David Harries > Aaron & Partners LLP > Chester, England > Lawyer Profile
Aaron & Partners LLP Offices
5-7 GROSVENOR COURT
FOREGATE STREET
CHESTER
CH1 1HG
England
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David Harries
Work Department
Planning, Environmental, Energy and Regulatory Law
Position
Partner, Head of the Planning, Environmental, Energy and Regulatory Team
Career
David has substantial technical knowledge, experience and expertise in managing complex and critical problems, and he seeks to ensure that all projects dealt with by the team are effectively coordinated and properly resourced.
With this commercial litigation background, David is a passionate believer in the need to achieve a commercial solution, and of the role of effective project management in the delivery of legal services. He has lectured in dispute management, emergency remedies and alternative dispute resolution.
He was an early adopter of the process of mediation, in which he has extensive experience and is a CEDR accredited mediator. His technical understanding, industry knowledge and commercial focus can be a significant asset in mediations involving, for example, engineering and energy related issues.
Education
After qualifying at a major London firm, David specialised in commercial litigation, gaining experience in a range of substantial disputes, often involving household names, David is also a CEDR accredited mediator.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
(Leading partners)North West > Real estate > Planning and environment
(Leading partners)Aaron & Partners LLP‘s Chester office houses a planning and environment team well-placed to advise its clients on highways agreements, CPOs, and expansions of premises; it also has expertise in mines, minerals, quarrying and waste. David Harries leads the group and is regarded as ‘technically brilliant and a master tactician’. The ‘especially standout’ Mark Turner splits his time between Shrewsbury and Cheshire, and has broad expertise in appeals and judicial reviews.
North West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
(Leading partners)Drawing considerable praise from clients for its ‘wealth of experience’ and ‘exceptional client care skills‘, the team at Aaron & Partners LLP routinely handles complex and high-value shareholder disputes, partnership disputes and matters arising from corporate transactions. Practice head Nick Clarke frequently handles matters involving commercial agreements and high-stakes commercial disputes. He is supported by John Devoy, who is noted for his expertise in relation to professional negligence work, and David Harries, who often works with clients operating in the energy sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Real estate > Planning and environment
- Leading partners North West > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Leading partners North West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West North West > Dispute resolution
- Planning and environment North West > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery