Mr Roland Gray > Browne Jacobson LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Browne Jacobson LLP
MOWBRAY HOUSE
CASTLE MEADOW ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 1BJ
England
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Position

Roland specialises in landlord / tenant matters, and property management and land development projects. He has extensive experience of working with a diverse range of blue- chip companies and organisations that cut across the retail, leisure, industrial and housing sectors. He has particular expertise in carrying out large scale due diligence projects and has acted on a number of key strategic acquisitions and disposals in the public and private sector, including accommodation in PPP projects and public sector mixed-use housing schemes.

Career

Roland is the head of our retail, consumer and logistics sector. He has spent more than 25 years working predominantly in the retail and leisure sectors and working with large property portfolio owners. Roland is individually ranked for his expertise in Legal 500 and also forms part of the Tier 1-ranked real estate team at Browne Jacobson.

Roland has advised major retailers over a number of years on their expansion programmes as well as the active management of their portfolios. He has a particular reputation for innovation service delivery having supported a number of clients in a transition to the structured delivery of legal services in the sector.

Roland has also worked in the past 10 years for an increasing number of public sector bodies, including key government departments and local authorities, on modernising their portfolios and on adopting processes for the active management of their property holdings.

Individually involved in large mixed-use regeneration projects and with exposure to AI technologies, the automotive industry and education, Roland has a broad scope of relevant experience to draw upon.

Roland is a committed supporter of state education having worked as a school governor in the sector for more than 10 years.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Industry focus > Retail and consumer

Browne Jacobson LLP’s growing retail group stands out for its multi-disciplinary and cross-office capabilities, working across the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious data protection, commercial, real estate, employment, and IP issues for a range of household names and luxury brands. Emma Roake now co-heads the practice alongside real estate specialist Roland Gray, having joined the firm from Fox Williams LLP in September 2022. Roake has a strong track record advising fashion brands, retailers, and distributors on commercial agreement negotiations, as well as handling disputes, and her arrival strengthens both the team’s contentious and non-contentious commercial capabilities.