Charlotte Tanikal > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
BRIDGEWATER PLACE
WATER LANE
LEEDS
LS11 5DR
England

Work Department

Charlotte is a Principal Associate in our real estate group. She specialises in both development work and advising public sector institutions. Charlotte has experience of a wide range of real estate work, acting for both public and private sector clients. Work that she has been involved in includes leasehold and freehold acquisition and disposals, landlord and tenant work and portfolio management including several business parks and property developments as well as mainstream development work including development agreements. She has acted on a number of investment sales and purchases, both carrying out due diligence and acting on the acquisition documents. She also has extensive expertise of property transactions in the PFI sector and working with clients to find the most effective solutions to take the deal forward. Her experience includes: acting for several local authorities on their waste projects including London Borough of Southwark and Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority, advising Leeds Teaching Hospitals on their extensive reconfiguration and redevelopment within St James' Hospital, Leeds, advising various education institutions on their student accommodation projects including University of Stirling and Bradford College, acting on NHS LIFT projects, advising academy trusts on a number of academy conversions and advising the NHS Trust on the disposal of the former Princess Royal hospital for residential development. Her recent work includes advising Anchor Trust on their portfolio, including the acquisition of several new strategic sites, acting for several NHS trusts in the Yorkshire and Humberside regions on management of their extensive portfolio's, acting for Cleveland College of Art and Design on the acquisition and development of a new campus as well as advising a wide range of clients on general development and real estate work including landlord and tenant work and portfolio management.

Position

Partner

Languages

French: Basic

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector > Education

(Next Generation Partners)

Charlotte Tanikal Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Counting higher education and further education providers, schools, academies and private education institutions among its key roster of clients, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP advises on employment matters, charity law issues, litigation and dispute management cases, real estate mandates, corporate and commercial matters, health and safety issues, and regulatory work, among others. The practice is also well-placed to leverage the firm’s international footprint to act for education institutions globally. Praised as ‘incredibly knowledgeable and technically excellent’, Chris Mordue spearheads the offering in Leeds alongside ‘standout partner’ Ben Wood. Charlotte Tanikal, who advises independent schools, academies, further education and higher education clients on real estate matters, is another key contact in the group.

London > Public sector > Education: schools

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP provides ‘knowledgeable, professional, and pragmatic advice to a wide range of state and private schools across the full range of education law, with a particular capacity for advising multi-academy trusts on conversions and acquisitions, restructuring matters, and contentious and non-contentious issues in relation to safeguarding and student inclusivity. The team is also well-regarded for its advice on employment matters, having been instructed to advise on industrial actions, restructuring programs, exits from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and employment tribunal claims. The team is co-led by Diane Gilhooley, who has vast experience handling high-profile education governance and employment matters, and Ben Wood, who regularly handles academy conversions and is also a key contact for contentious student and staff matters. Further key contacts in the team include Nicola Bennison, who has advised on complex safeguarding and admissions issues, and real estate expert Charlotte Tanikal.