We advise a range of private sector commercial clients including investors, large institutional businesses, developers, SMEs and business start-ups. We harness our expertise in advising the public sector, to help a wide range of corporate and commercial clients on a wide range of legal issues.
We advise these private sector clients, not only on public law matters but also on their day-to-day business legal needs across the full range of legal disciplines.
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22 January 2026
With 2026 now underway, the disputes team at Sharpe Pritchard is looking ahead to potential changes to the litigation landscape this year. One that has already attracted significant media attention is the proposed introduction of legislation to limit the availability of jury trial in England and Wales, which the Justice Secretary (David Lammy MP) has…
Read more20 January 2026
White Paper or White Flag? And the BIG RED LINES. Defra’s New Vision for Water and the Test of Deliverability PART A – THOUGHTS FOR INDUSTRY What’s happening? A New Vision for Water (CP 1490), published in January 2026, sets out a once-in-a-generation reform agenda for England’s water sector. It responds to the Independent Water…
Read more15 January 2026
As Wall Street and Silicon Valley debate whether there’s an ‘AI Bubble’, investment in the data centres powering the AI economy shows no sign of slowing. Global spending is forecast to hit $3 trillion in the next three years, with up to 100 data centres planned for construction in the UK already. Against this backdrop,…
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