Simon Pigden is the head of the commerce, technology and media practice. A commercial lawyer in every sense, he advises clients across a range of sectors on heavyweight outsourcing projects, strategic ventures, business-sensitive contracts and routes to market, including brand promotion and technology exploitation. Pigden’s many years working both in house with major international brands […]
Michael Ward is Gateley’s senior partner in England and is based in the firm’s Birmingham office. He has considerable experience in corporate transactions (acting for sellers, buyers and debt or equity providers), corporate restructuring and shareholder disputes. He is regularly involved in contract negotiations, deal origination and deal restructuring. Ward has more than 25 years’ […]
Peter Davies is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer in Gateley’s construction unit and a member of the management board. He has considerable experience in construction disputes, acting for developers, contractors, subcontractors and construction professionals. He is familiar with all standard industry documentation and has considerable experience of all types of dispute resolution. He also undertakes […]
Brendan McGeever is a leading corporate restructuring partner, advising banks, funds, venture capitalists together with other financial institutions and stakeholders in businesses on all aspects of corporate restructuring and turnaround. As well as corporate restructuring, McGeever advises insolvency practitioners on more complex assignments and can give advice on all aspects of corporate administration. He is one […]
Rod Waldie leads a team of real-estate lawyers handling a mixture of work made up of investment acquisitions, disposals and estate management, development and landlord and tenant (mainly within the retail and leisure sector). The team’s clients include offshore investors, on-shore real-estate companies and developers, real-estate asset management companies, high-net-worth individuals and high-street retail and leisure operators. […]
Collyer Bristow has announced that Peter Daniel and Alison Kempenaar have been listed in the Private Client Practitioner’s Top 35 under 35, designed to recognise and promote the rising stars in the private client professions. This is the fourth year in a row for Daniel and the second for Kempenaar. A champagne reception will be […]
An explosive row brought by a Saudi prince against a fellow shareholder is heading to the Supreme Court but Irwin Mitchell and HowardKennedyFsi’s work on the case is over. An explosive row brought by a Saudi prince against a fellow shareholder is heading to the Supreme Court but Irwin Mitchell and HowardKennedyFsi’s work on the […]
With the US economy steadily recovering from the recession, and a flood of capital pouring into property markets, an overwhelming majority of commercial real-estate (CRE) executives report feeling optimistic about the sector’s prospects for 2014, according to DLA Piper’s 2014 State of the Market Survey. The survey, measuring the attitudes and perspectives of 158 top […]
Callum Nuttall is a leader in the fields of regeneration, house building and affordable housing. He was Birmingham Law Society Solicitor of the Year in 2008. Nuttall has specialised in acting for housebuilders, housing associations and public bodies on large-scale residential developments, regeneration schemes, urban extensions and residential-led mixed-use schemes nationwide for more than 20 […]
Paul Hayward leads Gateley’s private equity team and regularly acts for institutions and management teams on leveraged transactions. He has a national role so spends his time in Birmingham, London and Manchester helping to develop the firm’s corporate offering. Hayward specialises in investment work and all forms of merger and acquisition, advising many private equity […]
Rebecca Sherwin is head of the Gateley real-estate team in England. Her expertise is real-estate finance, advising banks, borrowers and funders in connection with commercial and residential investment and development. As well as acting for banks and lenders, Sherwin has experience of acting for corporate and public sector clients in the acquisition, disposal and letting […]
Tim Ledger is head of Gateley’s residential development team. He has acted for all of the country’s biggest house builders providing private and affordable housing as well as for niche house builders and substantial residential property developers. Ledger has acted in the house-building sector since 1987 and, as such, has enviable experience in dealing with all aspects of […]