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Cathy Harris

Partner
London
+44.(0).20.7360.8247
Fax +44.(0)20.7648.9001

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • LL.M., University of Queensland, 1992
  • LL.B., University of Queensland, 1986

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Cathy is a partner in the  Projects/ Public/Private Partnerships group in London. She has specialised in PPP/PFI projects since their inception and is recognized by the independent directories as a leading health care expert.  She has advised on PPP/PFI procurements in other sectors including transport, education, social housing, waste, defence and technology.

Professional Background

Prior to joining K&L Gates in May 2008, Cathy was Partner and Head of Projects at an international law firm.  She qualified as an Australian solicitor in 1989 and qualified in England and Wales in 1992.

Speaking Engagements

Ms. Harris is a regular speaker on PFI/PPP topics, including:
  • Westminster Education Forum BSF Conference – London, 2006.
  • Greek and International PFI/PPP – Athens, 2006;
  • Higher and Further Education Projects – Edinburgh, 2003;
  • Managing the Legal Challenges of Healthcare PFI – London, 2000;
  • Risk Transfer in PFI/PPP – London, 1998;
  • Legal Problems of the PFI – London, 1997;

Additional Information

  • “Building Schools for the Future: Investment, Communication and Best Practice”, The Westminster Education Forum Seminar Series, 2006
  • “Management of Risk within a Supply Chain throughout the Project Lifecycle”, PPP Bulletin, 2006
  • “Building Blocks (Building Schools for the Future)”, PPP Bulletin, 2004
  • “PFI Hospitals by Design”, 3D Facility of Building Journal, 2003
  • “PPPs in Central and Eastern Europe”, PFI Intelligence Bulletin, 2002
  • Sweet and Maxwell’s Construction and Engineering Precedents
  • Advising a short-listed bidder on its bids for the South West and Omagh PFI hospital projects in Northern Ireland
  • Advising a private health care provider in numerous short-listed bids for Elective Surgery and Diagnostic Independent Sector Treatment Centres, including as preferred bidder for the Cumbria and Lancashire Elective project
  • Advising a short-listed bidder on its bid for the Little London and Holbeck and Beeston Social Housing PFI project in Leeds
  • Advising members of the BAFO consortia for the Bristol Building Schools for the Future (‘BSF’) project, (the first BSF project to reach financial close in the UK)
  • Advising the ICT Provider on the Lancashire BSF project, (the second BSF project to reach financial close and the first to close a subsequent tranche project in the UK)
  • Advising the preferred bidder on the Plymouth Local Improvement Finance Trust (‘LIFT’) project and a short-listed bidder on the South Midlands LIFT project
  • Advising the senior lenders on the South East Essex and South West Hampshire LIFT projects
  • Advising a BAFO bidder on its bid for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Line grouping of the London Underground PPP
  • Advising the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising on the Thameslink 2000 project
  • Advising the preferred bidder on Project Connect, a PFI project for the replacement and management of the radio and transmission services for the entire London Underground Network
  • Advising the preferred bidder on the University College London Hospital PFI project (then the largest PFI hospital in the UK and winner of Project of the Year)
  • Advising the preferred bidder on the Cumberland Infirmary PFI project, (the first PFI hospital to be bond financed in the UK and the second to reach financial close)
  • Advising on the first refinancing of a PFI hospital in the UK in Calderdale
  • Advising a principal contractor on the SkyNet 5 Military Satellite project
  • Advising the Registered Social Landlord on the Caring for Croydon social housing PFI project
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