Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Thekla is a Partner in the Real Estate Litigation team in our London office.

A prominent real estate disputes lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, Thekla acts on all aspects of real estate disputes and also specializes in telecoms. She is recognized in the legal directories as a leading practitioner.

Thekla heads up the Telecoms Code Group and is one of the leading lawyers on Telecoms Code disputes acting for landowners. She has over 17 years’ experience working in telecoms. She acted in one of the few reported cases under the old code; was involved in the Law Commission’s and DCMS’ consultations on the new code and acted on the very first case before the Tribunal under the new code. Thekla regularly lectures on telecoms for the RICS and legal training bodies and has written a chapter on the code in the Business Premises: Possession and Lease Renewal. Thekla has acted in nearly all of the key cases under the new code; of the five cases identified by Judge Elizabeth Cooke as the key cases at the RICS Telecoms Forum in November 2019, Thekla has acted in four of them.

Thekla advises landowners on:

access requests received from operators for multisite visits

strategies for the removal or relocation of electronic communications apparatus

pursuing operators for breach of agreements and/or damage caused to the landowner’s property

strategies following the service of a code notice by an operator

entering into code agreements

upgrade requests received from operators

renewals of agreements

Thekla regularly lectures on telecoms for the RICS and legal training bodies and has written a chapter on the Code in Business Premises: Possession and Lease Renewal.

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