England - North West • Real estate
Shoosmiths LLP
The cohort at Shoosmiths LLP has strong abilities advising on high-value matters across the range of commercial property issues. It is experienced in handling high-value sales and acquisitions, as well as the funding and development of significant structures in Manchester. Andrew Pattinson leads the team. Significant team changes include the arrival of partner Patrick Duffy and legal director Emma Tonge, both from Addleshaw Goddard in August 2022. Additionally, December 2022 marked the departure of partners Lisa On-Iam and Wayne Nash, whilst January 2023 marked the departures of partners Vaqas Farooq and Daniel Hargreaves, all of whom moved to Deloitte LLP.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Patrick Duffy, Adam Barrett and Emma Tonge deal predominantly with town centre regeneration; they provide excellent commercial advice and value for money.’
‘Patrick Duffy, Adam Barrett and Emma Tonge have solid experience in both investment and development work with good knowledge of the office, retail and residential sectors. They are always accessible, proactive and deliver quality outcomes.’
‘They collaborate very well internally, are always available and very responsive. They are able to provide good, commercially-driven advice which is easy to understand. They have a strong understanding of the law and common market practice in that area.’
‘Anna Lowe is able to tailor her advice and approach depending on who she is speaking to ensure that it is commercially-driven and easily understood. She was able to put my overseas colleagues at ease on certain points which they didn't understand due to the UK law being very different to that in Europe. She worked with us very well.’
Key clients
- Taylor Wimpey
- Lovell Partnership
- Gleeson Homes
- Allied London
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics Limited
- Lend Lease Residential
- Muse Developments
- Marston’s plc
- Select Property Group
- XPO (formerly Norbert Dentressangle)
- Countryside Properties Plc
- Footasylum Limited
- Derwent Holdings
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB
- Urban Splash
- PDI (Holdings) Limited
- Bluemantle
- The Gym Group Limited
- Synergie Holdings Limited
- Aspire Gym
- Humberside Airport
- Virgin Wine Online
- Likewize
- Workshop
- Bellway Homes
- PlaceFirst
- Royal Borough of Kingston
- Bolton Council
- Stockport Council
- Staying Cool
- St Modwen Properties plc
- Property Alliance Group Limited/Alliance Real Estate LLP/ARE II LLP
- Patrick Properties
- Keepmoat Homes Limited
- Anwyl Land Limited/Anwyl Construction Company Limited
- Gladman Developments Limited
- Austringer Limited
- Greenbank Partnerships Limited
- Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited
- Walgreen Boots Aliance
- EG Group (including Euro Garages, Leon, Cinnabon and Cooplands)
- Monte Blackburn Limited
- Vistry Partnerships
- Taylor Grange Developments Limited
- Renaker Build
- Kellen Homes
- Landmark Investments
- Total Developments Limited
- Ralph Lauren UK Limited
- The Restaurant Group plc
- Sigma Property Capital Limited
- Chantler Trading Limited
- Stretton Wakefield Limited
- Lancashire County Council
- Morbaine Limited
- Edgefold Homes
- PLP (formerly Peel Logistics)
- Harworth Group
- Ainscough Strategic Land
- Sourced Regent Plaza Limited
- Mount Property Group Limited
- Your Housing Group
- Nikal Limited
- Wirral Growth Company
- Peel Group
- Star Academies
- Cheshire East Council
- Nicoventures Retail (UK) Limited (part of British American Tobacco)
- Hillcrest Homes
- Canal and River Trust
- Galliford Try Plc
- The Beam Trust (A multi-school acadamy trust)
- Brydell Partners
- Redrow PLC
- Access to Music Limited
- Milligan Limited
- Quartzelec
- Stretton Denman Limited
- Perfection Point Enterprises Limited
- Place Capital Limited
- Progress Housing Group
- LDS Sales Guarantees Limited
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Prestbury Estates Limited
- Canterbury City Council
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Wain Homes
- Glass Futures
- Storage 24
- Avant
- Buccleuch
- Bruntwood Works
- Bruntwood SciTech
- Cole Waterhouse
- Henderson Park
- Glenbrook
- Peveril Securities
- Foursynergy Group
- FLCT
- Williams Group
Work highlights
- Acting on the development and funding for Three 60 at Crown Street, a 50+ storey residential tower forming part of the wider Great Jackson Street development, set to be the first cylindrical skyscraper in the city.
- Acting on behalf of Countryside plc on the acquisition of the former Brackley Golf Club site, Little Hulton, Manchester, for residential development.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Emma is a real estate lawyer with over 20 years' experience of acting on a wide range of property transactions, with particular expertise in acting on investment acquisitions and development projects involving delivery of purpose-built student accommodation schemes, offices, hospital facilities, leisure facilities, business parks and residential and commercial mixed-use schemes. Her recent experience includes: acting on a 2.4 million square footage mixed-use office, retail and leisure scheme, including acting on one of the largest regional office deals recorded in 2021 and the largest in Manchester since 2020 advising on the forward sale and development of what (at that time) will be the most sustainable building in operation in Manchester City Centre acting on the acquisition of a 149-acre ex-colliery, including dealing with the complex site structure and financing acting for a cinema owner and operator on its UK portfolio and running the team servicing this client acting for different clients on a number of purpose-built student accommodation schemes, including dealing with the acquisition and financing Emma is named as a Rising Star in the Legal 500
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Pattinson