Freeths LLP

Real Estate

Patrick is an award-winning Real Estate Partner and is National Head of Housebuilding & Strategic Land. He is recognised as one of the leading residential development lawyers in the UK.

He has won ‘Solicitor of the Year 2022’ (Notts Law Society) and is a previous recipient of ‘Junior Lawyer of the Year’. He was also named as one of the ‘Top 10 Remarkable East Midlands Real Estate Lawyers to Watch’ in 2023 by Business Today.

The Housebuilding & Strategic Land team that Patrick leads won ‘Law Firm of the Year 2024’ at the Insider Midlands Residential Property Awards 2024 and won ‘Deal of the Year 2024’ at the Insider East Midlands Property Awards

He is the Client Relationship Partner for several FTSE100 companies including Barratt Redrow Plc (the UK’s largest housebuilder), Vistry Group Plc (the UK’s 2nd largest housebuilder), and recently won a place on the legal panel for Taylor Wimpey (the UK’s 3rd largest housebuilder).

He is also Client Relationship Partner for regional housebuilders William Davis Homes and Owl Homes, national multi-service housing and infrastructure company United Living Group, and (jointly with Darren Williamson) the FTSE250 national regeneration company Harworth Group Plc.

He is currently an Executive Sponsor of the Balance Network at Freeths, in order to ally with and promote gender equity initiatives at the firm.

MPhys (degree & masters in Physics) – 1st Class; LLB (Law degree) – 1st Class