Louise Castle

Louise has almost 10 years specialist experience working on a range of projects in the public sector with particular expertise in education. She has advised on a broad range of academy projects in a range on contexts, including single and multi-academy projects, school converter and sponsored academies, often advising on complex issues such as PFI arrangements in particular. Louise has worked for a number of multi-academy trusts in the North of England, advising on issues relating to contracts, governance, restructuring, funding arrangements and transferring existing academies into their trusts. Louise has also advised on a number of free school projects since the launch of the programme in 2010, Studio Schools, schools PFI and university accommodation schemes. She has worked on numerous trust school projects and on a £10m scheme to deliver a world-class youth facility in Bradford. · Stone King LLP

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Education specialist with almost 10 years' experience advising public‑sector clients on academy and free school projects, PFI arrangements and university accommodation schemes. She qualified as a solicitor in January 2007 and joined Stone King LLP in May 2016.

Practice areas

EducationPublic SectorInfrastructure / Projects

Office

England

Stone King LLP · Louise has almost 10 years specialist experience working on a range of projects in the public sector with particular expertise in education. She has advised on a broad range of academy projects in a range on contexts, including single and multi-academy projects, school converter and sponsored academies, often advising on complex issues such as PFI arrangements in particular. Louise has worked for a number of multi-academy trusts in the North of England, advising on issues relating to contracts, governance, restructuring, funding arrangements and transferring existing academies into their trusts. Louise has also advised on a number of free school projects since the launch of the programme in 2010, Studio Schools, schools PFI and university accommodation schemes. She has worked on numerous trust school projects and on a £10m scheme to deliver a world-class youth facility in Bradford.

England

Expertise

Academies & multi‑academy trustsFree schools and Studio SchoolsPFI / schools PFI arrangementsUniversity accommodation schemesTrust school projectsContracts, governance, restructuring and funding arrangements for academies

Admissions

Solicitor (England and Wales), qualified January 2007