Matt Evans - Taylor Wessing

London UK

+44 20 7300 7000

Featured award

Legal 500 UK 2026

"Matt Evans is a rising star, with a tireless work rate and a keen eye for the points that win cases."

Matt is a senior associate in the Real Estate & Construction group, with extensive dispute resolution experience in the construction, energy, projects and transport sectors. Matt also has a significant public procurement practice, including both contentious and non-contentious work.

Matt advises major contractors, employers, corporate and public entities on a range of major project related matters. He advises on all forms of dispute resolution, with particular experience in international construction, infrastructure and energy arbitration. Matt frequently advisers developers in the hotel and leisure sector, developing complex recovery strategies for ongoing projects, as well as UHNW individuals.

Matt's public procurement practice include complex advisory and bid challenge work. Matt's clients operate in a variety of sectors including the life science and healthcare sector.

CV

Since 2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2022 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2014 - 2016 Trainee, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Karriere

Since 2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2022 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2014 - 2016 Trainee, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ausbildung

2016 Admitted as a lawyer

2014 Legal Practice Course, BPP University

2013 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University

Mitgliedschaften

Society of Construction Law

Procurement Lawyers' Association

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2026

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Experience

French multinational information technology company

Advising on public procurement challenge in High Court

Nuclear site licence company

Advising on disputes arising out of site licence agreement

Domestic contractor

Advising a domestic contractor in a series of adjudications and High Court proceedings relating to various sub-contracts

Major oil and gas company

A major oil and gas company in dispute with contractor

An international contractor

An international contractor in an ICC arbitration claims arising from construction of transport infrastructure in South America

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Bank- & Finanzrecht

The Procurement Act 2023: real estate development agreements

19. August 2025

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Immobilienrecht

The Procurement Act 2023: real estate development agreements

23. Juli 2025

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Immobilienrecht

Defence technology and the new Procurement Act: what do I need to know?

Matt Evans, Adrian Toutoungi and Andrew Spencer look at the UK's new Public Procurement Act in the context of defence contracts.

26. Juni 2025

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