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Eversheds Sutherland

Real Estate Litigation

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Our Real Estate Disputes team is one of the largest in Europe, with deep expertise across the full spectrum of property disputes. Led by experienced partners, the team includes numerous industry experts in development disputes, rent review and valuation, building safety, telecoms, insolvency, agriculture to name but a few, and has acted in over 20 reported decisions in the past three years. We advise on high-value, complex disputes across the UK, including landmark cases in Central London.

Our work spans all types of real estate dispute from the purchase development and sale of high value real estate. We are recognised for our success in bet the ranch one off cases for major developers, investors as well as corporate occupiers from Land Securities, Berkeley Homes, Derwent London, Associated British Ports, Aberdeen Investors, to major technology companies, global professional services firms, and leading financial institutions.

Our approach combines technical excellence with commercial insight and cost transparency, helping clients to resolve disputes efficiently while protecting long-term asset values.

Industries (13)

  • Real estate
  • Development
  • Retail
  • Consumer
  • Energy
  • Utilities
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
  • Senior living
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Financial services
  • Public sector

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Real Estate Litigation - Midlands

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Eversheds Sutherland is a pre-eminent firm with a sizeable and highly respected team of litigators. It represents clients such as prominent retailers and financial institutions in the full span of litigation, including nuisance claims, dilapidations, rent reviews and development disputes. The firm demonstrates particular depth of experience in the energy and utilities sectors, with additional niche expertise in agriculture. It also regularly represents landlords, including a number of high-profile institutional investors.
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Work Highlights

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  • Eversheds Sutherland acted for a large US cloud services provider following an acquisition of a site on which it will construct a data centre. This included providing advice on the impact and enforceability of restrictive covenants as well as potential easements.

Strengths

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  • They are excellent. When we have board-level issues, we look to Eversheds Sutherland for strategic and accurate advice, which they are able to deliver.

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  • Eversheds Sutherland provides UK-wide coverage but with local expertise.

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  • The whole team are very proactive, commercial and pragmatic. They work closely as a team, so there is always someone available and able to pick up matters and deal with them quickly and efficiently.

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  • The Eversheds team has a huge amount of depth and knowledge in a number of key areas.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • David Feist
    David Feist

    David Feist

    David Feist is a solicitor advocate who acts for clients including landowners, public sector bodies and institutional landlords in complex property litigation. He handles contentious landlord and tenant work along with development disputes and vacant possession proceedings.

    • As a long-standing lead partner in the team, we have absolute trust in David's advice and leadership of the team.

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    • David is excellent.

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  • Lisa Barge
    Lisa Barge

    Lisa Barge

    Lisa Barge is the international head of dispute resolution at Eversheds Sutherland. A solicitor advocate, she has considerable experience in advising large technology firms, financial institutions and logistics groups on a wide range of contentious property matters.

    • Lisa is incredibly experienced and knowledgeable on all aspects of commercial real estate litigation, and always provides strong and commercially-minded advice and recommendations.

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    • She was so impressive in her thoughtfulness, tactical brain and attention to detail.

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    • Lisa is a first-class lawyer and is always on hand to help and advise on any matter. One of her many key strengths is her ability to explain complicated issues.

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    • She knows our business inside out and provides pragmatic and useful advice that allows the business to actually make decisions. She is truly brilliant.

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  • Robert Holloway
    Robert Holloway

    Robert Holloway

    Robert Holloway represents clients in various contentious matters, including development disputes and contested lease renewals, with notable expertise in the retail sector.

    • Robert provides sound litigation advice with fundamental commerciality at its heart.

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  • Arren Thornton
    Arren Thornton

    Arren Thornton

    Arren Thornton is a legal director in the real estate litigation group. He routinely advises on commercial landlord and tenant matters. He also has particular specialisms in business rate matters and wayleave disputes.

    • Arren is a good technical lawyer who enjoys the black letter law.

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    • He is excellent.

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