Andrew Yates > Debenhams Ottaway > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile

Andrew Yates leads the St Albans-based team at Debenhams Ottaway, which assists clients with the full scope of M&A issues regarding private company assets and shares, often advising on share schemes, and both secured and unsecured finance matters. Yates has ‘excellent knowledge‘ of issues concerning share rights and corporate structures. Praised for his ‘professionalism, expertise, and attention to detail‘, James Brawn focuses on healthcare M&A, often advising on care home business acquisitions.

Utilising support from the firm’s trusts and probate lawyers, Debenhams Ottaway often assists charities who have been labelled as beneficiaries in wills. Andrew Yates leads the team and advises many corporate charities on incorporations, mergers, acquisitions, and disposals. Jonathan Foy and Neil Mercer are noted for their expertise of the commercial property market. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in St Albans.

The ‘excellent team’ at DLA Piper has notable expertise across the full spectrum of development asset classes, with particular know-how of living office, logistics and pharmaceutical projects. The team has also been praised for its ‘strength in depth’ and is a key port of call for developers, institutional investors, private equity and hedge funds. Paul Jayson oversees the corporate occupiers team and has been critical to the real estate department’s ESG initiative, while Nicholas Haringman thrives in industrial, office, and retail assets. Head of the development team Jonathan Northey is geared to handle all aspects of the development process, including land assembly and sight acquisitions, as well as multi-party development agreements. Andrew Yates joined the team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in January 2023 and is well-versed in domestic and international residential investments and regenerations. Rob O’Hanrahan is entrusted by developers and investors involved in logistic facility developments, while Omer Maroof is often engaged in acquisition and development finance. Hayley Russell-White is intimately familiar with the healthcare, hotel and leisure and transport sectors and James Knox is a key contact for global and regional corporate occupiers and developers, as well as sovereign wealth funds. William Naunton is a long-term adviser to institutional investors and hedge funds, and Chris Robinson is often engaged in landlord and tenant work.

The ‘excellent team’ at DLA Piper has notable expertise across the full spectrum of development asset classes, with particular know-how of living office, logistics and pharmaceutical projects. The team has also been praised for its ‘strength in depth’ and is a key port of call for developers, institutional investors, private equity and hedge funds. Paul Jayson oversees the corporate occupiers team and has been critical to the real estate department’s ESG initiative, while Nicholas Haringman thrives in industrial, office, and retail assets. Head of the development team Jonathan Northey is geared to handle all aspects of the development process, including land assembly and sight acquisitions, as well as multi-party development agreements. Andrew Yates joined the team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in January 2023 and is well-versed in domestic and international residential investments and regenerations. Rob O’Hanrahan is entrusted by developers and investors involved in logistic facility developments, while Omer Maroof is often engaged in acquisition and development finance. Hayley Russell-White is intimately familiar with the healthcare, hotel and leisure and transport sectors and James Knox is a key contact for global and regional corporate occupiers and developers, as well as sovereign wealth funds. William Naunton is a long-term adviser to institutional investors and hedge funds, and Chris Robinson is often engaged in landlord and tenant work.

The ‘excellent team’ at DLA Piper has notable expertise across the full spectrum of development asset classes, with particular know-how of living office, logistics and pharmaceutical projects. The team has also been praised for its ‘strength in depth’ and is a key port of call for developers, institutional investors, private equity and hedge funds. Paul Jayson oversees the corporate occupiers team and has been critical to the real estate department’s ESG initiative, while Nicholas Haringman thrives in industrial, office, and retail assets. Head of the development team Jonathan Northey is geared to handle all aspects of the development process, including land assembly and sight acquisitions, as well as multi-party development agreements. Andrew Yates joined the team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in January 2023 and is well-versed in domestic and international residential investments and regenerations. Rob O’Hanrahan is entrusted by developers and investors involved in logistic facility developments, while Omer Maroof is often engaged in acquisition and development finance. Hayley Russell-White is intimately familiar with the healthcare, hotel and leisure and transport sectors and James Knox is a key contact for global and regional corporate occupiers and developers, as well as sovereign wealth funds. William Naunton is a long-term adviser to institutional investors and hedge funds, and Chris Robinson is often engaged in landlord and tenant work.