For the past eight years, Herbert Smith's water team has been ranked by the legal directories as first or equal first among water practices in the UK. As well as offering in-depth expertise on all issues relating to water and waste water law and regulation, we work closely with our corporate banking and litigation teams to offer a 'one stop shop' service to our clients.
Through nearly 20 years of close involvement with the water industry we have built relationships with leading national and international players including Severn Trent, AWG Group, Thames Water, Bristol Water, Ondeo and Northern Ireland's Department for Regional Development.
Our breadth of expertise takes in:
- water law and regulation
- price reviews
- restructurings and refinancings
- acquisitions and disposals
- government policy and projects
- PPP/PFI
We can also draw on the wider skills of Herbert Smith and of our European alliance partners, Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe. Our recent work for AWG Group on disposals in Eastern Europe and South America illustrates how readily our water expertise travels.
“an unrivalled knowledge of water sector legislation and regulations”
Chambers UK 2004-2005
“Very prompt, responsive and helpful”
Legal 500, 2004