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‘s ‘exceptional’ real estate team is well-regarded for its expertise in property finance transactions, property acquisitions, regeneration and property conversions, and lease agreements. The group regularly assists its diverse client roster which spans the residential, retail, healthcare and energy sectors. Leading the team are Darren Birkinshaw, who handles property joint ventures and business property relocations and Manjit Virdee, who excels on property finance matters and regularly advises banks. The real estate team is also noted for its niche specialism in Islamic finance, which Farooq Zar is an expert in.
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
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms