Mitchell Ball > Freeths LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices

3RD FLOOR, THE COLMORE BUILDING
20 COLMORE CIRCUS, QUEENSWAY
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6AT
England
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Mitchell Ball

Work Department
Real estate.
Position
Partner, dealing with commercial property and property finance. Focus and specialism on retail development work. Dealing with a large number of site acquisitions for major supermarket.
Career
Trained Eversheds LLP; qualified 1994; trainee to senior associate Eversheds 1992-2001; partner Squire Sanders (formerly Hammonds) 2005-13; partner Freeths LLP 2013.
Memberships
Investment Property Forum.
Education
Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth 1st, Leicester (1986-88); University of Nottingham (Law (First Class Hons) 1988-91); University of Northumbria (LLM Commercial Law 2009-11, commendation).
Leisure
Watching Leicester Tigers, cycling, skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
Freeths LLP is experienced in town centre regeneration work for clients all across the country. The firm is also well-versed in retail-related matters, from development to management. Mitchell Ball is the head of the practice, specialising in transactional and planning matters. Mohammed Alam joined from Hogan Lovells International LLP in May 2023, and Emily Danson arrived from Roythornes Solicitors in September 2023.
West Midlands > Public sector > Local government
Freeths LLP advises its many local authority clients on a wide range of local government matters, including construction, tax, property disputes and town planning. The firm is also well-acquainted with major regeneration projects assistance. Nathan Holden and Mitchell Ball lead the practice out of Birmingham. Holden specialises in property projects for local authorities. Ball consolidates the real estate expertise, especially around transactional and planning matters.
East Midlands > Public sector > Public sector
Freeths LLP provides notable advice to local government clients based across the UK, assisting with real estate matters, complex projects, employment issues, and governance investigations. Nathan Holden manages a broad workload pertaining to local government and property projects, and Stephen Pearson has been integral to several major public sector projects, including regenerative, educational, and healthcare developments. Mitchell Ball leverages his real estate knowledge on regenerative projects, and Maxine Chenoweth has advised a number of clients on a range of residential and commercial development transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Local government West Midlands > Public sector
- Commercial property: Birmingham West Midlands > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham