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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
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Kate Poole
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Kate is a solicitor in our London Real Estate Litigation team. She has experience in a range of commercial real estate litigation matters such as dilapidations and service charge claims, rights of way, rights to light, forfeiture, opposed and unopposed lease renewals and nuisance actions. Since joining Eversheds she has worked for a number of energy providers in relation to contentious aspects of UK onshore wind projects. Her experience includes: Acting for a subsidiary of EDF in the first private noise nuisance case for an onshore UK wind farm; Acting for a private investor on rights to light matters arising from a prominent City development; Acting for well-known house builders in relation to rights to light matters on two prominent Central London developments; and Acting for Nestlé in a claim against its landlord for unreasonably withholding consent to assignment of one of its warehouse leases. She is recommended by the Legal 500 directory and ranked as an associate to watch in Chambers and Partners. She is also a member of the Property Litigation Association.
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Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
Known for being ‘commercially engaged’, DLA Piper
undertakes complex cross-border disputes, leveraging its global network of offices. The team handles the contentious aspects of real estate management and investment, in addition to litigation concerning joint ventures and rent review. The ‘very clever’ Ian Brierley
leads the practice and handles big ticket litigation relating to land development. Kate Poole assists energy providers with judicial review proceedings concerning onshore wind projects, while James MacDonald-Pearce is well versed in rights of light and nuisance-related disputes. The ‘excellent’ Peter Fletcher provides strategic advice on a wide range of real estate matters, whereas the ‘incredibly experienced’ Gemma Read focuses on multi-jurisdictional disputes involving planning and property.
London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment
DLA Piper advises a wide range of clients, including institutional investors, private equity funds and hedge funds. The firm is well-versed in investments into development projects across a range of asset classes, seeing recent activity in the data centre sector. Lorraine Reader spearheads the team alongside her practice focusing on logistics and industrial acquisitions. William Naunton advises domestic and international investment transactions. James Knox assists sovereign wealth funds, developers and family offices. Andrew Yates focuses on residential investments. Omer Maroof advises clients on alternative asset class matters, including student accommodation and care homes. Kate Poole joined the practice in November 2023 from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. In October 2023, Robert O’Hanrahan left the firm.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration