England - London • Real estate
Travers Smith LLP
Travers Smith LLP is best known for its work handling development disputes, particularly those surrounding rights of light, rights of way and restrictive covenants within the retail and hospitality sectors. The team is led by Andrew Ross, who has substantial experience acting for developers, landowners and insolvency practitioners. Ross is supported by Lucy Thomas who is experienced in restrictive covenants and service charge matters.
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Testimonials
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‘An ability to communicate a balanced and comprehensive view on complex legal issues.’
‘The team are very personable, approachable and helpful and I trust them wholly.’
‘Great technical knowledge, commercial awareness and sensitivity to clients' needs. Good at keeping clients informed on billing.’
‘Andrew Ross and Lucy Thomas have been commercial and impressive in providing advice on planning and property litigation matters.’
Key clients
- AG Beltane
- Ashby Capital
- Beazley Management Limited
- Clearbell Capital LLP
- KPMG
- Liverpool Airport Limited
- Lothbury Property Trust
- Nomura Real Estate Development
- The Royal Automobile Club
- Virgin Active Limited
- Burt Boulton Holdings Limited
- Barwood Capital LLP
- Impact Healthcare REIT plc
Work highlights
- Acting for Lothbury Property Trust Company Limited in a claim against Aviva Insurance Limited for payment of monies under a latent defects insurance policy.
- Acting for Virgin Active Limited in defence of a claim for possession and forfeiture of a gym following its entry into a restructuring plan under legislation introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020.
- Acting for Westrock Limited in defending a rights of light claim issued at an advanced stage of a development project.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Ross