Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Real Estate - Property Litigation

Partner and Global Practice Group Leader - Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction Disputes (ARC)

Akhil Markanday leads BCLP’s Real Estate Disputes Group and serves as practice group leader for the firm’s Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction Disputes Practice. Clients around the world rely on his 20+ years’ experience in complex high-stakes disputes to manage risk across their UK activities.

Akhil has substantial experience with the full range of contentious property matters including joint venture, sale and purchase and development/rights of light and neighbour disputes. He also advises clients on asset management matters across their portfolios and has extensive experience with landlord and tenant matters such as rent reviews, dilapidations, forfeiture and insolvency. Akhil is also well versed in protest/trespass matters where he has secured a number of high profile injunctions to help protect clients’ land interests and is also regularly sought out to advise on real estate related professional negligence claims.