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 > Public sector > Local government
The ‘brilliant’ Freeths LLP has a practice that encompasses transactional property work and regulatory matters, as well as development projects and joint venture arrangements, to name a few. Co-lead Nathan Holden has particular expertise in regard to property, such as disposals, compulsory purchase orders and acting for authorities in defending judicial review claims. Alongside him, Mitchell Ball‘s practice involves food retail development work and town centre regeneration, with vast experience in town planning.
West Midlands > Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
Noted for its ‘experienced people and blend of skills’, Freeths LLP‘s real estate team advises on town centre regeneration, land acquisitions, and retail and residential developments. The team is led by Mitchell Ball who works with local authorities on many notable regeneration projects alongside a particular expertise in residential development. Lucy Jackson bolsters the practice with her experience in handling real estate finance, property management and portfolio acquisitions, among other areas, counting numerous shopping centres in her client roster. Managing associate Nikki Guest handles various matters, from corporate acquisitions to secured lending.
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