LAWYER PROFILE

Simon Hancock

UK 2026

Osborne Clarke LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Infrastructure: PFI/PPP

UK-wide

6 years ranked

About

Provided by Osborne Clarke LLP

Practice Areas

Commercial

Infrastructure services

Energy

PPP/PFI

IT and data

Outsourcing

Competition, antitrust and trade

Regulated public procurement

Banking and finance

Project finance

Career

Simon regularly advises the public and private sectors on major projects, infrastructure and outsourcing procurements.

Simon has advised sponsors, funders and sub-contractors across a number of primary PPP/PFIs in the health, education and university, social justice, energy and waste, and transport sectors. He has been involved on domestic and international projects, including in Ireland, Greece and Canada. He also advises on secondary market PPP/PFI transactions, in addition to the full range of concession management issues on operational projects.

Simon has advised on a range of building energy efficiency projects and energy services procurements, predominantly for the private sector.

He has been involved in various outsourcing contracts (on/offshore and various framework/call-off agreements) and complex service contracts for bidders under the competitive dialogue regime. Examples include the outsourcing of front-line public services (including libraries, custody/detention), facilities management, public-private estates/development partnerships and digital infrastructure and telecoms (including broadband and mobile communications).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Infrastructure: PFI/PPP - UK-wide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Simon Hancock of Osborne Clarke regularly advises on secondary market transactions involving PPP and PFI infrastructure assets. He has a particular focus on operational and refinancing matters affecting social infrastructure developments.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Simon is an excellent technical lawyer, responsive and very easy to deal with.
Infrastructure: PFI/PPPChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Simon has a wide ranging depth of PFI knowledge and can be firm with the opposing parties in a constructive and engaging way.
Infrastructure: PFI/PPPChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Simon Hancock is responsive, extremely knowledgeable and always accurate with his advice.
Infrastructure: PFI/PPPChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Simon is responsive and commercially astute.
Infrastructure: PFI/PPPChambers Guide to the Legal Profession