Alan McAlister > Cleaver Fulton Rankin > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Cleaver Fulton Rankin Offices
50 BEDFORD STREET
BELFAST
BT2 7FW
United Kingdom
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Alan McAlister
Work Department
Property, construction and procurement, PFI/PPP projects, landlord and tenant, buying and selling property.
Position
Alan is a Director working in the firm’s Commercial Real Estate department. He has a wealth of expertise in all aspects of commercial law although currently he specialises in commercial property both contentious and non-contentious and contractual advices. Alan has been practising law for over 25 years and is an articulate and approachable solicitor who has a creative attitude when it comes to solving client issues. He has advised a number of the largest construction companies in Northern Ireland on construction contract issues and is a good person to turn to for advice regarding the tender process and procurement matters.
Career
Alan qualified at John Johnson & Son, Belfast, where he worked from 1981-89. He also worked at J C Taylor & Co, Belfast (1989-2000) and McGrigors, Belfast.
Alan joined Cleaver Fulton Rankin as a Director in 2012.
Memberships
Alan is a member of Law Society of Northern Ireland and a co-opted member of the Library and Information Management Committee of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
Education
Alan graduated from Queens College, Oxford with a BA Hons in Jurisprudence and obtained a Certificate in Professional Legal Studies from Queens University Belfast. Alan was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland in 1981.
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Real estate > Commercial property
Cleaver Fulton Rankin‘s ‘superb’ team works as part of the firm’s full-service offering, and offers clients expertise in a broad swathe of sectors, including retail, energy, and residential. Team lead Joe Marley, ‘a recognised leader in this field’, is particularly active in the retail and leisure, energy and renewables, and telecommunications sectors. Core team members include Kathryn Collie, who is experienced in complex disposal and acquisition transactions, and Patrick O’Hanlon, whose practice includes real estate finance, development acquisitions, and retail lettings. O’Hanlan joined the team in September 2022 from TLT. Alan McAlister handles landlord and tenant issues, and is experienced in construction issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property