Mark Paterson

Partner specialising in infrastructure projects and general commercial law. Mark acts for both the public sector and private sector. He is lead adviser for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in relation to the £31bn Dreadnought Programme and the £2bn AWACs aircraft procurement. He acted for MoD on the £10bn Astute Programme and the £4.5bn Skynet 5 satellite system. Mark acted for the Department for Transport and MoD in connection with its £6bn Search and Rescue Helicopter programme. Mark also acted for the UAE Armed Forces on its procurement of a multibillion-dollar military satellite system as well as multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in the KSA for a European based defence company. Mark also led the team advising the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on their multi-billion pound Dounreay and Magnox civil nuclear reactor decommissioning programmes. · Burges Salmon LLP

EnglandInfrastructure, ProjectsFrench, Spanish, German

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Partner at Burges Salmon LLP specialising in infrastructure projects and general commercial law, acting for both public- and private-sector clients. He is lead adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence on the £31bn Dreadnought Programme and the £2bn AWACs aircraft procurement, has advised on major programmes including Astute and Skynet 5, acted on the £6bn Search and Rescue Helicopter programme, advised the UAE Armed Forces on a military satellite procurement and led the team advising the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on Dounreay and Magnox decommissioning programmes.

Practice areas

InfrastructureProjectsPFI / PPPPublic ProcurementCommercial / CorporateEnergyAerospace & Defence

Office

England

Burges Salmon LLP · Partner specialising in infrastructure projects and general commercial law. Mark acts for both the public sector and private sector. He is lead adviser for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in relation to the £31bn Dreadnought Programme and the £2bn AWACs aircraft procurement. He acted for MoD on the £10bn Astute Programme and the £4.5bn Skynet 5 satellite system. Mark acted for the Department for Transport and MoD in connection with its £6bn Search and Rescue Helicopter programme. Mark also acted for the UAE Armed Forces on its procurement of a multibillion-dollar military satellite system as well as multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in the KSA for a European based defence company. Mark also led the team advising the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on their multi-billion pound Dounreay and Magnox civil nuclear reactor decommissioning programmes.

England

Expertise

Defence & aerospace procurementCivil nuclear decommissioningPFI/PPP infrastructure projectsTransport infrastructureSatellite systems

Education

Churchill College, Cambridge (1990 BA Hons)
College of Law, Guildford (1991 LSF)

Languages

FrenchSpanishGerman