Ruth is a director in our Procurement team, advising and assisting local authority clients, central government bodies, registered social landlords and non-departmental public bodies on a wide range of issues, including procurement, state aid, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, funding, charity law, and data protection.
Ruth has also advised clients in the private and not-for-profit environment to help structure and design project arrangements with public bodies so that their practices align with procurement and state aid constraints, while realising business objectives.
She's very approachable and provides advice in an easy-to-understand way. She also comes up with innovative solutions to meet our requirements.
Chambers UK, 2025
She always turns things round very quickly, is really knowledgeable in her advice, technical and a real pleasure to work with.
Chambers UK
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