‘The team is very conscientious, hard working and excellent in their drafting, understanding and explanations of the complexities involved in development transactions and the statutory and regulatory controls on us as their client.’

‘Entrepreneurial, commercial, collaborative, keen to align and understand clients needs and business. Very good at value add initiatives and wider business collaborations.’

‘Lucy Butterworth will go the extra mile.’

‘Very responsive and accurate.’

‘Elizabeth Cartwright, Jan Stott and Michelle Millard are all excellent.’

‘Bespoke and practical – Eversheds has demonstrated strong commercial knowledge along with legal knowledge in their approach, which is refreshing. The partners have been exceptionally good at helping manage relationships with stakeholders.’

‘Phillip Tunney is a stand-out partner. He has a strong ability to approach situations from the perspective of the clients involved, and provide very useful advice in helping manage relationships and negotiations outside of the legal work.’

‘Extremely knowledgeable and up-to-date on key changes that would effect the business but at the same time a good personal relationship is built.’

‘Rachel Lawler continually goes the extra mile to ensure transactions are concluded in a timely manner and always seeks the most favorable terms where possible. Advice provided is always accurate, to the point and provided quickly to ensure the correct decisions are made to protect the business.’

‘The lawyers are keen to assist us in advising what it is we need to deliver the matter in what are sometimes short delivery deadlines. The advice given is concise and they work hard to understand what we need.’

‘They take time to get to know you and understand our business. The advice is always tailored to what we need and not just quoting the legal position.’

‘Naveen Gupta – personable, Naveen really knows his stuff.’

‘The team is responsive and always willing to take your call if urgent advice is needed. They’re able to understand the bigger picture, allowing them to focus on the key issues at hand.’

‘Dan Monaghan is a strong and proactive lawyer. He knows how to take a transaction from beginning to completion in the required deadline.’

‘Shoosmiths provide practical legal advice but are also in tune with commercial matters so that their sound legal advice marries well with commercial realities.’

‘Christina Suddes is an accomplished legal director. Always available to provide timely and commercially prudent legal advice. Paul Gidman’s legal knowledge is impeccable. The team always go above and beyond to service their clients.’

‘Vanessa Rickard values the trust of a client and is not afraid to highlight risk, but always with a solution or approach to mitigation thereof. Deals with all instructions promptly and effectively, with a calm and measured demeanour. Vanessa is not afraid to hold out in negotiations for matters in the Trust’s best interests even if that makes her unpopular with others on the opposite side of the transaction. Vanessa is highly respected by our property team.’

‘The knowledge in the sector is second to none and the commitment to knowledge sharing throughout the team is exceptional.’

‘Very personable and a willingness to help. They are not afraid of arming in house teams with knowledge and skills so that they can carry out business as usual work in-house.’

‘Friendly, personable, hard working, and understanding of clients. Lisa On-Iam and Vaq are great people and look after us.’

‘Good value for money and transparent about costs associated with procedures. Always have worked with a good, knowledgeable team that can overcome most legal issues.’

‘Dominic Buckley – Excellent communication throughout projects and ability to perform when under pressure.’

‘Very helpful.’

‘The team work smoothly across sectors and I receive a joined up, efficient service as a result.’

‘Dominic Buckley and Michael Parkinson are knowledgeable and experienced. They are easy to contact and give clear and consistent advice and a speedy efficient service.’

‘Found the approach to understanding a clients needs and then identifying the key team members who were best served to deliver the right advise was very straightforward.’

‘Dominic Buckley has been excellent in deciphering the needs we have to achieve the overall objectives – brought in key team members when necessary and co-ordinated everything to provide seamless and clear advice.’

‘Experienced solicitors who provide quality, commercial legal advice.’

‘Davitt Jones Bould has an outstanding reputation in property matters, based upon attracting and retaining very experienced lawyers specialising in this field who service an enviable client base.’

‘Really impressed with Abigail Kay’s service on one of my clients.’

‘They have a very clever business model of employing solicitors who don’t want to be based in an office, and often don’t work five days a week, and that means that they have great solicitors giving advice rather than the pyramid structure of many of the large firms.’

‘They are experts in their field.’

‘DJB are a well run firm and it is apparent in your dealings with them. Clarity of instruction, compliance, work quality and transparent billing are all excellent.’

‘Tony Fitzmaurice is a very experienced and sharp commercial property solicitor. He has demonstrated this to us over many years.’

‘Experienced property lawyers who are collaborative and responsive.’

‘Jim Purves – his level of engagement and attention to detail is excellent.’

‘The real estate team are unrivaled in their approach, efficiency and can do attitude. True professionals in their field and an absolute pleasure to deal with. All work undertaken at a very reasonable fee.’

‘Chris Johnston – the best solicitor I have had the pleasure to work with, bar none. A “solutioniser”, highly efficient and keen to resolve / finalise matters as quickly as possible, which is what I want as a client. Providing options to resolve matters is always greatly appreciated. A real asset to the firm’

‘Jon Pearson-Basudev is the best up and coming senior associate, a real talent and will become a great partner in due course’

‘Very commercial and accessible. Always keen to help solve issues and make clients lives easier.’

‘The personal service. The professionalism of the team. The fact that they understand our business and that the relationship between the Commercial Property practice and my organisation goes back some considerable time and, as such, they are well aware of our needs. They have provided us with an excellent service for many years.’

‘Andrew Stone is our point of contact for property related matters; the complex commercial or governance arrangements of some of our landlords combined with the specialist needs of our business often requires more nuance than a conventional commercial lease and he navigates the complexities well.’

‘My experience with Andrew Stone has been that his advice is always based on best practice and then tempered with pragmatism. Andrew’s principal strength is demonstrated when things get complicated. He has proven his ability to manage the complexity and delays caused by counter-parties with complex internal governance arrangements of their own and to do so in a way that ensures our interests are protected whilst they sort out their own internal issues.’

‘I am pleased to be able to recommend JMW without reservation in respect to not just giving advice but proactively driving to a successful conclusion numerous highly complex land and development agreement transactions. They encourage collaboration not just across their varied real estate, tax and corporate teams but facilitate partnerships between clients to help grow their respective businesses.’

‘The type of transaction that our business specialises in requires time and critical co-ordination between land owners and operators, whilst bearing in mind differing priorities. Thomas Pearson has succeeded in this respect on our behalf in numerous transactions and his proactive approach is highlighted by his flexible approach in terms of looking for solutions to problems, availability and being willing to pick up a telephone to other solicitors to accelerate the process rather than relying on correspondence as many do!’

‘Robin Sharp is one of the most accessible lawyers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. His attention to detail in unrivaled. We receive regular updates and matters are progressed very efficiently.’

‘We have used Kuits for many years and have found them to be consistently excellent. Accessible, responsive and highly commercial, the team is focused on understanding our commercial drivers and delivering our transactions on time every time. We cannot recommend them highly enough.’

‘Chris Hardy is highly motivated to deliver an excellent service. Strong technical ability but also very commercial and solutions driven and an excellent communicator.’

‘Nick Nyunt is one of the most knowledgeable commercial property lawyers I have ever come across. A tremendous eye for detail and a prodigious work ethic. There is scarcely an issue that arises that he hasn’t seen before.’

Steve Eccleston is a fantastic problem solver. His background in real estate finance gives him an excellent perspective and his ability to cut through the noise and find the way to unlock a problem is peerless.’

‘Kuits are a very hands on practice. The team we work with are innovative, hands on and easy to get hold of. No problem can’t be solved!’

‘This practice is unique as they are efficient, they respond immediately, they are very thorough.’

‘Nick Nyunt and Emma Nimmo have never failed to provide a first class service on all my dealings with them. They are very personable and have expertise knowledge in their field. They take time to explain.’

‘A massive depth of skills across the practice. Huge reservoir of knowledge.’

‘Caroline Hanratty and Rachel Pitman stand out in the commercial property department. The readily available knowledge and their ability to speak from a position of having experienced the issues before is invaluable.’

