Joanne Kelly > Memery Crystal > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Memery Crystal Offices
165 Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2DY
England
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Joanne Kelly
Work Department
Construction
Position
Joanne Kelly is a Partner and Head of the Construction team at Memery Crystal.
Joanne has a wealth of experience having acted for developers, development managers, funders, contractors and sub-contractors.
Joanne’s main practice is advising clients on procurement routes in order to maximise value and ensure the construction documents are investment standard for onward sales and funding. She has experience of JCT, NEC3, FIDIC, IChemE. She also advises on consultants’ appointments and third-party rights/collateral warranties.
In addition to real estate development, Joanne also advises on energy projects mainly in the renewable energy sector.
Joanne also advises on dispute avoidance and adjudications and court. The disputes experience is invaluable when drafting the construction contracts and appointments as she understands where the disputes are likely to arise.
Career
2016 – Present: Partner and Head of Construction, Memery Crystal
2011 – 2016: Partner, Taylor Wessing LLP
2001 – 2011: Partner, Manches LLP
1999 – 2001: Associate, DLA Piper
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
Memery Crystal, primarily a purchaser-led practice, holds expertise in traditional, design and build, and EPC procurement models, utilising an array of contract forms such as JCT, NEC3, FIDIC, and IChemE. Team leader Joanne Kelly advises clients on procurement routes to maximise value and ensure construction documents are to investment standards. Legal director James Ashwin represents developers, funders, and high-net-worth individuals in a broad spectrum of areas including development finance and acquisition due diligence.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance