Robert Barnes > Thrings LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Led by Bath-based Ben Jones, the team at Thrings LLP handles a broad range of matters concerning residential developments, secured lending, and investments, in addition to corporate occupier mandates. Robert Barnes advises on landlord and tenant issues, acquisitions and disposals and development projects, while Rebecca Dixon acts for developers and investors on housing development projects and regeneration schemes. Naomi Butler, who advises corporate occupiers in their lease acquisitions, is another key contact in the group.

Thrings LLP acts for a number of high-profile borrowers and lenders, including banks and challenger banks, on a range of loan facilities, financings, and transactions. The practice is also noted for its prevalence in telecoms-related transactions across the region. Practice head Mike Tomlin is ‘well connected, experienced, patient and calm under pressure’, and has experience acting on complex transactions and investments for companies as well as for a variety of lenders. He is joined in Bristol by Robert Barnes, who handles real estate finance transactions, and Simon Hore in Swindon, who is noted for his expertise in health and care sector mandates.