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Mills & Reeve LLP

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The practice at Mills & Reeve LLP includes ‘trusted and reliable advisors’ and is experienced assisting key clients on residential developments, regeneration schemes, leases and sales of significant scale. Leader of the Manchester real estate team Mike Edge noted as ’the bedrock to what is an excellent service’ regularly handles development and investment deals, and is supported by Norwich-based Richard Hanson who heads the wider firm’s practice. Investment and development expert Rachel Pitman is described as a ‘first-class partner’ whilst Caroline Hanratty is noted as an ’amazing mind’. Other names to note include the ‘highly professional’ Hannah Cheminais and health and education-focused Jennifer Lewis.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘We rate the real estate team at Mills & Reeve highly. They rank as trusted and reliable advisors.’

  • ‘Mike Edge and Rachel Pitman have an excellent understanding of our business, remain accessible at all times, provide quality technical and commercial advice and deliver value for money. They support each other well and have a solid team behind them.’

  • ‘Rachel Pitman is great to work with and steadfastly professional. Caroline Hanratty has an amazing mind and great ability to understand very complex documents - a star.'

  • ‘Mike Edge and Rachel Pitman are first-class partner contacts who ensure that not only do they give excellent service but that their team does too.’

  • ‘The Mills & Reeve team are all highly personable and accessible. They are great to work with, have the essential breadth of expertise across the team and the depth necessary in the individual specialisms to work on complex property transactions. I haven't once felt like I'm not getting the highest quality advice.’

  • ‘The individuals across the team really seek to understand you and your needs as a client. Mike Edge has great client-handling skills and is able to bring the necessary expertise to the table. Hannah Cheminais is great to work with - highly professional, accessible and personable and able to drive the lawyers on the other side of the transaction and broker solutions, which is perhaps what we value most.’

  • ‘The team had a unique understanding of the needs and decision-making processes of a range of types of client, which enables them to provide focused and considered advice and to manage the expectations of the vendor, both of which are invaluable.’

  • ‘Mike Edge is as good a lawyer as I've come across in my thirty years in property. He really stitched the M&R team together and I think that proves to be the bedrock to what is an excellent service.’

Key clients

  • Bruntwood
  • Langtree
  • Salford City Council
  • M7 Real Estate
  • Wain Estates
  • Worldwide Foods
  • Urban & Civic
  • Tritax Symmetry
  • Homes England
  • Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
  • Rowlands
  • University of Salford
  • Monopro
  • Robertson Group
  • Operose Health
  • Land Trust
  • LTE (Manchester College)

Work highlights

  • Advised Salford City Council on its purchase of the Mall Shopping Centre, Eccles.
  • Advised Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in connection with bringing forward Phase 4 Stockport Exchange with its development partner Muse.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

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Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Hanson, Mike Edge

Other key lawyers

Rachel Pitman, Caroline Hanratty, Hannah Cheminais, Jennifer Lewis