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Irwin Mitchell

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Led by seasoned property litigator Tim Rayner, Irwin Mitchell has developed its Birmingham base and is regularly engaged on a number of commercial and residential disputes. The firm advises a diverse client roster, which includes commercial property investors, developers and corporate occupiers, across the TMT, investment, retail, development and asset management sectors. Alison Willis is a senior associate who recently joined the firm from Freeths LLP and who specialises in landlord and tenant law, particularly for commercial tenants and in matters relating to Covid rent arrears.

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  • ‘Extremely thorough and give balanced advice. Always available and quick to respond. Very professional, whilst taking a commercial and legal view on matters.’

  • ‘Available and quick to respond. Good advice and willing to listen to alternative ideas and discuss pros and cons to different scenarios and ideas.’

  • ‘Commercially minded and have shown a strong desire to understand our business and work practices. Tim Rayner and Sana Ikhlaq demonstrate this when ever we require litigation advice.’

Key clients

  • Real Estate Investors PLC
  • BPG
  • Kout Capital
  • Calthorpe Estates
  • Persimmon Homes
  • Godwin

Work highlights

  • Acting for an international leisure operator on various issues, most notably in relation to an opposed renewal of one of its leases where the landlord is opposing on the basis of ground (f) of section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tim Rayner

Other key lawyers

Alison Willis, Sana Ikhlaq