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Daniel Warren

Associate
London
About

Daniel is an Associate in DLA Piper’s Construction and Engineering team advising on non-contentious construction projects across the UK and internationally.

Daniel advises a range of clients in development, infrastructure, and engineering projects, with a particular focus on the real estate and energy and natural resources sectors. Daniel has experience advising on standard form contracts, including JCT and FIDIC, as well as bespoke forms of appointments and ancillary documentation.

Whilst training, Daniel gained experience in construction related disputes (including arbitration, litigation, and adjudication) as well as real estate finance. Daniel has spent time on client secondments, including to a renewable energy client working across their offshore wind and battery storage businesses and to Unilever Plc into their Global Home Care legal team.

Areas of FocusReal EstateEnergy and Natural ResourcesInfrastructure, Construction and Transport
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2023

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a leading utilities contractor on a range of projects across the UK, including its FIDIC-based balance of plant and operation and maintenance agreements for financed BESS projects with capacities in excess of 400MW/800MWh.
  • Advising the senior lender on its development financing of a range of HRB build-to-rent schemes (with projects in excess of 300 units) subject to transitional Building Safety Act 2022 arrangements with parallel forward purchases and a HRB c.250-bed PBSA central London scheme subject to BSA Gateway arrangements.
  • Advising a range of blue-chip commercial tenant clients (including FTSE 100 companies) on their agreements for lease and lettings of new build HQs and office space across the UK and subsequent high-specification fit-outs.
  • Advising a real estate investment client on a newly developed central London asset providing modern office accommodation and prime retail offerings in relation to all construction aspects, including landlord works (based on a range of JCT forms) such as a new flexible work-share space across multiple floors, lettings, and tenant fit-outs.
  • Advising a data centre client on its building contracts for data centres across Europe based on FIDIC (Yellow and Red) which included works to a fully operational asset, as well as drafting ancillary documents and coordinating local counsel’s input into the documents.
  • Advising a global investment manager on its acquisition of a central London office asset and portfolio of prime retail and hospitality assets across London (including external financing on both acquisitions), and refurbishment works at industrial assets across the UK.
  • Advising an OEM client, alongside local counsel, on a range of early engagement agreements entered into for offshore wind farms across the US and Asia, including preferred supplier agreements, capacity reservation agreements, and early works agreements, as well as the client’s localised supply chain investment strategies.
  • Developing a series of training workshops for a leading energy services contractor, based on a newly developed framework involving a consortium of parties for the development of offshore wind platforms and elements of onshore converter stations. The live project agreement and training was based on the FIDIC (2017, Silver Book) form, focusing on notices, claims and dispute resolution (including DAABs).
Education
  • University of Law, MSc in Law Business and Management (LPC) – Distinction, 2021
  • University of Bristol, LLB Law with Study in Continental Europe (University of Helsinki) – First Class Honours, 2020

Publications

Daniel regularly publishes articles relating to the construction industry, including guest editor pieces and specialist guides for the Construction Law journal.

Additional Information

Daniel co-ordinates the firms’ Head Start and Pathways to Law programmes in the London office: initiatives providing support and opportunities to school and university students from underrepresented backgrounds to break down barriers faced when entering further education and the legal profession. Daniel also sits as a co-opted Governor at his secondary and sixth form academy.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Society
  • JCT Young Professionals Group

My latest insights

Publication
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UK construction insolvency: Protecting your interests

11 September 2024 .10 minute read

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Phone

+44 (0) 20 7796 6398
(Work, London)
+44 (0) 7443 167 644
(Mobile)