Darren Birkinshaw > Schofield Sweeney > Bradford, England > Lawyer Profile
Schofield Sweeney Offices
CHURCH BANK HOUSE
CHURCH BANK
BRADFORD
BD1 4DY
England
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Darren Birkinshaw
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Head of the commercial property team, dealing with a range of property matters, including acquisition of development sites, regeneration schemes, property joint ventures, commercial landlord and tenant, and business property relocations.
Career
Trained Breeze & Wyles, Hertfordshire; qualified 1990; assistant solicitor and partner at Ralph C Yablon; partner Schofield Sweeney Solicitors upon formation 1998.
Education
Buttershaw Comprehensive, Bradford; University of Leicester (1987 LLB 2(1)); College of Law, Chester (1988).
Leisure
Season ticket holder at Middlesbrough FC; attending music concerts; member of St John’s, Church of England, Clayton
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