Pinsent Masons LLP’s Leeds team forms an integral part of the firm’s expansive national practice, offering a broad range of support to local government clients on issues such as real estate, housing, planning, regulatory, governance and disputes. Assisting with projects and programmes connected to housing growth and the net zero agenda stand out as areas of notable expertise for the unit. Practice chair Anne Bowden is lauded for her ‘wealth of property and contractual knowledge’. Jonathan Riley and Nick McDonald are both equipped to assist local government clients with major regeneration schemes.
Testimonials
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‘The team provides robust, straightforward, and commercially sensible legal advice. They demonstrate strength and breadth of knowledge and apply this consistently to challenging contractual problems. They demonstrate an appreciation of their role within a multi-disciplinary team and recognise where they can add real value to negotiations. ’
‘Anne Bowden has a wealth of property and contractual knowledge and an ability to condense what I perceive as a mountain of complex issues into a much smaller number of easy-to-understand key issues - all of which she has thought through and has a viable, sensible solution!'
Key clients
- Durham County Council
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Work highlights
- Acting for London Borough of Wandsworth on its two largest council estate regeneration projects which between them will deliver over 4500 new homes.
- Advising IAMP LLP (a joint venture between Sunderland and South Tyneside Councils) on the major advanced manufacturing park to service Nissan in the north-east.