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David Parton

Partner
Head, Construction & Engineering

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

David is a partner and Head of the firm’s Construction and Engineering Team.  He has over 20 years’ industry experience advising on all aspects of infrastructure, construction and energy projects from inception and advising on procurement strategies, through contract preparation and negotiation to contract administration and dispute resolution in the UK, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean and the Middle East.

David works closely with his colleagues in the firm's Infrastructure, Energy and Commercial Real Estate sector groups providing non-contentious construction advice to owners, developers, funders, property investment companies, sponsors, occupiers and contractors on a wide range of construction matters including office developments, logistics parks, energy and infrastructure projects, hotels, shopping centres, education and community infrastructure, residential and urban regeneration.

David advises on all major forms of industry standard contracts including JCT, NEC, ICE and FIDIC. David drafts and negotiates bespoke construction and engineering contracts, security documents and direct agreements, professional appointments, development agreements and development obligations under funding agreements.

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"David Parton is really strong. He is an excellent project manager, very good with clients and technically strong."

Legal 500, 2024

"David Parton is exceptionally good at managing multiple, complicated projects and providing top notch service."

Legal 500, 2023

"David Parton is great with clients and delivers a high quality product efficiently and cost effectively. He is also good at drawing on expertise across the firm where needed."

Legal 500, 2023

Relevant experience

  • AXA on its 550,000 sq. ft data centre development for NTT of Japan at Dagenham, including power installation and supply construction agreements.
  • AXA on its three building office development at Assembly, Bristol.
  • Beijing Capital Development Holdings on its £200m+ purchase of 30 Crown Place, London, the headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons, from Korea’s Samsung Asset Management.
  • Capital & Regional on divestment of part of The Mall, Walthamstow to Longharbour for constructing two build-to-rent towers; underground works to create a new station box for Transport for London for the Victoria Line; and on construction procurement for extensive works to the shopping centre.
  • Castleforge Partners and Gamuda on the redevelopment of 75 London Wall (the former Deutsche Bank headquarters) in the City of London as a new best-in-class, 450,000 sq. ft office development with additional storeys, retained façade, and public realm upgrades.
  • Castleforge Partners on the purchase, redevelopment as the European headquarters of DLA Piper, and the subsequent sale of 160 Aldersgate Street, London.
  • Chinese Estates on the redevelopment of River Court, London, the former Goldman Sachs International European headquarters in the City of London.
  • Clore Duffield Foundation on the development of the Jewish Community Centre for London, a pavilion building incorporating an enclosed piazza, function rooms, cinema, arts and crafts workshop, cafe and day care centre.
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission on its restoration works to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in northern France.
  • Delancey on the development of the Rolls Building, London as the United Kingdom’s new flagship Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court.
  • Delancey on the redevelopment of the 1,200,000 sq ft 2012 Olympic International Broadcast Centre and its transformation into offices, university accommodation, the new television studios of BT Sport, a data centre and retail offering as well as advising on the development, and subsequent investment, funding of the project.
  • Earls Court Partnership on all construction aspects for ECPL in relation to the major redevelopment of the Earls Court Opportunity Area. ECPL is a JV between Delancey, APG and Transport for London that comprises circa 40 acres of land that formerly housed the Earls Court Exhibition centres and is London’s largest cleared Zone 1 development site to be redeveloped for commercial use, residential (including affordable and build to rent), and  leisure.
  • easyJet on a new maintenance hangar at London Gatwick.
  • GPRL, the Lendlease-Quintain joint venture project company on its regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula including build-over agreements with Transport for London for the Blackwall Tunnel and the construction of two office buildings at Pier Walk and Mitre Passage.
  • Ivanhoé Cambridge on the construction of Stonecutter Court, a new office in the City and headquarters for law firm Travers Smith.
  • London Business School on the construction documents for the redevelopment of Old Marylebone Town Hall as its new main campus building to be known as the Sammy Ofer Centre.
  • Morgan Stanley on the redevelopment of Premier Place as the new City headquarters for Jane Street.
  • QuadReal/PSP on the Canadian joint venture's investment into Westfield’s Stratford, London Build-to-Rent portfolio to construct 1,224 apartments across 11 buildings.
  • SEGRO on a number of data centre developments at Slough Trading Estate, London.
  • The Crown Estate on the construction aspects of the formation of a new joint venture vehicle for its Regent Street portfolio including investigations of the construction contracts, material portfolio issues, and certificate of title drafting.
  • University of The Arts, London on a new 11-storey campus building at Elephant & Castle, London above a podium and the Northern Line and adjacent to the Network Rail overground.
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Education

  • 1999 – LLB (Hons), University of Technology, Sydney
  • 1995 – BA (History and Political Science), University of NSW, Sydney
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New High Risk Buildings approval regime comes into force on 1 October 2023
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CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International...
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14/09/2022
Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International...
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments. Now in its twelfth year, the Annual Review summarises key developments in English construction law over the previous calendar year including developments in related common law jurisdictions. The publication has been prepared with our international clients in mind and aims to provide a greater degree of background and analysis than our regular Law-Now alert service. This year’s edition continues to be influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic and includes articles on frustration and force majeure claims, on-demand bonds and intentional breaches of contract. We also report on developments in relation to the law on liquidated damages, another topic of special interest in light of the delays to many projects occasioned by the pandemic. You can download a PDF version of the 2022 annual review below at the bottom of the page. Some of the previous annual reviews are included belowAnnual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2021Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2020Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2019Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2018Other Law Now construction content can be accessed on the Con­struc­tion portal of our Law-Now website found here. You can also find out more about CM­S' ex­pert­ise in construction and en­gin­eer­ing and in­fra­struc­ture.
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Building Safety Act 2022: the new approvals regime for higher-risk buildings
The recently enacted Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) provides for a significant overhaul of the regulatory framework in England and Wales for the approval of higher-risk buildings, being buildings...
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Building Safety Act 2022: overview and commencement
The final text of the Building Safety Act 2022 was published this week, following the giving of royal assent on 28 April 2022. We provide a brief overview of the Act in this Law-Now together with a summary...
17/09/2021
Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2021
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 edition of our Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International Perspective. Now in its eleventh year, the Annual Review summarises key developments in English construction law over the previous calendar year. The publication has been prepared with our international clients in mind and aims to provide a greater degree of background and analysis than our regular Law-Now alert service. This year’s publication contains a strong emphasis on pandemic-related issues, including challenges to calls under on-demand bonds, termination scenarios and cancelled projects. Also included are developments in the law as to design liability and indirect and consequential loss exclusions, continuing themes from previous years. You can download a PDF version of the 2021 annual review below at the bottom of the page. Some of the previous annual reviews are included belowAnnual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2020Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2019Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments 2018Other Law Now construction content can be accessed on the Construction portal of our Law-Now website found here. You can also find out more about CMS' expertise in construction and engineering and infrastructure.
17/09/2021
CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International...
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 edition of our Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International Perspective. Now in its eleventh year, the Annual Review...
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