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255 Blackfriars Rd
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SE1 9AX
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Brian Kilcoyne
Work Department
Real Estate and Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner specialising in all areas of real estate litigation: landlord and tenant (commercial and residential), property valuation, contract and conveyance, development disputes (overage easements, restrictive covenants, rights of light, telecoms) propertyrelated finance and insolvency, nuisance/trespass, professional negligence, party wall and related disputes. Reported cases: Re Vedmay Ltd (disclaimer); Virgin Group Ltd v de Morgan plc (professional negligence); Baron Dynevor v Richardson (profits a prendre); R v Environment Agency ex p Dockgrange Ltd (waste management); R v ITC ex p Flextech plc (judicial review); Morells v Oxford United Football Club (restrictive covenants); Montalto Monella v Pizza Express (rent review); Dunster Properties Ltd v First Secretary of State 2 P&CR 26 (planning), McGuckian and others Lands Tribunal (collective enfranchisement), Blom-Cooper and others v Social Security Commissioners (housing benefit).
Career
Trained Denton Hall, qualified 1992; partner Lewis Silkin 2000. Dilapidations Forum Steering Committee.
Memberships
Property Litigation Association; RICS; Dilapidations Steering Committee Member.
Education
Tonbridge School, Kent; Oxford University (BA Jurisprudence).
Leisure
Family and music.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
At Lewis Silkin, the corporate occupiers team operates across the marketing, luxury retail, tech, and hospitality industries, and adopts a multidisciplinary approach by collaborating with its employment and commercial property teams. The group handles high value headquarters relocations, redevelopments of historically significant buildings, and real estate portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals. Brian Kilcoyne
leads the department. The ‘diligent and responsive’ Rachel Francis-Lang advises on acquisitions and disposals, and the negotiation of commercial leases, while Julia Poulter covers landlord and tenant work and the property elements of M&A deals. Patrick Brown concentrates on commercial real estate and mixed-use development projects, and Laura Bougourd assists corporate occupiers with real estate investment work.
London > Real estate > Property litigation
(Hall of Fame)The ‘exceptional’ practice at Lewis Silkin advises corporate occupiers and luxury and leisure sector clients on dilapidation claims, court litigation, rights of light matters, development disputes, and insolvency-related cases. The ‘commercially astute’ Brian Kilcoyne has ample experience in the field and focuses on high-value contractual and landlord and tenant disputes. The ‘reassuring and supportive’ Paul Hayes concentrates on commercial and residential litigation and is proficient in mass trespass and nuisance cases and High Court injunctions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Real estate > Property litigation
- Commercial property: corporate occupiers London > Real estate
- Property litigation London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- 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
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- 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) > Media: Digital content & social
- 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
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- 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