‘Very responsive with a good turn around in dealing effectively and commercially with instructions.’

‘Mike Edge and Rachel Pitman are tremendously experienced, well connected within the market and very client focused.’

‘Readily available and formed a good business relationship. Understand where we need to get to and very solution focused.’

‘The team work well as a unit and coordinate advice across various areas of specialism.’

‘The team are very professional, personable, approachable and pragmatic. They have the right specialists in the right place to deal with projects and transactions of a unique, large and complex nature.’

‘Mike Edge leads the team exceptionally well and has a great team beneath him. Everyone we have dealt with at Mills & Reeve has the skills and expertise to do the job we appoint them to do and they do it in a highly personable and approachable manner and communication and the pace of work is excellent.’

‘Mark Barker has provided clear, concise and pragmatic advice acting for us on a difficult negotiation of a forward funding agreement, where the funder was represented by a large international firm. His knowledge of the market and of the particular idiosyncracies of this funder have been invaluable in the negotiation.’

‘The team provide clients with sound practical advice and support. There is a wealth of experience and consistency throughout the department and in my experience I have found them to be extremely responsive and proactive.’

‘Mark Barker leads a very capable and well organised team, He is very personable by nature and provides clear and practical advice. Mark is extremely knowledgeable and is thoroughly pragmatic in his approach to, and management of complex real estate transactions.’

‘Richard Nichols offers excellent advice and sound guidance. He is an excellent communicator and adopts a realistic approach. He always goes that extra mile for his clients and has consistently demonstrated his ability to innovate to resolve complex issues.’

‘Mark Gaffney’s attention to our needs and ability to turn things around quickly and accurately is something we have not experienced elsewhere.’

‘Strategic insight and a desire to know and understand our business.’

‘Mark Barker has a deep understanding of the residential for rent markets and offers great commercial insight. He also takes the time to understand the requirements of our business.’

‘Very pragmatic and commercial lawyers. Very strong on keeping us up to date, always answer calls and emails in a timely fashion. Very friendly, and great to work with.’

‘Several deals needed to draw in a short timeframe. They brought in additional lawyers to ensure the deadline wasn’t missed, and did it all with a smile, despite having to go above and beyond in terms of their involvement and similarly putting in some long hours.’

‘Kirsty Tinsley-Fenney – excellence, and always swift.’

‘A highly professional commercial real estate team offering extensive knowledge within the sector.’

‘A very approachable team who react with commercially driven advice.’

‘A very client focused property team that deliver consistently good service and sound commercial advice to achieve our business objectives.’

‘Martin Bloor is a solid property lawyer with practical solutions and a commercial approach to move transactions forward in a positive way; always dependable and helpful.’

‘I find the team very helpful and personable. My needs are understood and worked upon in a timely, efficient and thorough manner. The firm appears to embrace technology and has many colleagues to call upon for differing requirements or business types.’

‘I work with Garry King, he is excellent. He has now taken over all property work in three of my businesses. Pannone seem to be able to advise on all aspects of my numerous business interests. They are all helpful and reasonable with my requests.’

‘I find the team to be of good value, charging a fair rate even though often going beyond their remit to assist me further. The team always reply promptly.’

‘Small enough to be client focused but large enough to provide multi discipline cover when required.’

‘Rosie Korcz – commercially aware and focused on “getting the deal done”. Good communication throughout the process.’

‘I worked with a number of different individuals in the team and found everyone to be very responsive and understanding of my business. The partner would ensure the team had been briefed about how I like to work – the good and the bad! this meant that they came prepared with good advice and alternative courses of action depending on what avenues were available to the business.’

‘Names to mention – James Wynne and Rosie Korcz. The team were tenacious when they needed to be with the other parties solicitors / representatives and calm when I needed a level head to think through a problem.’

‘Great working with this team. Capable of handling a wide variety of property work, ranging from routine lettings to major acquisition and disposals, very often with strict deadlines. Timely, clear advice throughout.’

‘Quickly identify all the relevant issues and the likely structure of the transaction. Knowledgeable and easy to contact when required.’