Mustafa Latif-Aramesh
Partner & Parliamentary Agent
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Location
London
Profile
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Mustafa specialises in infrastructure planning, public law, legislative drafting, and advising on parliamentary procedure.
Mustafa has extensive major infrastructure planning experience, having worked on over 20 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under the Planning Act 2008. These projects include energy, highways, business and commercial, and airport schemes. He is currently part of the core team on the Lower Thames Crossing, and Luton Airport expansion proposals. Mustafa is also advising on advanced nuclear and small modular reactor projects, including three small modular reactor projects in the UK. Mustafa has also advised on a number of Transport and Works Act 1992 schemes, including the proposed Bakerloo Line Extension.
Mustafa’s parliamentary and public law practice includes working closely with Government and extensive legislative drafting, including drafting primary legislation, secondary legislation as well as reviewing and drafting instructions to Parliamentary Counsel. Mustafa was recommended by a Panel of the House of Lords and House of Commons to be appointed as a Parliamentary Agent in 2022.
Mustafa is a member of the external Advisory Board to the Office for Place, which sits within the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, and is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Nuclear Industry Association.
""'If the Planning Act 2008 was a Mastermind topic, Mustafa Latif-Aramesh would get top marks - there is nothing he doesn't know about it, and he delivers it in style.'
Chambers UK, 2024
'I have been very happy with Mustafa's knowledge and experience; he provides very effective advice.'
Chambers UK, 2024
‘Mustafa Latif-Aramesh’s mastermind topic would be legal and planning matters. He is an encyclopaedia of knowledge and case law that he practically applies to his work. He works calmly with all project team members to help them understand the legal issues of the work, so they have sufficient information for making decisions. I would want Mustafa by my side on any project I work on.’
Legal 500, 2024
He is a creative thinker with a great eye for detail.
Chambers and Partners, 2023
Mustafa is one of the very best lawyers that I have used. He consistently delivers sophisticated commercial advice together with flawless and creative drafting."
Chambers and Partners, 2023
Career highlights
- Advising on the Lower Thames Crossing
- Advising on the Hinkley Point C Connection
- Advising on the first small and advanced nuclear projects in the UK
- Advising Government on planning reforms, including in relation to energy projects