England - London • Real estate
Memery Crystal
Memery Crystal, primarily a purchaser-led practice, holds expertise in traditional, design and build, and EPC procurement models, utilising an array of contract forms such as JCT, NEC3, FIDIC, and IChemE. Team leader Joanne Kelly advises clients on procurement routes to maximise value and ensure construction documents are to investment standards. Legal director James Ashwin represents developers, funders, and high-net-worth individuals in a broad spectrum of areas including development finance and acquisition due diligence.
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Testimonials
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‘Extremely knowledgeable and experienced in contracting and construction law. Knowledgeable in working in foreign countries. Excellent in adapting standard construction and services contracts to suit circumstances.’
‘Working with them is like working with your own team. Very experienced and knowledgeable. Always try to make themselves available when needed - even on short notice. Very rapid turnaround on documents, opinions etc. Just a very good experience working with them. Two standouts are Joanne Kelly and James Ashwin.’
‘Memery Crystal is a professional and focussed team.’
‘Joanne Kelly is exemplary in her ability, attitude and client focus.’
‘They have fantastic technical knowledge and a wealth of experience in high-value complex developments, and combine this with excellent commercial awareness and outstanding client service.’
‘Joanne Kelly is outstanding and excellent in every way. Very approachable, a great negotiator and superb technical lawyer.’
‘Joanne Kelly leads the team very well.’
‘Joanne Kelly is commercial, approachable and proactive. She knows her stuff technically but also gives commercial no-nonsense advice.'
Key clients
- Telford Homes
- Nordex Energy
- Global Holdings Management UK
- Shiva Hotels
- Big Yellow Construction Company
- Saracens Rugby Club
- Ashtrom Properties UK
- The Lansdowne Club
- Gage Properties UK
- Frontier Estates
- Trans-Africa Energy Limited
- WKE (Middlesbrough) Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Telford Homes on £28.3m on Perfume Factory site acquisition; £91m on Perfume Factory forward funding arrangement; £300m on Capital Interchange Way.
- Advising Shiva Hotels, a multiple hotel owner with sites mainly in Central London, on all their current hotel refurbishments, worth upwards of £150m.
- Advised Big Yellow Construction Company on newly acquired sites in Kingston North, Kings Cross, and Slough in 2021 which they refurbished or will refurbish and convert into a self-storage centre throughout 2022. The project is worth approximately £100m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joanne Kelly