Ed Phillips

Ed is an experienced transactional construction lawyer who provides advice on a range of construction and engineering documentation (including all major industry standard forms) and in relation to a variety of procurement structures.

Ed has worked on projects spanning a number of sectors, including large-scale infrastructure projects (road, rail, tunnels and nuclear energy), data centres, manufacturing and process engineering plants, renewable energy plants, residential and mixed-used schemes, healthcare and biomedical facilities, offices, hotels, industrial units and schools/educational facilities.

Ed rejoined Wedlake Bell LLP in 2024, having spent six years working as an in-house construction lawyer at a large construction company and at a global developer of hyperscale data centres. His experience as an in-house lawyer has given him valuable insight into the full lifecycle of a construction project, from project structuring and financing through to post-contract management and dispute avoidance.

• Advising a developer on the phased delivery of a 100 MW hyperscale data centre campus in the UK. This included working with the project team to draft and negotiate a number of contracts for the scheme, including main contractor appointments, contracts for a new sub-station and related power infrastructure, contracts for the offsite manufacture and installation of critical equipment, consultant appointments and all ancillary documentation.
• Advising a developer on data centre projects in Berlin, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. This included working with the project team to develop a bespoke engineering, performance and construction (EPC) contract for use across the region, drafting and negotiating the same with respective main contractors and advising on related project agreements and associated pass down drafting.
• Advising a forward funder in respect of the development of a new purpose-built 300,000 sq ft logistics facility.
• Advising a contractor/supplier on tenders for the manufacture and supply of products and materials for major rail, utilities and power projects, including HS2, Hinkley Point C and the Thames Tideway Sewer Project.
• Advising a contractor on several high-value public highways/smart motorways frameworks. This included assisting at the tender review stage, with contract negotiation/redrafting and advice during the project lifecycle.
• Advising the owner/operator in respect of the development of materials manufacturing plants across the UK, including process plants for the manufacture of cement, concrete, aggregates and asphalt, and a new deep-water shipping terminal.

Member of the Society of Construction Law.

Member of the Data Centre Alliance trade association.