Education: Institutions (Higher & Further Education)

About

Provided by Weightmans

The Weightmans team are primarily focussed on the Higher Education sector; acting for around 25% of the country’s universities. The team is a full service offering delivering solutions for our clients around major projects, academic collaborations, student conduct and complaints, pensions, employment and restructuring, spin-outs, regulatory, real estate, planning and construction, procurement and governance – often with an international dimension.

We are true innovators, offering products that address sector needs; for example software tools for investigating sensitive sexual misconduct allegations, with another tool for assessing reasonable adjustments for a range of conditions that a student may present with; alongside a bespoke service solution for resolving student complaints.

Our recent projects include:

• Financing advice to a northern university for a £26m student bed build

• A £50 campus redevelopment

• £100m construction of a specialist Veterinary school 

• Litigation enforcing the Intellectual Property of a research intensive university

• Representation at coroners court following a student death