The Society of Construction Law - "Procurement Act 2023: what you need to know"

The Society of Construction Law is delighted to invite you

to a seminar on:

"Procurement Act 2023: what you need to know "

Speakers:

Simon Taylor - Keating Chambers and Tomos Lewis - Blake Morgan LLP

19th September 2024

5.00 for 5.30pm

Simon Taylor is an experienced competition and procurement specialist, with a background in EU law. He was originally called to the Bar in 1987 but after 20 years practising in Brussels and London, including 7 years as a partner in a leading law firm, he returned to the Bar in 2012 and joined Keating Chambers.

His career has been based on the regulation of public bodies and network industries, subsidies/state aid and the competition rules. These rules have historically been based on EU Treaty provisions and directives, but remain in modified form in UK law post Brexit. Simon was involved in 2001 in one of the first UK public procurement case, Severn Trent v Dwr Cymru and has since been at the forefront of development of procurement law. He has acted in some of the most high-profile procurement cases in recent years, including acting for HS2 in Bechtel Ltd v HS2 Ltd (construction of Old Oak Common) and Siemens Mobility Ltd v HS2 Ltd (rolling stock) and also provides strategic advice on the conduct of tenders.

Tomos Lewis is a commercial lawyer specialising in general commercial law, public procurements law, projects, information technology, data protection and information governance.

Tomos regularly advises clients in the public and private sector on a range of commercial and public law issues. This includes advising clients on complex national procurements, from inception to awarding the contract, and tackling any challenges along the way. He also advises clients on drafting and negotiating high value services and supplies contracts, information technology arrangements, including software licensing, support and hosting arrangements as well as advising clients in relation to data protection and information governance arrangements.

Tomos advises a broad range of clients in the public and private sector, including national governments, local authorities, NHS bodies in Wales and England, charities, not for profit organisations, statutory bodies and private companies (from SMEs to large multi-national organisations and investment funds).

Organisers: Kate Howell, Tony Norris, Professor Sarah Lupton & Iwan Jenkins

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