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Schofield Sweeney

Real Estate

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Schofield Sweeney

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Real Estate - Yorkshire

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For
Schofield Sweeney is experienced in retail and residential property work, including sales, acquisitions and leasing matters. The firm also advises clients in the renewable energy and healthcare sectors on development schemes. The team possesses expertise in property finance, acting for a number of high-profile lenders. It offers a specialist Stamp Duty Land Tax practice to enhance its property offering.
Strengths

The team can advise on a full range of commercial and domestic property issues and are all very good and knowledgeable.

Schofield Sweeney has a large real estate team who are capable of transacting on multiple projects simultaneously. They are very proactive and always respond in a timely fashion.

They have an absolute willingness to maintain regular communication and regular deal updates, often outside working hours. It's a strong real estate team with vast experience.

Work Highlights

Schofield Sweeney acted for United Trust Bank on providing staged financing to assist with the demolition of an existing building in north Leeds in order to build nine new luxury apartments.

Notable practitioners
Darren Birkinshaw
Darren Birkinshaw heads the commercial property team at Schofield Sweeney. He provides valued advice on a variety of commercial property transactions. He frequently represents developers in landlord and tenant matters as well as sales and acquisitions.

Darren is very good at communication, he is always available and he finds solutions to any problem. He can explain matters in a very logical way.


Manjit Virdee

Manjit Virdee is head of the firm's Yorkshire real estate practice. He assists commercial clients with a range of transactional matters, including financings and acquisitions.

Manjit provides exceptional client service throughout the deal journey. He is very proactive in his communication, knows the law extensively and provides excellent commercial awareness.

Manjit is an experienced, knowledgeable and commercial lawyer with excellent relationship skills.

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