England - South West • Real estate
Osborne Clarke LLP
Osborne Clarke LLP has strong expertise in infrastructure disputes, regularly representing clients from the electric power, telecommunications and utilities sectors. The firm has further specialisms in acting for clients from the retail sector as well as residential developers, student accommodation providers and investor clients. Practice head Leona Briggs has particular expertise in disputes arising under the Electronic Communications Code, as does Emily Van Schalkwyk, who, as the firm’s head of the power and utilities sub-sector group, also has a focus on land rights disputes for utilities clients as well as complex energy infrastructure claims. David Shakesby is noted for his work for utilities companies and developer clients focused on the renewables sector as well as investors in this space.
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Key clients
- Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited
- Vodafone Limited
- Olympian Homes Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales), (South West), (East Midlands) and (West Midlands) Plc
- National Grid Telecoms Limited
- BDW Trading Limited (Barratt Homes)
- British Land
- Wales & West Utilities Ltd
- PGIM Real Estate
- EE Limited/BT PLC
- Landform
- Greystar
- Bloor Homes
- Marks & Spencer PLC
- 4 Fibre Limited
- SCCI Alphatrack Limited
- CBRE Global Investors
Work highlights
- Advised WWU on a complex dispute with the owner of an industrial site in Somerset.
- Acted for 4 Fibre Limited and SCCI Alphatrack Limited (part of the SCCI Group), advising on various commercial telecoms and Electronic Communications Code related matters.
- Acted for a nationwide active PLC house builder, and successfully dissuaded the County Council from issuing proceedings against the developers of a site, which included the client, and obtained the necessary written confirmations from the council to allow plot completions to continue across the site while the issue was resolved.
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Practice head
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Leona Briggs