Pannone Corporate LLP‘s ’cohesive and proactive’ practice is headed by David Brown from the firm’s Manchester office handles the full scope of litigious matters including lease renewals and terminations, covenants and development issues. It also ably advises on land-related disputes, and regularly acts for investors and developers. ‘Dedicated’ Gemma Staples has a particular strength handling acting for retail clients.

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  • ‘The team has excellent technical knowledge.’

  • ‘Gemma Staples is very dedicated with good legal knowledge.’

  • ‘A very cohesive and proactive team, which is essential to support our sometimes urgent and time-critical requirements.’

  • ‘Always responsive to emails and telephone calls.’

Key clients

  • Canal and River Trust
  • Emerson Group (inc Orbit Investments and Orbit Developments)
  • New Balance Athletic Shoes (UK) Limited
  • Revolution Bars Limited
  • Total Fitness Health Clubs Limited
  • Tradebe Management Limited & Group
  • West Yorkshire Combined Authority & West Midlands Combined Authority

Work highlights

  • Advising a national retail client on relocation from a key distribution centre as a result of the landlord’s desire to redevelop, involving adopting a strategy to secure time to relocate and claim compensation in excess of £1m.
  • Defending an industrial client in a claim for an injunction and damages arising out of alleged trespass and contamination deriving from a variety of materials, including complex questions around historic and contributory contamination.
  • Advising an investor client in connection with a tenant’s ineffective break notice and pursuing proceedings for rent arrears and a declaration that the lease was subsisting.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

David Brown

Other key lawyers

Gemma Staples, Kenneth Tang