Public Procurement
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
Contact number
+44 20 7374 8000Chambers Review
Herbert Smith Freehills has a notable history of working with public and private organisations on procurement and collaboration transactions of all kinds, often concerning the most ambitious projects of the day and with a powerful litigation offering. The firm helps steer clients through the EU's competition and state aid regulatory frameworks. It is renowned for sector expertise in energy and utilities, transport, infrastructure and TMT.
Nusrat Zar is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- Herbert Smith Freehills helped High Speed Two defend its procurement of 54 high-speed trains, valued at £2.75 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have a strong multidisciplined team of experienced lawyers with full and complete dedication and commitment to the project, their client and stakeholders."
"They have been instrumental in providing guidance to enable project complexities to be resolved."
"Their public law practice does a significant amount of procurement work and works on ambitious procurements."
"They have a strong multidisciplined team of experienced lawyers with full and complete dedication and commitment to the project, their client and stakeholders."
"They have been instrumental in providing guidance to enable project complexities to be resolved."
"Their public law practice does a significant amount of procurement work and works on ambitious procurements."