Janet Keeley > Fladgate LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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LONDON
WC2B 5DG
England
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Janet Keeley
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Work Department
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Position
I have been with Fladgate for over 30 years, for about half of which my main specialism was real estate disputes. Work for a corporate client led me to diversify into broader civil and commercial disputes, though often (but by no means always) with real estate at their heart in one way or another. As my clients’ businesses grew so has the breadth and depth of my practice.
Over the years I have acted in a wide range of challenging disputes, and has extensive experience of the full range of processes, whether court claims, arbitration, expert determination, mediation and always negotiation whenever possible.
Different cases and clients require different approaches, but the common objective is to resolve the problem in the best way for the client. A win is terrific. Still as the song goes, you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime you find, you get what you need (with thanks to the Rolling Stones for that piece of wisdom).
Career
Trained Charles Boundy & Co, qualified 1984; made partner Fladgate 1989.
Languages
German, French (both conversational).
Memberships
Property Litigation Association; Association of Women in Property; The Law Society.
Education
The Cedars School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire; Bristol University (LLB Hons 1980).
Leisure
Outside of work I enjoy spending time with her family and friends, walking and pretty much anything outdoors, visiting art galleries, museums and the theatre, watching the Arsenal (theatre of a different kind).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
Fladgate LLP‘s real estate litigation team advises on a wide-range of matters in the sector, including those surrounding commercial landlord and tenant issues, development disputes, corporate real estate disputes and insolvencies. Adam Gross leads the team, frequently handling development issues surrounding restrictive covenants, rights of light and joint ventures. Janet Keeley is experienced in settling disputes through court claims, arbitration and expert determination. The ‘unflappable’ Michael Metliss joined the team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in October 2022, following Alison Mould‘s September 2022 retirement.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Employers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Art and cultural property