Alex Hirom

Expertise

Alex leads the negotiation of complex construction, operation and maintenance arrangements in energy, manufacturing and infrastructure in the UK and internationally. He is particularly appreciated by clients for his enthusiasm for working in multi-disciplinary teams with engineers, project managers and procurement professionals. He is noted for strength and commerciality of risk analysis and management. Alex's expertise includes: FIDIC, IChemE and NEC forms of contract, project finance, PPP, alliancing and collaborative working contracts.

• Power projects – delivering more than 50 power generation projects across all technology classes, on three continents
• Cracker conversion – delivering a nationally significant project for SABIC to convert its olefins cracker to utilise an ethane feed from North American shale beds
• EfW - advising the developer on the EPC and long-term servicing agreements for the development of a fluidised bed advanced gasification energy from waste plants in East London and Merseyside
• Advising the owner of a CCGT power plant on contracts to for the conversion of the plant to operate in open cycle and bid in to the UK Capacity Market auctions
• Project alliance agreement - a UK rail infrastructure owner on the tendering and implementation of a Project Alliancing Agreement for a major track construction and refurbishment project
• London 2012 Olympics – advising the ODA on the ODA’s standard forms of construction contract and a concession agreement for a multi-utilities concession on the Olympic Park
• A power plant developer on the EPC contract, long term maintenance contract and operating agreement for the development of a new 850MW CCGT power plant to be located at near Istanbul, Turkey