Heidi is a specialist infrastructure planning lawyer, highly experienced in supporting public sector clients on their project work, with a particular focus on large scale infrastructure schemes and regeneration projects involving land assembly through compulsory purchase.
Heidi Slater really understands how local government works. She understands the political pressures we are under and is able to help and guide us. Her experience of similar projects enables her to find ways around problems and issues, and provide really practical solutions.
Victoria Dale
- Project Delivery Coordinator, Infrastructure Delivery, Community & Environmental Services, Norfolk County Council
[...] Heidi Slater has an infinite capacity for sustained hard work, a detailed knowledge of compulsory acquisition and development consent order law, practice, and procedure, and a sound grasp of tactics and commercial realism.
Legal 500
- 2020 edition (identified as a ‘Next Generation Partner’)
Heidi Slater is very approachable and makes the often stressful DCO examination process much simpler with her calm approach that shows that she is in control of the situation. She is responsive and efficient.
John, our Sector Head for Financial Services, leads the Finance team in Scotland and Northern Ireland. He specialises in banking and finance law, representing lenders, borrowers, loan sellers, and purchasers, including banks, private equity houses, and hedge funds.
James deals with high value and complex disputes for major corporate clients. He advises on formal dispute resolution processes such as litigation and arbitration (both domestic and international) as well as alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation and expert determination.
Jan Bessell specialises in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and major development. Her main focus is providing strategic planning advice on the Planning Act 2008 consenting and delivery process as well as other major development consenting processes and environmental matters.
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