Deloitte Legal

Paul is a highly respected and experienced real estate development lawyer who acts for a large number of developer and investor clients on a wide range of matters including site assembly, acquisitions and disposals, forward funding agreements, conditional contracts and the full range of asset management work.

Paul has a particular specialism in strategic land work, acting for both landowners and promoters on the promotion of large scale strategic sites for residential and/or commercial developments, including advising on the negotiation of planning promotion agreements, option agreements, and multi-party collaboration and equalisation agreements.

His recent experience includes:-

advising Anwyl Homes on the acquisition and development of their residential development and strategic land sites, for example the acquisition of a 20 acre site at Handforth, Cheshire for 217 new homes from a promoter and family trust; advising two family trusts in relation to the exchange of contracts, conditional on planning, with a large national housebuilder in relation to two large strategic sites totalling circa 90 acres for residential development in East Halewood, Merseyside, which will provide circa 700-800 much needed homes for that area acting on behalf of various landowners and promoters (over 30 different sites/locations) up and down the country on planning promotion, option and collaboration/equalisation agreements and the subsequent sale of those sites to national housebuilders where planning permission is obtained, including sites in Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Bedfordshire, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire and Essex, for example acting for 4 landowners on a planning promotion and collaboration agreement with a major national promoter on a large strategic residential/commercial development in Yorkshire for over 800 homes, new industrial/commercial units and associated infrastructure. advising the Developer on Project Jennifer, the £150 million regeneration of the Great Homer Street/Scotland Road area of Liverpool in partnership with Liverpool City Council, anchored by a new Sainsbury’s supermarket and petrol station, a new 80,000 sq ft District Centre, a new 2 storey McDonalds restaurant, a new home for the famous “Greatie” Market, together with significant improvements to local roads, open space and infrastructure advising the Developer on the development of Leigh Sports Village in partnership with Wigan Borough Council, the £80m multi-use sports, retail, leisure and housing development in Leigh including disposal of land for residential development, construction of a new 12,000 capacity sports stadium, swimming pool and athletics track/facilities for the Council, development of a new college and hotel and the forward funded development and letting of a new 65,000 sq ft Morrisons supermarket and PFS advising a large North West property development and investment company in relation to the acquisition, development and management of its national office, leisure and industrial property portfolio, including complex joint venture, asset management and funding arrangements, for example on the acquisition funding, management, redevelopment, letting and ultimate disposal of a portfolio of 9 multi-tenanted industrial sites.

Paul joined Deloitte in June 2023, having previously spent 17 years at DWF and 6 years at Shoosmiths (being a Partner at both firms), and has a vast range of experience in all aspects of residential and commercial property and development.