Brian Hitchcock > Foot Anstey > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile
Foot Anstey Offices
SENATE COURT
SOUTHERNHAY GARDENS
EXETER
EX1 1NT
England
Brian Hitchcock

Work Department
Projects, Infrastructure & Construction | Real Estate | Public Sector
Position
Brian specialises in the procurement of complex construction and engineering projects across the road, energy, real estate and health sectors. He also has expertise in the Space and Ports sectors.
He has particular expertise in advising on contracting strategy and dispute avoidance to enable clients to achieve the project outcomes they wish. He has many career highlights over the past 20 years, but recent examples include advising Great Ormond Street Hospital on its major Phase 4 redevelopment, advising Goonhilly Earth Station on the upgrade of its estate and acting as a strategic advisor for many of the region’s key highways and regeneration projects.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Public sector > Local government
Foot Anstey‘s public sector team specialises in large infrastructure, development, and energy related projects, acting for a range of local authorities. Plymouth-based team head Brian Hitchcock is well-versed on a range of construction, engineering, and procurement matters across the road, energy, real estate and health sectors, while Truro’s John Catchpole is highlighted for his expertise in property work, developments, and infrastructure mandates. On the disputes side, Plymouth’s Tris Tucker is the key name to note.
South West > Real estate > Construction
Foot Anstey‘s practice is well placed to advise on large projects ranging from energy and nuclear developments to water, residential, and the public sector projects. Ian Stubbs leads the energy, projects, infrastructure and construction team from Bristol, and counts transactions, procurements, financings, delivery issues and operation mandates among his areas of expertise. In Plymouth, Tris Tucker represents developers, contractors, and sub-contractors in construction disputes, while Dickon Court adds further disputes expertise, including claims regarding renewable projects and recladding matters. Exeter-based lawyer Brian Hitchcock has a focus on procurement work, while Bristol’s Mark Greatholder leads the firm’s commercial energy practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Construction
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing