At Freeths LLP, Darren Williamson‘s extensive expertise includes advising on institutional fund management issues and portfolio transactions, often acting for large food and retail clients. Jon Smart possesses key knowledge of the retail, care home, and property finance sectors, while Patrick Adie has received many plaudits for his work for residential development clients. James Hart has bolstered the firm’s housebuilding capabilities, and Atiyya Khaliq’s client list includes leading retailers, motorway service operators, and pharmaceutical companies. Guy Winfield is head of the practice in Nottingham.
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‘My experience of working with the Freeths Nottingham Real Estate Team is only positive. They are proactive and do what is required to get the job done. The team has sufficient capacity to deal with the workload that we present to them.’
‘Patrick Adie is hard-working, commercially minded, and pragmatic and when providing advice it is clear and understandable. Patrick understands our requirements as his client and ensures this is reflected in each deal he works on for us.’
'Atiyya Khaliq has been outstanding.'
‘In my experience to date, there isn't anything that can come up in a transaction that someone in this team hasn't dealt with before, no matter its complexity or rarity.’
‘Freeths consistently provide commercial advice.’
‘Patrick Adie is a reassuring, commercially focused presence in complex land negotiations.’
Key clients
- Barratt Developments
- Bellway Homes
- Persimmon Homes
- Vistry Group
- Keepmoat Homes
- Halfords
- William Davis Homes
- Harworth Group
- Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company
- EG Group
- Tarmac
- Chancerygate
- Travis Perkins
- Waterfield Group
- Allica Bank
- Nottingham Trent University
Work highlights
- Advised EG Group on the sale of its UK operations to Asda, for £2.07bn in October 2023.
- Advised the Harworth Group on the disposal of Phases 3, 4 & 5 ‘Thoresby Vale’.
- Advised Keepmoat Homes on the acquisition of the residential phase of the 286-acre Nottingham Enterprise Zone and Alliance Boots campus.
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Darren Williamson, Guy Winfield, James Hart, Patrick Adie