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Addleshaw Goddard

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The ‘very experienced’ transactional team at Addleshaw Goddard is renowned for its capabilities advising its significant portfolio of clients on the full remit of matters. Its workload consists of the nationally and locally notable, including complex developmental and strategic projects, which Catherine Fearnhead is experienced in handling, whilst Vicky Niescier is experienced in advising clients on net-zero initiatives. Leisure and retail matters are a key area of focus for Daniel Sweeney. Peter Kershaw has a strong ability to advise across real estate. Paul Barnard who is noted as ’exceptional and highly recommended’, focuses on acquisition, whilst Lucy Butterworth has expertise in build-to-rent and student accommodation. Nancy McGuire leads the practice. Patrick Duffy departed to Shoosmiths LLP in July 2022.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A great team with good depth of experience and technical expertise. They have good understanding of real estate portfolios in the region because of their actual presence. They also have a good economic model for billing.'

  • ‘We have long-term experience with the firm and the team has worked together a long time too; they have a clear commitment to delivering client objectives.’

  • ‘They are a very experienced team with a great understanding of the complex legal issues facing many property transactions. They are always very efficient at breaking down complex issues to manageable elements with clear explanations of the issues at hand.’

  • ‘Paul Barnard is exceptional and highly recommended. He understands our business and is able to give very clear advice knowing the operational issues facing our organisation. He has fantastic knowledge of all aspects of property law and always remains calm regardless of the issue. He is also a very nice guy.’

  • ‘They have taken the time to understand our business and therefore serve us better. They have good commercial knowledge of the sectors we operate in. They also provide good template docs to aid preparation of future deal set-ups.'

Key clients

  • abrdn
  • Access to Music
  • Affinity Water Limited
  • Blackden Estates Limited
  • Blackfriairs St Ltd
  • Blank Street UK Limited
  • British Land
  • Ball & Young Limited
  • Basil House Property Ltd
  • Batleys Properties Limited
  • Beech Brooklands Limited
  • boohoo.com
  • Bowrovia Estates 2020 Limited
  • Blackden Estates Limited
  • Blackfriairs St Ltd
  • Blank Street UK Limited
  • British Land
  • Bruntwood Group of Companies
  • Bulla W8 Limited
  • Bury Bruntwood (Millgate) LLP
  • Canal & River Trust
  • Chiswick V.E Limited
  • Cole Waterhouse /Priestley Family
  • Co-operative Group of Companies
  • Coya Angel Limited
  • Crossfield Developments/Crossfield Group
  • Debenhams
  • De la Rue Plc
  • Denstone Parish Council
  • Denton Associates (Group) Limited
  • Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
  • Deloitte & Touch LLP
  • Drive Energi Limited
  • DP World London Gateway Group of Companies
  • Eight Industrial (Wrexham 4) Limited
  • Enitial Limited & Meritas Scientific Holdings Limited
  • Equorium Property Company Limited
  • Federated Hermes
  • Findon Homes
  • First Investments – REM Group of Companies
  • Gladman Developments
  • Glenbrook BD Limited
  • Gloucester V.E. Limited
  • Gravity Media (UK) Limited
  • Great Ancoats Street Limited
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • GRIO Group of Companies
  • Grove Crescent Stratford Limited
  • Hallam Land
  • Harley Property Investments Ltd & DPMM Enterprises Limited
  • Hegenberger Medical Limited
  • Hermes Wellington Place Site 1 Nominee
  • Hollins Strategic Land
  • Horsham V.E Limited
  • Hurstwood Properties
  • HPREF I Konect Investments S.A.R.L
  • I for Williams Trailers / IWT Holdings Limited
  • Incognito Assets Ltd
  • InterSystems
  • JD Sports Fashion plc
  • JD Sports Gyms Limited
  • KCOM Central Asset Reserve Limited Partnership & KCOM Holdings Limited
  • KPFF Limited
  • KPFF Limited
  • Liberty Charge Limited
  • London Cyrenians Housing Limited
  • Lookers plc
  • Los Mochis W8 Limited
  • Lote Global Investments Ltd
  • MGH Card LLP
  • Manacor (Jersey) Ltd & Manacor Nominees (Jersey) Ltd (KWAP)
  • Mansfield V.E. Limited
  • Manufacturers Network Ltd
  • Mapeley Group of Companies
  • Maple Grove Developments
  • Masshouse Residential Block HI Limited
  • Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited
  • Meridian Heathcomms Limited
  • Mexichem Specialty Compounds Limited
  • Middlewich and District Community Association
  • Miller Group of Companies
  • Mobile Data Systems International LTD
  • Moonpig.Com
  • Morning Foods
  • Muse Developments
  • National Grid Group of Companies
  • National Tyre Service Group
  • Nationwide Building Society
  • Network Rail
  • Neptune Retail Limited
  • Northern Trust Group of Companies
  • Oakes Millers Limited
  • Oliver Charles Driver & Nancy Eve Driver as Trustees of the Rantum SSAS
  • One Heritage Plc Group of Companies
  • Oval Properties Limited
  • Ovi Stoke Crown Works Limited
  • OCS Group of Companies
  • Park Moor Farm
  • Peel Cubico Renewables Limited
  • Peel Group of Companies
  • Peveril Securities Limited
  • Pinebridge Estates Limited
  • Pochin Midpoint Limited
  • Popeyes Chicken UK
  • Preston City Council
  • Prologis Group of Companies
  • Purepay Retail Limited (trading as Peacocks, Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Bon Marche)
  • Public Sector Plc Group of Companies
  • Redsun Group of Companies
  • Revie Property Limited and Revie Enterprises Limited
  • Regener8 Power Limited
  • SGN Group of Companies
  • SSE Group of Companies
  • Salford City Council
  • Santander
  • Scunthorpe Properties Limited and Crossway Park Limited
  • Schroder Real Estate Investment Management
  • Span Group Limited
  • Stroma Specialist Access Limited
  • Story Homes Limited
  • Swansway Garages
  • Sunhart Ltd
  • Telereal Trillium
  • Tim Horton's
  • Thesleff Hospitality Group
  • Thomas Jones & Sons (Liverpool) Limited
  • Todd Architects Limited
  • Trustees of the Sidney Vaughan Gaskell Will Trust
  • Tsunami Axis Limited
  • TGR Retail Ltd
  • T.R Ventures Limited
  • UK Biobank
  • UK PRS Fund
  • Vincent Limited
  • Vision Express
  • Vita Belfast Limited
  • Vita Nottingham Guildhall Limited
  • Vue Entertainment
  • Wasabi Co Limited
  • Watkin Jones PLC
  • WG London Property Limited
  • Workspace Group PLC
  • Wrenman Lancaster Ltd
  • Yearsley Group Limited &Yearsley CS Limited
  • Zerum Consulting

