UK Guide 2026 : West Midlands
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Provided by Freeths LLP
Our Real Estate team not only provides strength in depth but it also brings together all aspects that a client needs to ensure a successful transaction and hence is a true one-stop shop. The team of around 100 lawyers covers site acquisition, planning, environmental, procurement, construction/development, property management and sale/ acquisition by investment vehicles and institutions. We also integrate tax and dispute resolution advice.
Our experience in both the public and the private sectors gives us an added insight, allowing us to identify and avoid issues before they become problems. We are praised for our pragmatism and commercial awareness, which is why we work with so many household names such as those listed in the client lists below. We are also dealing with high net worth clients and complex cases. Within the team we also specialise further into these groups:
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Freeths has a commercial property team that regularly advises clients on a host of development and investment matters, with particular expertise in town centre redevelopment. It maintains expertise across an array of sectors, with notable strength in retail and sports. Also noted for its strength in property finance.
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Freeths advised Related Argent on a major development at 3 Copper Square, Brent Cross Town, London.
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The team have a range of skills to apply to different types of agreements. Their agility and ability to turn deals around quickly is a particular strength.
The team's main strengths are availability, easy-to-understand advice and pragmatism.
The team's technical expertise is clearly very high, but over and above that, they are always very personable explaining what they need to. They also absolutely get the commercial aspects.
Freeths has an experienced team across all aspects of real estate, commercial and residential. It provides the appropriate level of resource and expertise required.
The Freeths team are very knowledgeable, friendly and personable. They have an in-depth understanding of related matters based on a wealth of experience in this field.
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Mitchell Ball advises public sector clients on complex redevelopment projects and retail acquisitions. He also offers expertise to retail clients, particularly with regard to lease renewals.
Mitchell continually demonstrates commercial awareness and quickly gets to the nub of issues, meets deadlines, communicates clearly and provides pragmatic advice.
Mitchell has provided great legal advice in a prompt, easy-to-understand manner.
Real Estate
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