Graham Banks > Geldards LLP > Derby, England > Lawyer Profile
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Graham Banks
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Graham is the head of the Derby office and heads up the Derby Property team. His particular specialism is commercial and residential development acting on behalf of Developer, Landowner and Occupier. Graham’s experience extends to strategic land and short-term development land, with deal size varying from anything from small single-use developments to sites comprising 3000 units. He is known for his good, sound practical advice on how to get from A to B.
Graham spends the majority of his time dealing with residential development sites comprising conditional contracts, option agreements, promotion agreements, collaboration agreements and all manner of infrastructure and planning documents. He also undertakes similar work in the commercial sector but including forward funding and investment agreements, joint ventures and project management structures. Clients enjoy discussing ideas with Graham to reach a practical commercial solution.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
The commercial property team at Geldards LLP specialises in residential and commercial development work, where they handle large and complex deals for some of the biggest clients in the market. Other key work streams are industrial and logistics matters, as well as work in the public, education, utilities and motor retail sectors. Managing partner Graham Banks leads the Derby team and specialises in operational property, property investment and planning and environment law. David Watson leads the Nottingham team with experience in in transactional commercial real estate work. Jamie Gordon is particularly active in the utilities sector, while ‘knowledgeable and committed’ Heather Dixon leads the team’s industrial and logistics work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Private client > Family
- Public sector > Public sector
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms