England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Real estate
Shoosmiths LLP
Shoosmiths LLP maintains a very active non-contentious offering, capable of advising developers, energy suppliers, and property holding companies on major development and infrastructure projects. The team handles procurement and appointment matters and also advises on building contracts and forward funding matters in relation to high-value property acquisitions and disposals. Practice head Rick Atha works with a wide range of property developers and investors and regularly advises institutional clients such as Packaged Living and Moorfield on construction contracting matters. Christine Burrows, who frequently advises on projects in the later living sector, is also recommended.
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Testimonials
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‘Responsive and easy to work with. Reliable and safe pair of hands.’
‘Christine Burrows is straight talking, always has your back, and is very knowledgeable. Very responsive and clear with her advice.’
‘We worked opposite Rick Atha and Faith McLaughlin on a project. They both showed great teamwork and knowledge and overall provided an excellent service for their client.’
‘Rick Atha is very knowledgeable about construction law and pushes that extra mile for his clients. He refuses to back down when under pressure to ensure that he gets the best outcome for his clients. He also has a friendly manner which makes him a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- ASD Limited (t/a Kloeckner Metals)
- Able 8 Limited
- Akoya
- Cinnamon Care Capital Limited
- EA Gibson Shipbrokers Limited
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics Limited
- Extra MSA Group Limited
- Feather Foot Holdings Limited
- Frasers Group
- Geocubed Limited
- Geocubed Limited
- Gilltown Limited
- Harworth Estates Investments
- Highwood Residential Limited
- IKEA Property Services Limited
- Kirklees College Limited
- LX Pantos UK Limited
- Lloyds Bank plc
- Moorfield Group Limited
- National Trust
- OC&C Services Limited
- Packaged Living/Fiera Real Estate
- Park Lane Properties
- Peugeot Motor Group
- Prime (UK) Developments Limited
- Property Alliance Group Limited
- Roomzzz (Edinburgh) Limited
- Tanglewood Care Services Limited/Origin Care
- The Other House Propco 2 Limited/The Portfolio Club
- The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (t/a Natwest Limited)
- Torwood Care Limited
- Travel Sector Property Limited
- Travelodge
- WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited
- White & Case LLP
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park/Wild Life Group Limited
Work highlights
- Acted on a joint venture between Property Alliance Group and Starwood Capital for a ca. £200m project to redevelop the Renaissance Area of Deansgate, Manchester.
- Acted for Moorfield Group on the disposal of three assets, including two encompassing student accommodations and one encompassing build to rent apartments, in separate corporate sales, with a combined value of ca. £170m.
- Advised M3 Capital Partners on the corporate sale of Extra MSA Group, which involved ten Motorway Services Areas.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rick Atha