Owen Knight

He/himSenior Associate

I strive to provide strategic commercial and legal advice, working closely with clients throughout matters to take them forward to successful completion.

Emailowen.knight@dlapiper.com

Call+44 20 7796 6407

London

About

Areas of FocusProjects and Project Finance

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

Advising the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) on the £1.617bn Fleet Solid Support Warships programme; a procurement of three new support vessels to support the Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales aircraft carriers that is considered to be the UK MOD’s pathfinder project to contribute to the UK’s commitment to achieving net zero by 2050.
Advising The Fixed Wing joint venture in 2015/16 on its bid for the single-sourced 1B Fixed Wing package (training equipment and services) to the UK MoD. He advised on all aspects of the procurement, including funding and subcontract arrangements. In addition to the usual complexities relating to the use of high tech simulators in the military arena and the complex interfaces, there were added layers of complexity due to integration into the wider UKMFTS structure.
Advising a leading investor, developer and long-term fund manager in 2022 on a major variation to replace a core system in a hospital project, including novel structuring and settlements to ringfence the existing project structure and payment flows.
Advising Babcock on its equity divestment in Holdfast Training Services Limited and the unique lasting rights arrangements to govern the continued provision of specialist training, support, and soft FM services in relation to the UK MoD Royal School of Military Engineering training project.
Advising a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company on the defence regulatory aspects of Project Whitebeam a multi-jurisdiction internal reorganisation across the UK, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Thailand of the Global Combat Systems business and associated asset transfers as part of a wider JV.
Advising the InfraRed and Dalmore owned project companies in 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on the South East London police station and Gravesend firearms training facility projects and associated contractual implications.
Advising Aviva Public Private Finance as incoming lender on the refinancing of the ‘Two Counties’ Norfolk and Suffolk Police Investigation Centres.
Advising eight project companies on securing an interim services provider, the negotiation of key project documents, and ultimate transfer of the FM services following Carillion’s liquidation.

Education

University of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2015

University of Exeter, LLB (Hons), 2014