Chambers Review
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Real Estate - West Midlands
What the Team is Known For
Eversheds Sutherland has a heavyweight real estate team with excellent development and investment credentials, noted for its work on both regional and national projects. Its areas of work include large urban regeneration projects as well as the development of logistics centres. The team acts for an impressive array of clients, including large house builders and financial institutions. The department also handles real estate matters for manufacturing firms and technology companies.
Strengths
The team takes time to understand the situation, the complications, our requirements as a client and provides solutions or ways that work for complex, in-depth matters time after time.
The team at Eversheds is in touch with the market and commercially very capable.
Eversheds has been acting for us for many years, so it understands the challenges and commercial nature of our transactions and how they fit into the wider business.
Work Highlights
Eversheds Sutherland acted for HSBC in all aspects of its acquisition of the new global HQ at St Paul's in London.
Notable practitioners
Gurjit Atwal is known for his work on investment transactions and commercial development matters for high-profile clients.
Gurjit Atwal is an extremely capable lawyer with good, rounded experience.
David Jones advises clients on a range of projects including site assembly, infrastructure and planning.
He's well-regarded in the market and is lovely.
He's a good development lawyer.
Iftkhar Ahmed frequently advises major corporates on complex real estate matters, including acquisitions, disposals and portfolio management.
He's very prominent in the market.
Iftkhar Ahmed is very good and always available.
Ben Newton focuses his practice on commercial development matters. He has notable expertise in a range of projects, including mixed-use schemes, demolition and development.
Ben is both user-friendly and very down-to-earth. He understands us as the client.
Mark Chester represents clients in a range of sectors in real estate matters. He is known particularly for his expertise in transactions relating to data centres.
We have used Mark primarily for commercial and financing transactions. He is a very good attorney.
He knows his stuff.
His engagement and the quality of his legal knowledge is excellent.
Natalie Edwards primarily represents developers, as well as landowners and land promoters, and she has notable experience in strategic land matters.
She's a great property lawyer.
Natalie's an excellent lawyer. She has the ability to draft complex legal documents taking into account the commercial realities of a deal and explaining them to clients in a simplified, clear manner.