Mark Lawrence > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Macfarlanes LLP Offices
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Mark Lawrence
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Mark acts for a wide range of clients, including commercial developers, PFI project companies, house builders, financial institutions, investors, landlords and tenants.
He has extensive experience of advising in relation to construction and engineering, infrastructure, real estate and professional negligence disputes.
Mark has acted for clients in claims in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, as well as in domestic and international arbitration and adjudication. He has also acted on a number of cases in the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). He regularly facilitates the resolution of his clients’ disputes through negotiation, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
He has particular expertise in guiding clients through technically, legally and factually complex disputes and works closely with the leading barristers and experts in the field.
His recent disputes experience spans infrastructure, power stations, hotels, data centres and large residential and commercial developments.
He is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Adjudication Society, the Property Litigation Association, the Young International Arbitration Group and the International Bar Association.
Career
Partner May 2019
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Construction: contentious
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘go-to’ contentious construction practice at Macfarlanes LLP advises a wide range of significant domestic clients, with particular expertise in PFI project disputes. Lauded as a ‘rock in the storm’, Doug Wass leads the team, regularly handling defective design and construction issues in the public and commercial real estate sectors. ‘Highly knowledgeable’, Mark Lawrence is another key member of the team, leading on adjudications, TCC, and High Court cases, particularly in the infrastructure sector. The team also regularly acts against building contractors. Andy Mather is recommended for handling cladding and Building Safety Act issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Construction: contentious London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory