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Patrick Brown
Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Public Procurement

Northern Ireland

12 Years Ranked

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Band 3

Litigation

Northern Ireland

12 Years Ranked

About

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Public Procurement

Litigation

Career

Having trained with the practice, Patrick became Partner in 2006 and Managing Partner in 2015. A senior partner within the Dispute Resolution team, the largest team of its kind in Northern Ireland, Patrick is recognised as a market leader in procurement litigation and has been involved in a significant number of the landmark cases in Northern Ireland in recent years on behalf of contracting authorities and utilities and also unsuccessful tenderers.

Patrick has expertise in a broad range of contentious matters including high value and complex insurance claims, professional negligence, shareholder and partnership disputes, financial services litigation, contractual and warranty claims, environmental litigation and judicial review.

Patrick is a former Ireland hockey captain who amassed an impressive 151 caps, 92 of those as captain.

Chambers Review

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Public Procurement - Northern Ireland

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Band 1
Individual Editorial
Patrick Brown is managing partner of Tughans and also leads the procurement team. He advises contracting authorities and bidders on all aspects of the competitive dialogue process and is frequently instructed to mount and defend challenges to procurement decisions.
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Litigation - Northern Ireland

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial
Patrick Brown is a veteran commercial litigator and is the managing partner of Tughans. He is well regarded for his experience in commercial and financial services disputes.
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Strengths

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He is very experienced.

Public Procurement respondent
UK

Patrick is a procurement specialist. He is one of the top for procurement in Northern Ireland.

Public Procurement respondent
UK

He has never disappointed me. He knows the law inside-out and the politics in Northern Ireland. He's very commercial, sensible and can get the best counsel for us,

Litigation respondent
UK

He is very commercially focused with excellent links in the market. He goes the extra mile to resolve things and can do things speedily. I am very impressed.

Litigation respondent
UK

Patrick Brown is a great public law litigator with particular expertise in procurement law.

Litigation respondent
UK

Articles, highlights and press releases

2 items provided by Tughans

Press Release

Tughans Invests in Future with New Headquarters in the Ewart

Leading Belfast-based law firm, Tughans is moving to new headquarters in the recently completed Grade A office building, The Ewart.

Feb 24, 2023
Authored by Patrick Brown
Press Release

Tughans tops Northern Irish M&A league tables for eighth year

Tughans LLP has been named Northern Ireland’s most active corporate law firm, as it topped the Experian MarketIQ M&A review: Northern Ireland League Table for an impressive eighth year in a row.

Feb 24, 2023
Authored by James Donnelly, John McGuckian, Patrick Brown, Paul O'Brien, Fearghal O'Loan, David Jones, Anna Beggan, Adrian O'Connell

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