Simon Franklin > Howes Percival LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
Howes Percival LLP Offices
TERRINGTON HOUSE
13/15 HILLS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1NL
England
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Simon Franklin
Work Department
Commercial property
Position
Simon specialises in all aspects of non-contentious construction law from strategic procurement advice to dispute avoidance. The backbone of Simon’s practice is the preparation and negotiation of construction documentation, including building contracts, professional appointments, collateral warranties as well as security documents such as bonds and guarantees. Having previously worked in both London and Manchester Simon has considerable experience of working with a number of developers and housebuilders on a wide variety of projects (student accommodation, hospitals, mixed use commercial/retail developments, boutique hotels, urban regeneration schemes and residential refurbishments). Simon also spent a number of years advising national housing associations on the procurement, delivery and maintenance of their affordable housing stock.
Career
- 2018 – Present: Howes Percival LLP, Director
- 2017 – 2018: Teacher Stern LLP, Senior Associate
- 2014 – 2017: Teacher Stern LLP, Solicitor
- 2010 – 2014: Kuits LLP, Solicitor
- 2006 – 2010: Trowers and Hamlins LLP, Solicitor
- 2004 – 2006: Campbell Hooper LLP, Trainee Solicitor
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Real estate > Construction
Howes Percival LLP has a small construction practice that nevertheless acts for numerous commercial developers, institutional lenders, contractors and consultants. The firm focuses on niche areas such as offshore windfarm projects and cutting-edge waste management developments. Director Simon Franklin in Cambridge is the firm’s only construction practitioner in the region. He acted for Loughborough Town Properties Limited firm in relation to the purchase and development of student accommodation projects for an international client, which included advice on the procurement of the works.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family