Hawkins Hatton Corporate Lawyers Limited maintains a dedicated real estate team that continues to grow its clientele, with companies approaching it from across the West Midlands. The firm advises on acquisitions, lease management and adverse possession. Colin Rodrigues, a Dudley-based lawyer, is the practice head and advises clients in the care, manufacturing, automotive, waste and education sectors.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Colin Rodrigues is refreshingly proactive and capable of thinking outside the box.’

  • ‘Very efficient team - see problems on horizon and seek to head them off so that completion dates can be met.'

  • ‘Colin Rodrigues is approachable, likeable with a wealth of knowledge, very commercially astute.’

  • ‘The team are great communicators and are able to proposed solutions to any matter.’

  • ‘Hardworking and diligent and able to cope with completing matters in a timely manner.’

  • ‘Colin Rodrigues and Harminder Sandhu is extremely helpful in steering clients through the process and negotiating with banks and solicitors.’

  • ‘All the team are approachable and have a detailed knowledge of all aspects of commercial property law. They show high ethical standards and are very commercially aware.’

  • ‘Colin Rodriques approaches all problems with a solutions based approach.'

Key clients

  • SL Care Properties Ltd
  • The Harrington Factory Limited
  • Bespin Property Limited
  • Midlands Properties Limited
  • Axon Enterprises Limited
  • Vita Properties Ltd
  • Weldall (Cannock) Limited,
  • Safe Fence Holdings Limited
  • GB Tyres UK Limited
  • Go Waste (UK) Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted on behalf of a care sector client in over 50 acquisitions whilst it seeks to extinguish its £22 million banking facility.
  • Acted on behalf of a rapidly expanding client in the acquisition of three separate industrial sites with an aggregate value in excess of £5 million.
  • Acted on behalf of a client in connection with a complex restructure which included the refinance of 8 properties valued at £6 million.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Colin Rodrigues

Other key lawyers

Alexander Boyle, Harminder Sandhu