Ruth Griffin

Partner

Ruth Griffin

Ruth specialises in construction and engineering transactional work. Her experience encompasses all parties involved in such transactions – those procuring works, the parties carrying out the works and providing construction services, as well as purchasers, occupiers, tenants, funders and investors.

Ruth is noted for her ability to collaborate with a range of stakeholders to quickly establish effective and constructive relationships, and is valued by clients for her pragmatism and strategic awareness. This enables Ruth to manage even the most complex stakeholder environments enabling me to develop. Together with her 360-degree experience of the construction and engineering sector, she brings forward for her clients swift negotiations and best value. Ruth won Private Practice Lawyer of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023 and is recognised by Legal 500 as a key lawyer for construction.

Jurisdiction: England & Wales

Experience

Central Government, local government bodies and other public/quasi-public sector entities, including RPS, transport entities, utility companies. Ruth is experienced in advising on complex construction, regeneration and real estate development projects, through to contracts forming part of programmes of asset investment and maintenance.

She supports clients in delivering strategically important, high-value and politically sensitive projects underpinned by complex stakeholder matrices where governance, audit scrutiny and mitigating delivery risk are paramount.

Work includes advising on a range of accommodation projects through to overseeing the preparation of contracts for general asset and facilities management.

  • Transport: Advising both transport operators (rail/airports) and contractors on a range of projects, including:
    • Programmes of infrastructure upgrades
    • Capital expenditure investment projects
    • Asset maintenance
    • Agreements with private developers for the delivery of new assets and the protection of existing assets
  • Data centres: Advising data centre operators on:
    • Capital expenditure investment projects
    • Asset maintenance
    • Agreements with private developers for the delivery of new assets
  • Food & Beverage / Retail & Leisure / Professional Services / Life Sciences / Financial Services / Technology / Automotive: Ruth's work encompasses:
    • One-off capital expenditure projects, including offices, R&D accommodation and manufacturing facilities
    • Long-term expansion programmes
  • Sport / Major Events: Ruth led the delivery of external legal advice to the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games by the sole and exclusive Official Legal Advisers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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