Facilities Management

We draft and negotiate service-led FM contracts with clear KPIs, lifecycle structures and remedies that reflect how your teams work. Recent matters include contract suites for national operators and FM frameworks aligned with large property portfolios. As facilities management contracts solicitors, we ensure contractual, insurance and compliance obligations match real operational risk.

If you are outsourcing functions or taking on teams, we guide you through TUPE strategy, consultation and post-transfer bedding-in. Our approach keeps service levels steady and supports your ability to outsource facility services confidently.

We act quickly on payment, performance, variation and defect disputes. Using adjudication, mediation or litigation, we focus on outcomes that protect continuity. As specialists in facilities management dispute resolution, we resolve issues before they escalate on site.

We provide early-stage compliance support and clear response plans for incidents, investigations and enforcement. Our work covers workplace safety, fire, environmental duties and inquests. We also support with health and safety legal advice, ensuring your response stands up to scrutiny.

We help you prepare competitive, compliant bids and structure evaluation processes that withstand challenge. Our guidance supports better scoring, clearer clarifications and smoother award, so you move from bid to mobilisation with fewer surprises.

Where FM and property law meet, we advise on leases, repairs, service charges and dilapidations. This ensures estates and FM teams stay aligned, particularly on building safety and cost allocation.

We support acquisitions and sales of FM businesses with focused diligence, practical risk management and clean deal terms.

We advise on data protection and technology for access control, CAFM/BMS platforms and smart-building systems. Our work includes incident planning and facilities management compliance legal advice.

We integrate sustainability, decarbonisation and social-value commitments into FM contracts without creating unrealistic risk transfer.

We run confidential investigations involving financial irregularities, supply chain issues and suspected fraud. We also design prevention frameworks aligned with current economic-crime obligations. 

We align insurance positions with contractual risk, and we support you on notifications and claims strategy.

We help you stabilise working capital through cleaner payment terms, clearer change control and early dispute-avoidance measures.

We advise on benchmarking, lifecycle, variations and handback planning for legacy and current projects.

We prepare flow-down terms that maintain control without undermining deliverability, helping you avoid bottlenecks and reduce insolvency exposure.

We support day-to-day HR needs including rostering, policies, grievances and union engagement. We regularly advise on facilities management employment law advice for multi-site teams.

We design targeted, usable policies, training and oversight structures that hold up under regulatory scrutiny and support facilities management governance legal advice.

For urgent issues, we provide a named team, clear escalation routes and direct access to senior lawyers who can act immediately.