Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s team is capable of handling the full spectrum of non-contentious construction work for various clients, including developers, property owners, and contractors in connection with major domestic real estate projects. Simon Hunter jointly leads the team with Marc Hanson, advising on new build and brown field projects, while Adriano Amorese boasts significant experience in strategic procurement advice, and regularly provides drafting and negotiation assistance. With extensive expertise in transactional work, Phoebe McLarty advises on complex multi-contract projects, while Charlotte Braine represents developers, funders, purchases, and investors.

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  • ‘Phoebe McLarty is practical, highly efficient, knowledgeable and professional with a meticulous eye for detail.'

  • ‘This is a well-staffed team that is highly responsive and experienced with all forms of market standard construction contracts.’

  • 'Phoebe McLarty is very user friendly and her advice is clear. Charlotte Braine is brilliant for construction management procurement routes.'

  • ‘Excellent combination of experience, market knowledge and proactiveness.’

  • ‘All individuals are very personable, positive and proactive in their approach.’

  • ‘The team are responsive, communicative, highly competent and a pleasure to deal with. They operate seamlessly as though an extension of our in-house team, and we feel confident to trust them. They are, as a group, always 'ahead of the curve' when it comes to shifts in market practice and changes in the law.'

  • ‘We work with Adriano Amorese and his non-contentious team at Mishchon de Reya. The team is well structured and high quality from both technical and commercial perspectives. There have strong infrastructure and connected real estate specialisms to supplement the pure construction law expertise which are essential for us and we find the quality of support and service levels invaluable.’

  • ‘Adriano Amorese is an excellent lead partner for our project. He leads from the front and provides excellent client care from availability, commercial approach, solution focus and specialist expertise.'

Key clients

  • Brookfield Properties
  • Juramia Limited
  • Bloomberg LP
  • Colt Data Centre Services
  • Lodha
  • Amatrix
  • University of Southampton
  • Crosstree Real Estate Partners LLP
  • The Olayan Group
  • Dominus
  • Ealing Studios
  • 334 Ramsbury Oxford Limited
  • Watkin Jones & Sons

Work highlights

  • Advising Dominus on two large PCSA projects at Holborn Viaduct and Medlock.
  • Advising Brookfield Properties on the construction aspects of a wide variety of their development projects.
  • Advising on the procurement strategy and construction documentation for Colt Data Centre Services' redevelopment of a 5.1-acre brownfield site.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marc Hanson, Simon Hunter

Other key lawyers

Adriano Amorese, Phoebe McLarty, Charlotte Braine