to its appointment as main contractor for the cut-and-carve redevelopment of a landmark commercial office building in London’s West End; and
• advising a major real estate developer in Dubai in relation to its suite of standard form construction documentation, including EPC contracts, development agreements and consortium agreements.

Mark’s memberships/positions include:

• member of the Society of Construction Law; and
• member of the Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association (TECSA).