Downing LLP is a London-based investment management firm. We help UK businesses grow by investing via our range of products, including enterprise investment schemes (EISs), venture capital trusts (VCTs), inheritance tax (IHT) products, individual savings accounts (ISAs), fixed-rate bonds and listed funds. So far, over 35,000 investors have been a part of what we do, and we are proud to have raised over £1.7 billion investing in businesses that make a difference, from renewable energy and care homes to pubs and children’s nurseries. We currently have over £1 billion of funds under management (as at December 2018).
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Leading the way in the energy and renewables sector, Sharpe Pritchard is a specialist firm of public and regulatory solicitors working in partnership with clients across the UK.
Since completing our first waste to energy contract in 1995, the Sharpe Pritchard team has advised on some of the most significant and complex infrastructure deals to close in the last decade including 18 PFI and PPPs. We routinely work within:• Energy from waste (EfW)• Combined Heat and Power (CHP)• Decentralised Energy• Photovoltaic and renewable heat initiatives• Onshore wind turbines
As part of this work, we the best procurement strategies and mechanisms to ensure all projects are delivered economically and efficiently, guiding multi-disciplinary teams through complex procurement, negotiation and the due diligence process.
Outside of this specialism, Sharpe Pritchard advise in relation to major planning, construction, real estate, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, ICT and infrastructure projects in all public sectors including but not limited to education, health, leisure, transportation, waste and local and central government. We also advise in relation to the regulated sectors including water and electricity.
All public sector organisations have a route to instruct us through various frameworks including NHS, Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wide Public Sector and the CCS Government Legal Advice Service (GLAS).