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Commercial property: Liverpool

Weightmans LLP

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The real estate offering at Weightmans LLP has experience advising both public sector and private developer clients on an array of noteworthy, high-profile work of regional and national scale. Regeneration projects form a significant portion of the team’s workload, Additionally, it is experienced in assisting on the purchase and letting of clients’ property portfolios.  The team is led by Andrea Steventon, who works from the firm’s Manchester office. Clive Bleasdale and Janice Weatherly are the key names to note in Liverpool. Real estate specialist partner Christopher Grady departed in April 2022.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘They are very efficient and approachable. They advise on and deal with issues in an appropriate manner.'

  • Very knowledgeable in the residential sector, especially residential public sector opportunities.'   
  • 'Janice Weatherly knows and understands needs and requirements of her clients. She is very commercial and sees all the angles whilst providing the best solutions to close the deal.'
  • 'They have a sound commercial approach to all real estate matters without being bogged-down by slavishly following precedents, and always mindful of getting the job done to the client's time frame. They provide greater value for money than their competitors. Partners don't delegate inappropriately and this leads to the building of a strong bond of trust.'

Key clients

  • Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc
  • St Helens Borough Council
  • MHA London
  • Bruntwood
  • Liverpool City Council
  • Eccleston Homes Ltd
  • Oak Tyres Limited
  • Forth Homes Limited
  • Liverpool Media Academy Limited
  • BDW Trading Limited
  • S Norton & Co Limited
  • N W Trading Limited
  • Reserve Forces’ and Cadet’s Association for the North West of England and the Isle of Man
  • IQUW Administration Services Limited
  • Open Solutions (OSUK) Limited
  • Royal Mail Group
  • Castle Green Homes Limited
  • Curtins Consulting Limited
  • Various Eateries Trading Limited
  • George Roberts (North West) Limited
  • Fanatics (International) Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Liverpool City Council in the letting of parts of the Spine Building in the Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool, comprising a state of the art office tower dominating the skyline in the University District of Liverpool.
  • Advised IQUW Limited in the leasehold acquisition ofoffice premises at Fenchurch Street, central London for a 10-year term at an annual rental of £1.7m and ancillary supplemental agreements.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Clive Bleasdale
Weightmans LLP
Clive Bleasdale has been a Partner since 1993 specialising in commercial property law with an emphasis on regeneration and development projects where he has significant experience and expertise. His particular focus is large town centre redevelopment and infrastructure schemes as well as large property portfolio management. He acts for a number of public sector organisations on large projects of very high value and complexity working closely alongside our built environment team members. He also acts for high net worth proprietors of businesses in the property developer and investor segments and sectors of the firm.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrea Steventon

Other key lawyers

Janice Weatherly, Clive Bleasdale, Andrew Jones

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