Mr Alex Cox > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Ward Hadaway LLP Offices

SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England
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Mr Alex Cox

Work Department
Property
Position
Partner
Career
Alex has a broad range of experience across all aspects of property work acting for developers, landowners, property investors and commercial owners and occupiers.
His main areas of work are:
property development;
commercial property acquisitions and disposals, investment and lettings;
dealing with the property aspects of energy projects;
advising on the environmental aspects of mining and minerals operations;
providing specialist advice on mines and mineral issues; and
advising on rural property transactions.
Alex also regularly advises on the property and environmental aspects of corporate and property finance transactions.
Over the course of his career, Alex has acted on a wide variety of development projects dealing with commercial, residential and mixed-use regeneration and development schemes as well of development projects in the natural resources/energy sectors.
He can provide advice on all property aspects of development projects and has particular experience of site acquisition and land assembly through conditional contracts, option agreements and planning promotion and collaboration agreements together with other development-related work such as development agreements, joint venture agreements, complex overage/clawback arrangements, development finance and ultimately the letting and disposal of completed developments.
Alex is also able to provide specialist advice on mineral ownership issues and their impact on development projects.
He has particular experience of acting on natural resources projects and in particular the property and environmental aspects of mining and quarrying operations, acting for landowners, developers and operators/end users.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Newcastle-based Ward Hadaway LLP‘s rural land and estates department advises private landowners, farmers, rural businesses, banks operating in the sector and other rural-based organisations on a wide range of issues, including development and land planning issues, and renewable energy projects. The department is led by Stefan Bainbridge, who assists clients with all aspects of rural property, including the sale and purchase of estates, farms and rural investment portfolios. Alex Cox covers all aspects of rural property transactional work, mine and mineral issues, and the property aspects of energy projects.
North > Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
The ‘incredibly commercial’ team at Ward Hadaway LLP leverages the firm’s regional network of offices to expertly assist housebuilders, commercial developers, occupiers, and investors with the full range of mandates. Robin Atkin and Lesley Fairclough jointly oversee the practice, which also includes Alex Cox, who handles investment transactions, rural estates work, and property developments. Transactional expert Sophie Bohill advises national and regional housebuilders on site acquisitions, including building leases, joint ventures, and overage issues. Nick Gholkar takes point on commercial development projects and portfolio management, while Lauren Frisby ably assists with development and landowner-focused transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family