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Forsters LLP Offices

22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Matthew Evans

Work Department
Planning
Position
Counsel
Career
Matthew is Counsel in the Planning team and advises on all aspects of planning, highways and public law.
He has advised a wide range of clients, including developers involved in large scale housing and regeneration projects and planning and highways agreements for both private and public sector clients. Matthew also has experience in Court matters, successfully acting in a number of high profile judicial review proceedings.
Matthew is experienced in planning policy, in particular advising on the Community Infrastructure Levy, and the formulation/adoption of development plans and supplementary planning documents.
He has also advised on the application of the Freedom of Information rules in relation to planning applications, particularly around issues of viability.
Matthew is ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500.
Matthew trained, qualified, and spent four years at Denton Wilde Sapte, before most recently spending another four years as part of the London Borough of Hackney’s Planning, Highways and Public Law team. Matthew joined Forsters in July 2015.
Memberships
The Law Society
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Planning
(Leading associates)Specialising in large-scale urban regeneration projects in the capital, Forsters LLP is recommended for its ‘pragmatic advice’. Victoria Du Croz leads the practice and is adept at infrastructure related agreements, as well as s106 agreements. Matthew Evans is knowledgeable of BTR, logistics, and retail projects, while Alice Gordon-Finlayson is well versed in infrastructure agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Planning
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers