Christopher Stanwell

Christopher is a leading strategic adviser in all aspects of planning and compulsory purchase law. His expertise spans mixed-use regeneration, heritage, housing, retail, leisure, offices, and data centres, with particular focus on energy and infrastructure projects.

His judicial review experience includes the Supreme Court and prominent Court of Appeal cases. He has acted as a Parliamentary Agent on behalf of those affected by nationally significant infrastructure projects, such as HS2 and Crossrail, as well as advising on amending legislation and public affairs and policy.

Christopher advises on legal aspects of Net Zero, Climate Change, Biodiversity Net Gain, and ESG. He also has considerable experience on the interaction of planning law with procurement and regulatory law. He regularly carries out legal reviews of planning applications to make sure they are compliant and minimise the prospects of a successful legal challenge to a development. In addition, he has advised on some of the most significant lettings and corporate transactions where planning due diligence has played a key role.

His clients include developers, banks, funds, institutions, private clients and operators in the energy, leisure, waste, and transport sectors.

Christopher qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2025, he worked at the following firms:

Fieldfisher

DAC Beachcroft

Nabarro LLP now CMS