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20 Old Bailey
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EC4M 7AN
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Owen Talfan Davies

Work Department
Real estate
Position
Owen is a partner, and leads our real estate dispute resolution team. He is recognised as a leading individual in the UK in the field of property litigation.
Owen specialises in advising on complex litigation and arbitration disputes in the real estate sector. He also practices other forms of dispute resolution, including mediation. Owen’s sub-specialisms include advising on insolvency and fraud-related issues in the real estate sector and seeking and obtaining pre-emptive injunctive relief to protect land and other commercial interests.
Owen frequently provides strategic support on large and complex property transactions, with a view to avoiding and pre-empting disputes.
Owen lectures, writes for legal journals and provides commentary in the legal and national press on contentious property and energy sector related disputes. A number of his cases have appeared in the legal and national print and broadcast media.
Career
Owen is a partner, and leads our real estate dispute resolution team. He is recognised as a leading individual in the UK in the field of property litigation.
Owen specialises in advising on complex litigation and arbitration disputes in the real estate sector. He also practices other forms of dispute resolution, including mediation. Owen’s sub-specialisms include advising on insolvency and fraud-related issues in the real estate sector and seeking and obtaining pre-emptive injunctive relief to protect land and other commercial interests.
Owen frequently provides strategic support on large and complex property transactions, with a view to avoiding and pre-empting disputes.
Owen lectures, writes for legal journals and provides commentary in the legal and national press on contentious property and energy sector related disputes. A number of his cases have appeared in the legal and national print and broadcast media.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Leading partners)The professional negligence practice at Withers LLP has experience representing both claimants and defendants. The team advises on claims against a range of professionals, including investment advisors, solicitors, architects, and accountants. The practice is co-headed by Caroline Thompson and Eleni Polycarpou. Owen Talfan Davies joined the firm in August 2023 from Fieldfisher; he is particularly experienced in handling professional negligence claims within the real estate sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)