David Parton

Work Highlights

AXA on its 550,000 sq. ft data centre development for NTT of Japan at Dagenham, including power installation and supply construction agreements.

AXA on its three building office development at Assembly, Bristol.

Beijing Capital Development Holdings on its £200m+ purchase of 30 Crown Place, London, the headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons, from Korea’s Samsung Asset Management.

Capital & Regional on divestment of part of The Mall, Walthamstow to Longharbour for constructing two build-to-rent towers; underground works to create a new station box for Transport for London for the Victoria Line; and on construction procurement for extensive works to the shopping centre.

Castleforge Partners and Gamuda on the redevelopment of 75 London Wall (the former Deutsche Bank headquarters) in the City of London as a new best-in-class, 450,000 sq. ft office development with additional storeys, retained façade, and public realm upgrades.

Castleforge Partners on the purchase, redevelopment as the European headquarters of DLA Piper, and the subsequent sale of 160 Aldersgate Street, London.

Chinese Estates on the redevelopment of River Court, London, the former Goldman Sachs International European headquarters in the City of London.

Clore Duffield Foundation on the development of the Jewish Community Centre for London, a pavilion building incorporating an enclosed piazza, function rooms, cinema, arts and crafts workshop, cafe and day care centre.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission on its restoration works to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in northern France.

Delancey on the development of the Rolls Building, London as the United Kingdom’s new flagship Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court.

Delancey on the redevelopment of the 1,200,000 sq ft 2012 Olympic International Broadcast Centre and its transformation into offices, university accommodation, the new television studios of BT Sport, a data centre and retail offering as well as advising on the development, and subsequent investment, funding of the project.

Earls Court Partnership on all construction aspects for ECPL in relation to the major redevelopment of the Earls Court Opportunity Area. ECPL is a JV between Delancey, APG and Transport for London that comprises circa 40 acres of land that formerly housed the Earls Court Exhibition centres and is London’s largest cleared Zone 1 development site to be redeveloped for commercial use, residential (including affordable and build to rent), and leisure.

easyJet on a new maintenance hangar at London Gatwick.

GPRL, the Lendlease-Quintain joint venture project company on its regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula including build-over agreements with Transport for London for the Blackwall Tunnel and the construction of two office buildings at Pier Walk and Mitre Passage.

Ivanhoé Cambridge on the construction of Stonecutter Court, a new office in the City and headquarters for law firm Travers Smith.

London Business School on the construction documents for the redevelopment of Old Marylebone Town Hall as its new main campus building to be known as the Sammy Ofer Centre.

Morgan Stanley on the redevelopment of Premier Place as the new City headquarters for Jane Street.

QuadReal/PSP on the Canadian joint venture's investment into Westfield’s Stratford, London Build-to-Rent portfolio to construct 1,224 apartments across 11 buildings.

SEGRO on a number of data centre developments at Slough Trading Estate, London.

The Crown Estate on the construction aspects of the formation of a new joint venture vehicle for its Regent Street portfolio including investigations of the construction contracts, material portfolio issues, and certificate of title drafting.

University of The Arts, London on a new 11-storey campus building at Elephant & Castle, London above a podium and the Northern Line and adjacent to the Network Rail overground.

Practice Areas

David is a partner and Head of the firm’s Construction and Engineering Team. He has over 20 years’ industry experience advising on all aspects of infrastructure, construction and energy projects from inception and advising on procurement strategies, through contract preparation and negotiation to contract administration and dispute resolution in the UK, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean and the Middle East.

David works closely with his colleagues in the firm's Infrastructure, Energy and Commercial Real Estate sector groups providing non-contentious construction advice to owners, developers, funders, property investment companies, sponsors, occupiers and contractors on a wide range of construction matters including office developments, logistics parks, energy and infrastructure projects, hotels, shopping centres, education and community infrastructure, residential and urban regeneration.

David advises on all major forms of industry standard contracts including JCT, NEC, ICE and FIDIC. David drafts and negotiates bespoke construction and engineering contracts, security documents and direct agreements, professional appointments, development agreements and development obligations under funding agreements.

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