Education: Institutions (Higher & Further Education)
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
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(0117) 925 2020About
Provided by VWV
We work closely with over 50 Higher Education Institutions and many Further Education Colleges to support them at a time of great change, helping them to find creative solutions to the challenges and opportunities they face.
We were appointed as the top ranked firm on the One Stop Shop Lot of the National Legal Services Framework in 2017 and have since been appointed to the North East Universities Purchasing Consortium's National Intellectual Property Rights Framework and London Universities Purchasing Consortium's National Debt Recovery Framework.
We provide a comprehensive range of legal services for higher and further education institutions, including student matters, employment, immigration, regulatory compliance, information law, commercial contracts and collaborations, banking and lending, intellectual property, brand protection, dispute resolution, property, procurement and state aid and governance.
Our experience means our clients can be confident that they are kept one step ahead of legal and regulatory changes and are able to manage the risks and opportunities that they face with confidence.
Chambers Review
VWV provides a full suite of services, including advice on real estate, employment issues and student complaints. The team fields particularly strong expertise in the development of university facilities and student accommodation. The firm is recommended for assisting universities with the procurement of systems and services of all kinds and is highly regarded for work at the intersection of education and charities law. It also offers clients a significant and highly rated offering in intellectual property matters.
Jane Byford is the head of the higher and further education practice and is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- VWV acted for Oxford Brookes University on a planning appeal to secure consent for up to 500 market and affordable dwellings. The firm also assisted the university in the marketing of the Wheatley Campus sale.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We are very confident in VWV's advice around charity matters."
"They have a wide variety of specialists who can respond to almost all queries."
"The lawyers at VWV are very responsive, knowledgeable and commercially-focussed."
"Everyone we have dealt with at VWV has provided a professional service."
"We are very confident in VWV's advice around charity matters."
"They have a wide variety of specialists who can respond to almost all queries."
"The lawyers at VWV are very responsive, knowledgeable and commercially-focussed."
"Everyone we have dealt with at VWV has provided a professional service."
Members
Provided by VWV
Bob Fahy
Kris Robbetts
Michael Halsey
Paul Voller
Rachel Tonkin
Stephanie Rickard
Clients
Provided by VWV
Barnet and Southgate College
Brunel University
London South Bank University
Middlesex University
National Star College
Norland College
Oxford Brookes University
The Alan Turing Institute
The University of Law
University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Exeter
University of Greenwich
University of Southampton
Industries
Provided by VWV
Education