TLT‘s ’extremely agile and responsive’ local government practice has experience spanning complex projects and regeneration schemes, procurement work, tax issues, and restructuring and insolvency mandates. The South West team is led by property specialist Andrew Glynn, public procurement expert Bill Hull, and David Isaacson, who handles a wide range of commercial contracts, transactions and joint ventures. Other central names include David Meecham, who heads up the social housing and regeneration team, and Edward Pitt, who is noted for his estate management, property acquisition and disposal experience, regularly acting for central government clients.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The breadth of knowledge and experience in the team is excellent - I can present them with one matter which has a multiplicity of issues and I know that, without prompting, all of those issues will be appropriately and expertly picked up and advised upon. Advice provided is always timely and great communication.’

  • ‘Very strong understanding of the public sector procurement issues and policing market.’

  • 'This team really pulls the stops out at short notice with an extremely high-quality product.’
  • ‘The team are extremely agile and responsive. They turn around complicated and technical advice quickly and quickly become part of the team. We don't feel like a number to them.’

Work highlights

  • Advising Waltham Forest on the £250m+ regeneration of Score Centre, Leyton, to deliver 715 new homes, shops, a cafe, a health hub, a new civic square and a new indoor court leisure centre.
  • Instructed by Oxfordshire County Council on a £330m scheme to provide 11km of new road infrastructure and 20km of cycle and pedestrian facilities to Didcot Garden Village, funded through the Housing Infrastructure Forward Fund.
  • Advising South Somerset District Council in relation to its commercial property matters and estate management.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Glynn, Bill Hull, David Isaacson

Other key lawyers

David Meecham, Edward Pitt