Judy Fawcett
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Real Estate
Band 3
About
Provided by Judy Fawcett
Practice Areas
Judy is a real estate lawyer with wide experience of acting for investors, developers, landlords, banks and funding institutions.
She has extensive experience of investment, development and asset management work and also leads our Real Estate Finance team in the north working closely with the Banking and Finance team.
She regularly advises institutional and other business client by getting involved with them from initial appraisal through to completion and offers proactive solution driven advice to them and their wider teams.
Sectors that Judy is passionate about include real estate finance, living sector, PRS, PBSA, student accommodation, hotel and leisure, residential development, BTR, sustainable finance, ESG, social housing, further education, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and logistics.
Her recent project experience includes advising:
• Allied London on all property aspects of the portfolio of properties at Spinningfields and St Johns in Manchester and Leeds Dock with notable recent deals including the sale of No.1 Spinningfields, the deal with Aviva at St Johns and the sale of high profile trophy assets at Spinningfields Estate;
• on a £42 million student development disposal in Leicester;
• on a 290 bedroom student build to rent scheme in Birmingham;
• a range of leading UK Banks,
Chambers Review
UK
Judy Fawcett is a partner based in the firm's Leeds office. She is noted for her expertise in acquisitions and disposals for redevelopment and regeneration projects. She also possesses experience in funding and conditional exchanges for residential developments.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Judy Fawcett is really good and she takes an active role in leading on transactions."
"Judy is a delight to work with. She gets things done and is clear and succinct."
"Judy is really good. She gets into the detail but doesn't stray off the line, whilst keeping everyone on track."
"Judy Fawcett is really good and she takes an active role in leading on transactions."
"Judy is a delight to work with. She gets things done and is clear and succinct."
"Judy is really good. She gets into the detail but doesn't stray off the line, whilst keeping everyone on track."