Mr David McClenaghan > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England
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Work Department

Real Estate & Disputes

Position

David is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team with over 20 years’ experience in residential development acting on behalf of a wide range of home builders and developers. David’s work centres on the site set up aspects of development projects including the structuring of estate documentation in preparation for plot disposals, infrastructure matters, the sale of freehold reversionary interests, public open space transfers and similar disposals.

David is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Acted for a major national homebuilder in connection with the private market unit elements of a 2000 plot development near Winchester.
  • Acted on behalf of a London based homebuilder in connection with a 200+ plot mixed use scheme in Isleworth comprising private market, affordable and commercial units.
  • Acted for two divisions of the UK’s largest homebuilder in connection with varied developments including recent projects in Horley, Watton, Red Lodge and Horsford.
  • Acted for the property development arm of a prominent retailer in connection with the private market units elements of a large mixed use scheme in Highams Park comprising private market and affordable units and a retail superstore.
  • Acted for the largest privately owned property company in the UK in connection with the redevelopment of a former BT site in Aldershot to provide private apartments.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Located in Guildford, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP offers a ‘vast knowledge base with specialists in key subjects who are experts in their field’. Assisting with corporate real estate work, secured lending issues and development sales in the healthcare, retail and leisure sectors, the team also offers expertise in industrial gas production facilities and pipelines. The team is headed up by Suzi Gatward in London; Ingrid Saffin in Guildford, who acts for FTSE and internationally listed companies including industrial gas and hydrogen production companies; and David McClenaghan, who has the ability to ‘remain calm in a storm’ and has significant experience in the residential development sector, acting for home builders and developers. Another key lawyer is Sydney Forster, who is praised as ‘consistently reliable’ and ‘knowledgeable’.