Work highlights

  • Advised developers on the pre-let to The Government Property Agency of a sustainable 150,000 square foot net-zero civil service hub.
  • Advised Peel NRE Developments Limited on the acquisition of the 820 acre Fiddlers Ferry power station site from SSE plc for redevelopment by Peel NRE as a mixed-use development with a view to meeting net-zero.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Catherine Fearnhead

Addleshaw Goddard

Catherine advises regulated businesses, developers and investors on the disposal, development, pre-letting and funding of a range of asset classes including regulated operational assets, logistics, offices and student accommodation.  Catherine co-leads (with Jonathan Powling) the Logistics Sub-sector group at Addleshaw Goddard, which published the market leading 'How Soon is Now?' logisitcs report - gathering the views of leading investors, developers, occupiers and operators and setings out policy recommendations on how the logistics sector should respond to the current challenges and opportunities.Catherine also advises landlords and corporate occupiers on a range of landlord and tenant matters, leading teams to cost effectively manage property interests balancing the interests of landlord and occupier to ensure that institutional requirements are met whilst facilitating the occupiers' day to day business

Vicky Niescier

Addleshaw Goddard

Vicky is a partner in the Real Estate department who has experience acting for a range of clients, specialising in institutional investor work. She is account manager for Standard Life Investments, advising in relation to all aspects of its property transactions, including development and funding, sales and acquisitions and management work. Vicky also works with regional developers, including Peel and has recently acted for Manchester City Council in its £1 billion joint venture to regenerate East Manchester

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nancy McGuire

Other key lawyers

Catherine Fearnhead, Peter Kershaw, Vicky Niescier, Daniel Sweeney, Paul Barnard, Lucy Butterworth