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Owen Watkins

Senior Associate

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About

Owen is a senior associate in the Construction and Engineering team, specialising in non-contentious construction and engineering, with particular focus on defence, major infrastructure and transport. Clients include governmental departments, public sector bodies, developers, major banks, funders, investors, and tier 1 and 2 contractors.

He is experienced in drafting, negotiating, and carrying out due diligence on standard form contracts, including the NEC, JCT, MF/1, FIDIC, IChemE suites and bespoke documentation, and has significant experience in the public sector.

Experience

  • Government departments: Developed the call off terms for various government departments for the procurement of FM services.
  • Government departments: Advising various government departments in developing, negotiating, and troubleshooting contracts across various key defence infrastructure projects as well as various NEC-based construction contracts for refurbishment and new build projects.
  • Major developer: Providing strategic advice to a major developer relating to a new regional train station, as well as contract drafting and negotiation, and interfacing with third parties (including Network Rail, funders, and public bodies).
  • Utilities and train operators: Developed framework contracts for various utilities and train operators based on NEC3 and NEC4 PSSC, PSC (multi-option), ECSC, and ECC Option A, B, and C for network-wide asset maintenance contracts.
  • Tier 2 contractor: Advising on and negotiating a significant HS2 earthworks contract for a tier 2 contractor.
  • Institutional lenders: Various due diligence exercises for institutional lenders in relation to funding solar and wind projects across the UK.

Credentials

  • Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2015)

Areas of expertise

Sector focus

Office

“Owen is a technically excellent lawyer, capable of combining his understanding of the market and deep knowledge of the NEC form of contract to apply that to our specific requirements, often in short timescales, and always in a client friendly manner.”

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