With a South West office located in Exeter, Trowers & Hamlins LLP covers a variety of construction mandates, with a particular focus on the residential, hotel and leisure sectors, alongside industrial and senior living expertise. On the contentious side, overseen by Oliver Williams, the team has experience advising on payment disputes, defect claims, delays, and professional negligence issues. Claire Atkins takes the lead on non-contentious matters, regularly assisting public and private sector bodies with contract drafting and negotiations, redevelopments and refurbishments. Senior associate Lydia Stuart-Banks often assists with non-contentious asset management and residential development mandates, with associates Tao Smart and Michael Chulu specialising in disputes.
Testimonials
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‘Clear commercial advice provided.’
‘This team has a number of hard working and commercially astute individuals. They combine real construction expertise with a particular emphasis on local authority/public body disputes.'
‘They are hard-working and have an attitude that nothing is too much. They are a tight-knit team who have built real experience in Defective Premises Act and Building Liability Order claims.’
Key clients
- Fragrance Group
- Abri
- Octopus
- Rangeford Villages
- Vistry Group
- Department for Education
- Pembury Developments Limited
- Live West
- Wolverhampton City Council as Administering Authority for the West Midlands Pension Fund
Work highlights
- Advised The London Borough of Hillingdon in a £13m multi-party dispute with a national housing association.
- Advising Fragrance Group on redevelopment and refurbishment works at a number of sites around the country, including the redevelopment of the former St Chad's Hotel in Blackpool.
- Advising Teign Housing in relation to a dispute regarding refurbishment works carried out by a local construction company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Oliver Williams, Claire Atkins