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Rachel Francis-Lang

Work Department
Real estate and development.
Position
Partner: Rachel has a focus upon providing real estate services to corporate occupiers and developers and has a particular insight into clients’ needs and expectations on service delivery having worked in-house on secondment as legal counsel to a listed projects/construction company. She has experience in handling large global real estate portfolios dealing with multiple moves from multiple locations, working in partnership with clients’ real estate consultants.
Career
Trained Slaughter and May; qualified 1991. Slaughter and May 1989-2000; Eversheds LLP 2000-08; Simmons & Simmons 2008-09; Lewis Silkin 2009 to date.
Memberships
CORENET.
Education
Portsmouth High School; University of Liverpool (1984-87 LLB Hons 2:1); College of Law (1987-88).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
(Leading individuals)Led by Brian Kilcoyne, the corporate occupiers department at Lewis Silkin is a strong choice for clients operating in the lifestyle, luxury brands and retail sectors. Rachel Francis-Lang handles the negotiation of commercial leases, while Julia Poulter co-leads the retail, hospitality, and leisure team. Patrick Brown’s recent work highlights include the pre-letting of the majority of a building located in Victoria. On the development side, the group has been busy in public sector regeneration. With ‘exemplary commitment’, Anthony van Hoffen is primarily engaged in mixed-use development and regeneration projects, including New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms and Shepherd’s Bush Market. Clare Reddy is geared to advise clients on all stages of construction projects, while Sara Hanrahan has recently handled the re-development of Islington Square and the regeneration of Earl’s Court.
London > Real estate > Commercial property: development
Led by Brian Kilcoyne, the corporate occupiers department at Lewis Silkin is a strong choice for clients operating in the lifestyle, luxury brands and retail sectors. Rachel Francis-Lang handles the negotiation of commercial leases, while Julia Poulter co-leads the retail, hospitality, and leisure team. Patrick Brown’s recent work highlights include the pre-letting of the majority of a building located in Victoria. On the development side, the group has been busy in public sector regeneration. With ‘exemplary commitment’, Anthony van Hoffen is primarily engaged in mixed-use development and regeneration projects, including New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms and Shepherd’s Bush Market. Clare Reddy is geared to advise clients on all stages of construction projects, while Sara Hanrahan has recently handled the re-development of Islington Square and the regeneration of Earl’s Court.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: corporate occupiers London > Real estate
- Commercial property: development London > Real estate
- Leading individuals London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- 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) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising