Andrew is a leading real estate partner in the Liverpool market. He has over 15 years’ experience in property investment acquisitions, disposals, and management and property finance work.Andrew’s specialisms include acquisition finance, development finance, refinancing, and lending into specific structures around the Business Premises Renovation Allowance.
Partner in Manchester Office Chris been recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019. He uses his experience to advise predominantly on the transactional aspects of personal and corporate insolvency, recovery and restructuring. He also runs a specialist real estate advisory practice – assisting the firm’s insolvency clients with their possession, disposal, secured lending and forensic property requirements. He also performs mainstream landlord and tenant, acquisition and disposal work. Chris holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Law from the University of Warwick.
Ciara is an experienced real estate lawyer working on a wide range of commercial property transactions in the UK. She acts for public and private sector clients including investors, developers and occupiers – with a particular focus on development and regeneration.Ciara also has experience in acquisitions and disposals of land (from pubs and shops to development sites), title investigation, landlord and tenant matters, and all aspects of drafting and negotiating property documentation.
David joined Freeths as an Associate in January 2018, having spent the previous seven years at Knight Frank LLP. David is a chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and advises on a wide range of planning consultancy issues.
Helen joined Freeths in Spring 2018 after 12 years at an international law firm. She is based in the Manchester office where she offers practical and solution based advice to investors and developers across all sectors. Helen also has extensive experience of Landlord & Tenant work having acted for large pension funds to private occupiers.
A specialist in contentious insolvency matters, Henry mainly acts for Insolvency Practitioners in bringing claims under the Insolvency Act 1986 and Companies Act 2006. These include transaction at an undervalue claims, preference claims, wrongful trading claims, unlawful dividend claims and misfeasance claims. He provides an expert legal view, but also takes into account your commercial considerations.Henry also advises directors in defending claims bought by Insolvency Practitioners and has expertise in providing directors advice with regards to the re-use of prohibited names. In addition to the above, Henry is familiar with both the bankruptcy and administration procedures and often brings claims on behalf of both trustees and administrators.
Partner specialising in property development and construction, acting for developers, contractors, commercial end users and other professionals involved in the construction industry.
Jennie is a Director in Freeths’ Construction team and specialises in all aspects of construction law, with particular expertise in advising on disputed accounts on standard and bespoke construction contracts. She has a wealth of experience in acting for both claimants and defendants on a large number of construction disputes and is experienced in resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation and adjudication – and has been involved in a number of reported cases.Jennie is also experienced in advising clients on transactional construction matters and regularly advises on and drafts both bespoke and standard forms of construction contracts and associated documents. Her clients include local authorities, banks, developers, contractors, landowners, architects and engineers. Jennie provides training and workshops to industry professionals and regularly presents on recent updates in construction law.
Jennifer is a Director and leads the Freeths’ Corporate team in Liverpool. Jennifer specialises in all aspects of corporate law, including merges and acquisitions (ranging from large multinational companies listed on various stock exchanges to SMEs) and private equity (acting for investors, founding shareholders and management teams). Having spent 6 years at a large global law firm and a further 4 years at an international firm based in Dubai, Jennifer has extensive experience of UK and UAE cross border merges and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements and implementing complex and high value joint ventures, corporate sales and acquisitions. Jennifer has worked with clients operating in most business sectors including real estate, hospitality, retail, media and technology, information technology, education, insurance, shipping, healthcare, energy and gas, defence and security. Jennifer’s reported cases and transactions include: Advising shareholders and management on the £140 million management buy-out of Clarke Energy, a global genset engine technology manufacturer and maintenance provider. Advising Al Arafa for Investment and Consultancies S.A.E, an Egyptian listed company, on the restructure of a controlling investment in its UK based group companies. Advising Scottish Energy in relation to its investment in Anesco Limited and Anesco Asset Management Limited. Advising Valspar Corporation plc, a specialist paint manufacturing company (listed on the New York stock exchange) on its acquisition of Inver Group, an Italian based holding company. Advising Morning Foods Group and Oakes Millers Limited on the acquisition of M.E. Waterhouse Limited. Advising UK General Insurance Limited on the disposal of its Specialist Landlord Insurance unit. Advising Regus Group plc on its acquisition of Banffshire Holdings Limited and Executive Offices Limited. Advising Roger Bullivant Limited in relation to its acquisition of New Chargill Limited, which involved a back to back three stage share transfer. Advising Motorola Solutions Inc. on the disposal of its global Enterprise telecommunications business and employee transfers in the Middle East to Zebra Technologies Corporation for US$3.45 billion and co-ordinating local law advice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Advising a global power generator manufacturing and distribution company, Cummins Inc., on its joint venture with the Olayan Group across the UAE, KSA and Kuwait. Advising Select Group on a number of joint ventures in Dubai for the development of plots for commercial and residential use. Advising on the sale of Millennium Offshore Services Superholdings LLC, a leading provider of large scale offshore jack up accommodation service vessels in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions. Advising SCA Group Holding B.V, (a company listed on the Swedish stock exchange and one of the world’s largest manufacturer’s and suppliers of branded personal care products and consumer goods) on its joint venture with Intercare Limited, a limited liability company established for the manufacture and distribution of goods in the UAE, Oman and Qatar. Advising Sheffield Holdings Limited, a leading developer in the UAE, on its joint venture with Abu Dhabi Financial Group, a renowned multimillion dollar alternative investment firm, in relation to its investment in the Hard Rock Hotel Dubai Marina project. Clients describe Jennifer as “a sterling lawyer”. “Her professional and commercial minded approach meant that this difficult transaction was able to move forward and not stagnate in legal argument. Her expertise, attention to detail, excellent communication skills and her ability to frame all issues within the context of the deal are without question.” “As a business owner and operator, I was not used to the complexities and legal requirements surrounding an acquisition process. Jennifer was exemplary in providing me with the clarity and understanding of the legal documentation, processes and most importantly to me, in very good time and in a manner that gave me the utmost confidence in negotiating and tackling head on with the buyers and their legal representatives.” “The management and handling of the legal side of my business sales by Jennifer was above and beyond what I expected in terms of complete management from start to finish…which helped tremendously for continuity, complete understanding of all facets of the transaction and finally getting us over the line.”
