Natalia Sokolov

Natalia Sokolov

Partner
Bristol The Paragon Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX
Bath 2 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HQ
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Partner - Construction

Natalia is a partner in the Construction & Engineering team, specialising in non-contentious contract work. She has over 15 years of experience in drafting and negotiating complex construction contracts (including NEC, JCT, FIDIC, IMechE) and bespoke arrangements. This includes consultant appointments, collateral warranties, bonds, guarantees on behalf of
developer clients, contractors, funders, professional consultants and employers.


Natalia’s project expertise is diverse, including mixed use commercial schemes, student accommodation, real estate finance work, assisting with the construction elements of acquisition and disposal deals and corporate transactions. She also advises on facility
agreements, framework agreements and call-off orders, agreements for lease, procurement routes and joint ventures.


Alongside her role in the construction team, Natalia heads up the Clean Energy team at Thrings, and has a particular interest in renewable and sustainable energy. She has experience in drafting and negotiating construction documents for on-shore wind, biogas and collar projects, EPC contracts, EV connection contracts for ICPs and vertical farming facilities.


Natalia is a past Chair of the South West Women in Property group, and is a current a committee member of Constructing Excellence South West where she leads the Climate focus group.

Natalia's relevant experience includes:
  • advising a US REIT in the healthcare sector on construction due diligence during a £153m share sale/purchase
  • advising a number of corporate occupier clients on circa. £2m fit-out contracts for new head office premises in London and nationally
  • advising a Bristol based developer on new development sites for construction and pre-let across the South West including negotiating with Siemens plc for a new facility in Chippenham;
  • advising on the full refurbishment of Coal House in Cardiff on behalf of a developer to create an EPCA and net zero carbon in operation building
  • advising an Independent Connections Provider (ICP) on the EPC sub-contract arrangement for a large-scale 137acre ground-mounted solar farm in Devon;
  • advising a leading holiday park developer/owner on all construction contracts for winter refurbishment programme of works, and future development schemes;
  • acting for a major supermarket chain in the UK on all non-contentious matters as their key contact for construction issues
  • advising an off-shore trust company on the partial refurbishment of a £48m property in central London
  • acting for a developer during the development of a £40m care village in Berkshire to negotiate all construction documentation with a national contractor
  • advising a UK distributor of premium cycle products during negotiations of an agreement for lease of new South West premises
  • acting for a German bio-gas contractor during a UK roll-out of plants to draft, negotiate and complete the EPC contract, biological services and maintenance contracts, payment security agreement and ancillary construction documentation
  • advising a London-based developer on the redevelopment of a site in North London into luxury accommodation and commercial units for a value of approx. £12m, including drafting and negotiating the JCT D & B building contract and full suite of consultant appointments, performance bond, parent company guarantee and collateral warranties as well as an escrow agreement
  • acting for a leading telecoms tower company during the £900,000 fit-out of new London headquarters
  • advising private banking and plc bank funders to carry out due diligence on construction documentation and produce funding reports

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Natalia Sokolov stood out with her detailed knowledge of specialist contract areas and strong, supportive relationships with her clients. She's excellent at cutting through the legal jargon to summarise key points for her client and is always on the front foot with communications and contract developments. It has been a pleasure to work with Natalia. - Legal 500