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He has acted for clients in both the public and private sectors, particularly in relation to commercial agreements and long-term partnering arrangements across a number of industries including Waste, Digital Technologies, Supply Contracts, Leisure and Regeneration. Louis advises on complex procurements, contributing to the drafting of procurement documentation, participating in the evaluation and clarification process and negotiating final contracts following selection of a preferred bidder. He has also advised on broader procurement issues stemming from legislation and case law such as timescales, vires and variations.
Louis has in-depth knowledge of public sector governance processes and vires matters. Having worked in-house as deputy monitoring officer at a local authority, he has first-hand experience of council constitutions, establishing and restructuring council committees and ensuring proper decision making processes are implemented and followed. He has also advised on defending procurement and other public law challenges.
Louis is also an expert on Information Governance and Data Protection law. He advises clients on their internal compliance processes and policies; responding to Freedom of Information Act enquires and Data Subject Access requests; and proper structuring of data transfers in commercial and contractual arrangements.
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On 29 October Jim McMahon withdrew all 14 July reorganisation decisions, reissued "minded to" positions for five areas and left 15 more waiting until early 2027. New councils now vest in April 2029, later than the July timetable envisaged. Our view is that the Government was right to reset rather than defend decisions it no longer trusted, but it has done the minimum needed to protect itself, and much less than councils need to plan.
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