Joey is national head of restructuring and insolvency at Freeths. His particular speciality is contentious insolvency matters and, in particular, asset recovery.
Member specialising in claims and procurement construction work, including building, engineering and power and process plant contracts; currently advising a number of major contractors, sub-contractors and professional consultants on a variety of projects; significant experience of major mechanical and electrical engineering projects and traditional building contracts.
Partner and qualified insolvency practitioner dealing with all aspects of corporate recovery and insolvency with a particular focus on non-contentious work arising out of administrations. Advises insolvency practitioners, directors, creditors and individuals on a wide range of issues arising from financial distress.
Luke advises clients on a variety of matters, including acquisition and disposal, portfolio management and development. Luke’s clients range from high net worth individuals and SMEs to large corporate organisations and institutional investors. Luke is a specialist in real estate finance and advises both lenders and borrowers on all aspects of investment and development debt finance across all asset classes, including residential, commercial, retail, industrial, healthcare, student accommodation, hotels and care homes. Luke has a strong reputation amongst his clients for transaction management and in particular for responding promptly to any issues that arise and providing pragmatic, commercial, client-focused advice.
Matt has experience of acting for a range of clients in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Matt provides advice on topics including disciplinary and grievance investigations, long term employee absence, TUPE, redundancy procedures and settlement agreements.He works with clients to draft effective employment contracts and procedures that are suited to the specific needs of the employer organisation. He also regularly provides bespoke training to managers and HR departments on a wide range of employment related topics.
Miles deals with all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency, acting in respect of a wide variety of contentious and non-contentious issues. He acts for both national and regional insolvency practitioners as well as company directors, debtors and creditors.In terms of personal insolvency, Miles regularly advises and acts in respect of Possession and Sale Applications, Income Payments Orders, Suspension of Discharge from Bankruptcy Applications, Delivery up and Examination Orders, Transaction at Undervalue, Preference and Excessive Pension Contribution Claims, Bankruptcy Petitions and Annulment Applications.Miles’ corporate insolvency experience includes acting in respect of Administrations, Appointment, Business and asset sales/purchases, Post Appointment Advice, Liquidations, Office holder investigations, Delivery up and Examination Orders, Antecedent Transaction Claims, and Winding Up Petitions.
Pandora is a Senior Associate in Freeths’ Construction team and specialises in all aspects of construction and engineering law. She has particular expertise in advising on bespoke and standard form building contracts, consultants’ appointments, sub-contracts, bonds, warranties, guarantees, and framework agreements. Pandora can advise on the construction aspects of associated transactional documents such as agreements for lease, development agreements and loan agreements.Her clients include developers, funds, local authorities, contractors, architects, engineers, project managers and insurers. Pandora is also experienced in acting for clients in contentious matters in both proceedings (including adjudication, arbitration, mediation and other ADR) and pre-action dispute avoidance.
Tahera has significant experience in advising public sector organisations with issues such as restructures, redundancy exercises, multi-party tribunal claims in all aspects of employment work and has particular experience in dealing with TUPE and high-level executive exits.Tahera has particular expertise in settlement negotiations and advising public sector organisations as to high-profile reorganisations and employee implications. She has advised on COSOP and compulsory bulk transfer of employees. She has also defended a number of multi-party claims in the tribunal and employment appeal tribunal, including areas such as discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE. She is well-known for being tenacious in her advice and knowing her clients well enough to be able to tailor advice that is specific to their needs.
Tristan is a trusted advisor in relation to legal and commercial issues.He has expertise in Commercial Litigation, Professional Negligence, Contracts, Partnership Disputes, Shareholder Disputes, SPAs (warranty and indemnity claims), Financial Mis-selling, Intellectual Property, Landlord & Tenants, Global Entities (international disputes), Property (domestic and commercial), Injunctions, Mediation, Debt Recovery and ICC arbitration.He is passionate about Dispute Management, rugby league, history and Japanese supercar slayers.