Ashfords—Neel Mehta

Ashfords LLP has welcomed Neel Mehta as a partner in the construction and infrastructure team, based in the Bristol office.

Neel joins the firm from TLT, boosting the team to nine partners. He has over 16 years of experience advising contractors, developers, public bodies and funders, and will continue to handle significant construction, engineering, infrastructure, energy and waste projects nationally.

He commented: ‘I am delighted to be joining such an experienced and highly regarded team at Ashfords. It’s an important move for me to work for a firm like Ashfords given their high-profile clients and well established legal expertise in the construction industry.'

The head of the construction and infrastructure team Patrick Blake added: ‘I am delighted that Neel is joining our team. He is vastly experienced and adds further depth to our expertise. We advise clients across a wide range of building and engineering sectors including health, leisure, house building, waste and renewable energy as well as advising clients on general commercial developments. Our clients include a broad cross-section of project companies, developers, leading contractors and consultants, waste and water companies and public bodies.’