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Mishcon de Reya LLP

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Mishcon de Reya LLP’s commercial contracts team boasts a strong sector focus, particularly in property management and infrastructure matters, advising on franchising, distribution, manufacturing, and supply arrangements. The team is also active in emerging technology matters. Lewis Cohen is an experienced commercial contracts lawyer who is the driving force behind the firm’s capabilities in the retail, hospitality, and sports sectors. Simon Leaf advises a diverse client base, with particular experience in the retail, property, and crypto sectors. Leaf is regularly supported by Tom Murray.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Mishcon de Reya has a team of exceptionally talented lawyers who not only are skilled and well versed in the subject matter they support, but are also able to put on a more commercial mindset when advising their corporate clients. They understand the nuances of the business and commercial guardrails within which we need to operate and they advise accordingly. ’

  • ‘We primarily work with Simon Leaf and Tom Murray, and they are our go-to partners when it comes to needing specialised advice. They are constantly training and educating themselves and this ensures we receive current, actionable, and clear feedback every single time. It is like having an extended legal team at hand who are ready and willing to provide clear guidance and within urgent timelines should we so require.’

  • 'Simon Leaf - always helpful and supportive, knows our risk appetite, and has a good commercial knowledge of the end goal we strive to get to.'

Key clients

  • Vision Industries Limited
  • Lola Cars Ltd / Lola Formula E Team Ltd
  • Umberto Giannini
  • Pablo London
  • Shaftesbury Capital
  • D N May Limited
  • Care UK
  • Collective Newsroom
  • Brookfield
  • Canary Wharf
  • IWG
  • Mirtel Limited

Work highlights

Advised Pablo London on a number of their most significant customer agreements.
Advised Shaftesbury Capital plc on a range of complex, high-value and innovative commercial contracts.
Advising leading investor and developer in green energy, Vision Industries, on three substantial joint venture projects with China-based green energy companies and Renewable Energy Localization Company (RELC), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

Practice head

Lewis Cohen

Other key lawyers

Simon Leaf; Tom Murray; Reema Sharma