Experience You Can Trust. Advice You Can Use.

We bring over 20 years of hands-on experience leading commercial and contractual strategy on some of the UK’s most complex programmes. From senior Regional Commercial Director roles to specialist consultancy on billion-pound frameworks, we help clients control risk, protect relationships, and deliver defensible outcomes.

We are not lawyers. We are practitioners.
Everything we advise is grounded in real-world delivery — what works on site, under pressure, and under scrutiny.

Our Directors Background

Contract Expert – House of Commons Refurbishment

Lead advisor on a £4bn national programme, negotiating contract terms, shaping procurement strategy, managing NEC processes, training commercial & operational teams, and directing programme and commercial strategy at board level.

Commercial Director – Booth Industries

Directed commercial operations for a specialist manufacturer; resolved major HS2/Network Rail disputes, restructured procurement and subcontract management, rebuilt commercial controls, and delivered NEC training.

Commercial Director – G4S (Ministry of Justice £700m TFM Contract)

Directed one of the UK’s largest FM contracts, resolving a £26m aged invoicing issue, negotiating complex disputes, and redesigning commercial processes to restore compliance and governance.

Head of Commercial – Wates (BAE Nuclear Submarine Construction Facility)

Senior leadership role overseeing commercial strategy on a major Defence project, advising the board on contract risk, operational delivery, and dispute resolution.

Regional Commercial Director – Wates Living Space Scotland

Led commercial strategy across the region, resolving multimillion-pound disputes, turning loss-making projects profitable, and building strong relationships with public-sector clients.

Commercial Director – Barhale

Directed commercial teams across major civils and infrastructure works, overseeing procurement strategy, supply-chain value, commercial governance, contractual compliance, and leading several high-value disputes to successful outcomes.

Commercial Manager – Morgan Sindall

Lead role in a £70m infrastructure dispute, redesigning commercial systems (EVM, CVR, subcontract payments), managing risk, and improving commercial governance.

Commercial Manager – Electricity North West

Commercial lead on £50m excavation and cable-laying contracts, implementing new commercial procedures and IT systems, managing subcontract accounts, and leading a major dispute against a main contractor.
Our Approach

Values

Integrity

We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear, this is critical, many times we hear others simply agreeing with their clients just to get the work, we don’t. You pay us for genuine experience and real advice.

M&E Transparency

Our process is open, structured, and measurable. we always set clear and agreed deliverables.

Practicality

Every solution must work in the real world. Emotional intelligence plays a huge part.

Respect

Dispute resolution works best when people understand each other’s positions hence the comment above about emotional intelligence. Experience has shown us that disputes usually occur from a lack of good communication. All our advice is tailored with that in mind.

Why People Remember Working With Us

Our down-to-earth nature makes working together a pleasure and not a burden. Commercial, operational and planning teams feel confident following my practical NEC training.

We spot risk in contract reviews that many including legal experts both internally and externally miss. We cannot impress the significance of this fact, it is far better to deal with poorly apportioned risk hidden in numerous Z clauses up front rather than waiting until the contract has been signed and hoping for the best.