Stephenson Harwood‘s wide-ranging practice includes large scale regeneration, infrastructure delivery, urban redevelopment, and national and cross-border transactional work. Feroze Abbas leads the team, having joined in December 2024. He has a breadth of experience in public and private sector planning matters. Rebecca Daniels is also a key member of the practice, focusing on Section 106 agreements and underlying security arrangements.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The individuals at Stephenson Harwood truly set themselves apart through their exceptional professionalism, accessibility and genuine commitment to client success. Among the talented team, Rebecca Daniels and Feroze Abbas particularly exemplify these qualities, making them invaluable partners to work with.'
- ‘The team is very experienced and knowledgeable. I like that they fill in seamlessly for each other - if one person is not available for whatever reason, you will get an answer you can have confidence in from one of their colleagues, swiftly. Their feedback and advice is always very clear and they all seem happy to discuss inventive ways of achieving their clients' aims.’
Key clients
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Workspace Group plc
- Investec Bank plc
- London Borough of Bromley
- Trafalgar Entertainment Group
- North London Waste Authority
- PACL
- IDA Plymouth Holdings Limited
- Schroders Capital UK
- Self Storage REIT Limited
- Longmead Capital
Work highlights
Advising Workspace Group PLC on the re-development of the Chocolate Factory in Wood Green.
Advising Investec Group plc on the planning elements of its development financing projects.
Advising the London Borough of Hounslow on all aspects of planning including negotiation of section 106 agreements on multiple development sites.
Practice head
Feroze Abbas
Other key lawyers
Rebecca Daniels