Chambers Review
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Real Estate - East Anglia
What the Team is Known For
Ashtons Legal fields an experienced team throughout East Anglia, with offices in locations including Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. The firm demonstrates wide-ranging experience in real estate matters, with experts in development, investment management and corporate work. The firm's diverse client roster includes house builders, higher education institutions and corporate occupiers.
Strengths
Ashtons Legal did excellent work, ensuring our interests were protected at all times with solid advice.
Ashtons Legal handles complexity very well and its technical competency is strong.
Complex and sophisticated matters are always handled thoroughly by the Ashtons team.
The firm provides good advice to the client and looks into the fine details which is obviously most important on complex matters.
Work Highlights
Ashtons Legal assisted W N Developments with the development of 235 homes over a four phased completion.
Notable practitioners
Magnus McManus is Cambridge-based and leads the commercial property team at Ashtons Legal. He advises on a broad range of matters, including investment transactions and development work, for clients in fields such as education, financial services and life sciences.
Magnus McManus leads the team well and is commercial and pragmatic in his approach.
Magnus is an excellent person to deal with, and he has a wide knowledge.
Ron Clare is based in the firm's Bury St Edmunds office. He handles commercial property transactions relating to both development and investment opportunities and also has associated expertise in secured lending matters. He represents a wide variety of clients including developers, property management firms, investment trusts and retail entities.