Rob Hayes > Schofield Sweeney > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Schofield Sweeney Offices
76 WELLINGTON STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2AY
England
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Rob Hayes
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Rob undertakes all aspects of commercial property transactions, acting for both property owners and occupiers. He has particular experience in the health and transport fields. He regularly acts for GPs, specialist healthcare developers and banks lending into the primary healthcare sector. He has been involved in a number of NHS LIFT schemes and healthcare developments with pharmacy and dentistry elements. Key clients include Games Workshop and DFDS Seaways plc.
Career
Trainee solicitor Clifford Chance 1992-94; solicitor and senior solicitor Booth & Co. and Addleshaw Booth & Co. 1994-2004; legal director Addleshaw Goddard 2004-05; partner Schofield Sweeney 2005 to date.
Memberships
Law Society.
Education
Cardinal Wiseman Boys RC Comprehensive Coventry; St Aidan’s, University of Durham (1990 BA (Hons) 2(1)). College of Law, York (1992 CPE and Law Society Finals).
Leisure
Enjoying time with young family, walking in the Yorkshire Dales, good food and drink, reading science fiction and alternate history.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
Schofield Sweeney delivers strong advice on development and real estate finance matters to clients in the banking, development, investment and energy sectors. The team has particular experience handling portfolio financing and development funding work, and it frequently advises on such matters in connection with residential development projects and renewable energy schemes. The team is led by the Bradford-based duo of development expert Darren Birkinshaw and property finance lawyer Manjit Virdee. Bradford is also home to Farooq Zar, whose experience with Islamic property finance expands the firm’s international offering. Leeds-based lawyers Richard Innes, Adam Hastie and Rob Hayes are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms