This is top tier infrastructure based legal and commercial advice, with all the experience, but without the big firm baggage.

We advise project participants on governance and decision making structures for their projects, including joint venture and other partnering arrangements. Owen is also available for project board and steering committee appointments, including as an independent chair.

We advise project owners on how to run good procurement processes including request for tender documentation, evaluation methodology, collaborative tender processes (including ECI), alliance facilitation, probity advice and bid cost reimbursement arrangements.

We advise tenderers, including on bidding strategy, consortium formation, bidding agreements, joint ventures, alternative proposals, unsolicited proposals and amendments to draft contracts.

We are professional contract negotiators. We can assist you to devise effective negotiation strategies that will not only close the deal, but will withstand the test of time.

We provide strategic advice on contract management including dispute avoidance, issue resolution, claims management, contract amendments, equity transfers, refinancings, insolvency, turn-arounds and restructures.

We advise on the establishment of Dispute Avoidance Boards (also known as Dispute Resolution Boards). Owen can also chair your Dispute Avoidance Board and help you find other suitable DAB members.

We provide independent specialist legal and commercial advice for boards and management on commercial and legal issues associated with infrastructure.

Owen can act as external counsel, or as virtual in-house counsel.

Owen delivers training for key decision-makers on project planning, project governance, market engagement, contract negotiation, contract administration, dispute avoidance and issue resolution

Owen advises project participants on their insurance arrangements, including principal arranged insurance schemes and insurance compliance checks

Owen conducts independent project reviews, including gateway reviews, risk reviews, post implementation reviews and benefits realisation reviews. We also perform infrastructure sector landscape analyses for our clients

We provide probity advisory services that recognise a challenge-proof process, whilst important, isn’t your primary objective. Owen also advises tenderers on how to manage probity issues, and how to protest if the process is unfair.