Colette McCormack heads the practice at Winckworth Sherwood LLP, dividing her time between London and Manchester. Its workload includes advising on key planning aspects of significant national projects, an example being the Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme. McCormack is described as ‘collegiate and calm under pressure’ and has expansive expertise in regeneration projects. The team is described by clients as being ’ahead of the curve’ and is equipped to assist clients with meeting net zero standards. Joanne Hannah retired in March 2024.
Testimonials
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‘Colette McCormack shows strong team leadership and desire to get the best for her clients.’
'Colette McCormack is invaluable to the work we do. The act collaboratively and provide legal advice across the business on many matters.’
‘Winckworth Sherwood is committed to understanding the unique objectives and challenges of each client, ensuring personalised service and attention-to-detail. They prioritise building strong lasting relationships with their clients, offering proactive advice and strategic guidance to help them achieve their goals.'
‘Colette McCormack is terrific - she offers intelligent and thoughtful advice within carefully crafted strategies and are hugely valuable at such an uncertain time.’
‘The individuals who work with us are business-facing professionals who are well-connected in the industry and provide us with commercially-focused professional advice. Colette McCormack is a highly trusted and supremely competent professional.’
‘Colette is the best planning lawyer I have worked with over 25 years of practice, and has a depth of knowledge I haven't seen elsewhere.’
‘The world of planning is becoming ever more complex but the Winckworth team led by Colette are always ahead of the curve and over the detail of the brief. What sets them above other teams is their understanding of the development industry and local authority and public law decision making and the ability to think outside of the box to find the right the solution in sometimes very challenging projects.’
‘Colette McCormack is collegiate and calm under pressure. Colette is very solutions-driven and is very good at bringing all the parties together to find a way to unlock difficult situations and allow delivery to continue. She is pragmatic and commercial and understands all parties perspectives in terms of delivery and will work with all parties and she drives an apt solution forward.'
Key clients
- Peel Land and Property (Ports) Limited
- Barking Riverside Limited
- Wandsworth Borough Council
- Altered Space
- Peel Land & Property Management Limited
- Clarion Housing Group
- A2 Dominion Limited
- Walworth Homes
- Persimmon North West
- British Museum
- Horiba Mira
- Sterling Capital
- Moda Living
Work highlights
- Advising Peel Holdings on its flag ship development Liverpool Waters.
- Providing key and strategic advice for the ongoing regeneration of the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark, which is being developed by Notting Hill Genesis and the London Borough of Southwark.
- Advising Peel Holdings on the Wirral Waters Regeneration Project, one of the largest private sector regeneration projects in the UK with an estimate of 30-40 year build out programme and an estimate overall investment of £4.5bn.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Colette McCormack