DWF Public Sector

Our multi-disciplinary public sector group brings together expertise in central, regional and local government, healthcare, education, charities and social enterprise. We seek to capitalise on our individuals' vast experience across the many different strands of the public sector, working both on behalf of public bodies and the private partners that work with them.We provide our public sector clients with a full range of legal services such as real estate support and development planning, commercial and construction advice, and day-to-day support on employment, data protection and freedom of information. Our work also spans banking, commercial contracts, competition law (including State aid), construction, funding applications and projects, health and safety, insolvency, insurance claims and counter fraud services, joint ventures, collaborations and partnerships, judicial reviews, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, major regeneration projects, mutuals, PFI projects, pensions, public procurement, regulatory and compliance issues, social housing, strategic planning advice, and vires and governance.All of this advice is specifically tailored to the needs of the public sector using the specialist knowledge of our team.From a UK regional perspective, Scotland and Northern Ireland face their own unique economic and regulatory challenges and our Scottish and Northern Irish teams offer expertise across all areas of practice.The firm's Public Sector practice also spans beyond the UK and the skills and experience the firm has is often readily transferable across other jurisdictions (e.g. EU law and the firm's Brussels office operates across the network). Other jurisdictions in which the firm has particular public sector presence and skills outside the UK include Dubai, Ireland and Germany.Visit our website to find out more about our specialist legal services.