Catherine Fearnhead > Addleshaw Goddard > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Addleshaw Goddard Offices

1 ST PETER'S SQUARE
MANCHESTER
M2 3DE
England
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Catherine Fearnhead

Work Department
Commercial Property.
Position
Catherine advises regulated businesses, developers and investors on the disposal, development, pre-letting and funding of a range of asset classes including regulated operational assets, logistics, offices and student accommodation. Catherine co-leads (with Jonathan Powling) the Logistics Sub-sector group at Addleshaw Goddard, which published the market leading ‘How Soon is Now?’ logisitcs report – gathering the views of leading investors, developers, occupiers and operators and setings out policy recommendations on how the logistics sector should respond to the current challenges and opportunities.
Catherine also advises landlords and corporate occupiers on a range of landlord and tenant matters, leading teams to cost effectively manage property interests balancing the interests of landlord and occupier to ensure that institutional requirements are met whilst facilitating the occupiers’ day to day business
Career
Trained at Hammonds Suddards Edge (now Squire Patton Boggs), qualified in 2005, partner at Addleshaw Goddard 2015
Languages
Welsh
Education
Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay; Cambridge University (2:1 MA Cantab) (1999-2002); College of Law, Chester (Distinction) (2003)
Leisure
Baking
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
(Leading partners)Addleshaw Goddard‘s commercial property practice is well-known for handling complex and high-value matters for its diverse client base, which notably features National Grid Group of Companies, Airport City Manchester and Access to Music Limited. Nancy McGuire heads the practice, and key figures within the team include Daniel Sweeney who is noted as being the ‘go-to advisor for numerous retail and leisure operators’; Catherine Fearnhead who is experienced advising on complex strategic projects and development matters; Paul Barnard who harnesses a specialism in key acquisition matters; and Vicky Niescier. Peter Kershaw
stands out due to his transactional expertise, while Lucy Butterworth regularly advises on high-value matters at both local and national scale.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: Manchester North West > Real estate
- Leading partners North West > Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit