Beatrice, a Junior Associate in the firm’s Infrastructure department, advises on public procurement, subsidy control, and commercial contracts.
Beatrice has experience with subsidy control issues, including the Subsidy Control Act 2022 and UK Subsidy Control Statutory Guidance. Beatrice also handles public procurement matters, navigating regulations and advising on contract changes and direct awards. Additionally, she has expertise in defence and security, utilities, concessions, and below-threshold contracts. In commercial contracts, she assists with drafting various agreements, including public contracts, grant agreements, NDAs, MoUs, and IP Licence Agreements.
11 September 2025
On 4 September 2025, as per its duty under s3(1) of the Law Commissions Act 1965, the Law Commission (the “Commission”) published its 14th Programme of Law Reform. This Programme outlined ten new projects it will be focusing on over the next few years. These will sit alongside the seventeen other existing law reform projects that…
Read more24 June 2025
Public authorities are likely no stranger to the rules governing the modification of instruments awarded by public authorities in the procurement context[1], but the legal framework surrounding amendments made to awarded subsidies may feel less familiar. This is no surprise – in fact, at the time of writing, only 10 of the 1554 standalone subsidies…
Read more25 March 2025
Manchester United’s plans to build a new stadium have been the subject of widespread criticism: the design has been likened to a “circus tent”, the club’s Supporters’ Trust is “anxious” about implications for ticket pricing; and Graham Stringer MP has described the plans as a “tax exile’s half-baked, misbegotten scheme”. Mr. Stringer is, concerned about…
Read more13 December 2024
Following the publication of subsidy control principle assessment guidance for subsidies and subsidies or schemes of interest (“SSoIs”) or subsidy or schemes of particular interest (“SSoPIs”) on 9 December 2024, we consider the process of making a referral to the Subsidy Advice Unit (“SAU”). The SAU is part of the Competition and Markets Authority and…
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