Ms Lesley Webber > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Ms Lesley Webber
Work Department
Real Estate/Rea Estate Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Lesley is a consultant partner in Fieldfisher’s property litigation group in London. She has a distinguished 40-year career as an acknowledged leader in the rent review field and is a specialist in contentious property law and practice. Her clients include Nike, RREEF, Imperial College, Nomura, Department for Transport, and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Having begun her legal career with Freshfields, qualifying in 1980, she previously held senior roles in the property litigation departments of Masons (1984-1993), DLA (1993-1997), Beachcroft Wansbroughs (1997-2003) and Reed Smith (2003-2008), before joining Fieldfisher. Her public service record includes membership of the Government’s Property Advisory Group from 1997 to 2003 and advising on amendments to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.
In 2002, she was awarded an OBE, and in 2007 she received an honorary membership of the RICS, both for services to the property industry. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the first solicitor to be awarded Honorary Membership of Arbrix, the surveyor-arbitrator association. Chambers and Partners has described her as “exceptionally talented”. She is recognised by clients for being “very well respected within the industry”, and is commended for her hands-on assistance in the settlement of cases.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
(Hall of Fame)Fieldfisher‘s practice has experience working on complex and high-profile real estate disputes in London. In particular, the team is known for its strong track record in the fields of preemptive injunctive relief and professional negligence. Antony Phillips leads the team and specialises in dilapidations and secured lending recoveries. Other key figures include Lesley Webber, who has over 40 years of experience with rent reviews.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital