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Amanda Methven

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Amanda Methven is a partner with over 15 years' experience as a projects lawyer across health, education, wastewater and transport projects.

She advises UK clients in the infrastructure sector on a wide range of legal matters with an emphasis on primary markets and infrastructure funds.

Amanda is recognised as a leading lawyer in the healthcare sector and is known in particular for her work in the Hub Programme in Scotland, designed to deliver a pipeline of social infrastructure projects worth GBP 1bn.

Amanda held the last appointment to update the NHS Standard Form PPP Contract in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government Health Directorate, on which the current template SFT NPD/DBFM standard forms are based, and also developed for SFT the template Participant Co-operation Agreement for use by public sector entities sharing development of hub projects.

She is ranked as a Band 1 lawyer for Projects (Scotland) in Chambers UK 2013 & 2014 and as a Band 1 lawyer for Healthcare (Scotland) in Chambers 2015.

Clients highlight Amanda’s “pragmatic approach” and “let’s get this done” attitude.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Amanda Methven has a huge amount of experience in the sector with a great depth of knowledge. Her approach has always been to find solutions when problems emerge, and her instincts have always served clients very well. 100% dedicated to concluding projects on the best terms available for her clients, but also carefully managing the budget and the programme."

Legal 500, 2026
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"Amanda Methven is responsive, knowledgeable and non-confrontational, and usually the smartest person in the room."

Chambers, 2026
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"Amanda has a positive impact. She gives key insights in a helpful manner and unblocks things and gets things moving."

Chambers, 2026
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"Amanda Methven has a depth of understanding of PFI and PPP that it is hard to match and she tackles complex questions thoughtfully and pragmatically. The team under Amanda and Jenny Durie are hugely experienced and hard working and always a pleasure to deal with."

Legal 500, 2025
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"Amanda Methven and her team provide good quality and timely projects advice"

Legal 500, 2025
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"She's very pragmatic, user-friendly and very good at getting deals done."

Chambers, 2024

Relevant experience

Bidder on Balfour Hospital NPD Project (GBP 60m).
Hub East Central Scotland Limited on the origination of five social Infrastructure DBFM projects in East Central Scotland (GBP 180m).
NHS Ayrshire & Arran on the procurement of North Ayrshire Community Hospital NPD Project (GBP 50m).
Contracting Authorities on Newbattle and Kelso DBFM Projects (GBP 55m).
Infrastructure Managers Limited on a portfolio of over 70 operational PFI/PPP projects.
NHS Lanarkshire on the procurement of Phase 2 of its Primary Care Investment Programme Health Centre Bundle (£51m) which reached financial close on 19 December 2013.
Senior Funders on the flagship City of Glasgow Colleges NPD Project (£220m) which reached financial close on 1 September 2013.
Amber Blue Investments Limited on its joint venture with 20 public sector entities in East Central Scotland to form hub East Central Scotland Limited.

Education

1989 - Dip LP, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
1988 – LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

sectors

Infrastructure & Projects Healthcare

Insights

Global Reach

UK Pay Gap Report 2024