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Fieldfisher is regularly turned to by the real estate, tech, energy, and finance sectors on a diverse set of mandates, with the group demonstrating particular high activity on development-related work, overseeing overage, telecoms, and professional negligence work. Team lead Antony Phillips draws from his extensive experience in property litigation to chiefly advise on dilapidations and secured lending recoveries work. Jamie Mangan has experience extending to dilapidations, recovery of arrears, and business lease renewals, while qualified barrister Laura West is a go-to contact for advice relating to the Telecoms Code, handling renewals, surveys, and terminations. The team also benefits from Faye Hyland‘s experience in High Court litigation, particularly acting on development-related matters.
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Jamie has over 12 years' experience advising clients on a full range of contentious property disputes and other property matters. He acts for and provide strategic support to developers, investors, occupiers, public sector bodies and high net worth individuals. His experience includes dilapidations, business lease renewals, break clauses, the recovery of arrears, tenant insolvency as well as real property issues including easements and covenants.
Jamie's practice also encompasses high value and complex rent review disputes. He regularly acts on some of the most significant rent reviews in the market, or alternatively as the appointed legal assessor.
In addition to rent review, he has particular expertise in professional negligence, insolvency and rights of light. Jamie has acted and continues to act for clients on claims against solicitors in respect of negligent drafting or reporting on property transactions, and against surveyors in respect of negligent valuation or transactions at an undervalue. On insolvency, Jamie regularly advises landlord clients on the options available to them once a tenant enters into insolvency, and have particular experience advising on the effect of CVAs on the landlord and tenant relationship. On rights of light, he assist developer clients in devising strategies to ensure that developments can proceed without the threat of injunctive relief while also minimising risk and exposure to third parties as far as possible.
Jamie is also very experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution including arbitration, expert determination and mediation.
His experience includes:
- acting for the City of London in respect of the wholesale market relocation of Smithfield and Billingsgate to a new co-located market site at Dagenham Dock;
- acting for various lender clients on a professional negligence claims against surveyors in connection with valuations they provided on properties for the purpose of secured lending;
- acting on a complex claim (including allegations of professional negligence) against multiple defendants in connection with the alleged sale of two development sites at an undervalue;
- obtaining a freezing injunction in the High Court in respect of a claim involving an alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of multiple apartments;
- acting for a client on a contested lease renewal, where the client was successful in opposing the grant of the new lease under ground (g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954; and
- acting for an occupier client in opposing forfeiture of a highly valuable commercial lease and counter-claiming for relief from forfeiture in the alternative.
My rent review and related valuation experience includes:
- acting on a high value and complex rent review arbitration in respect of a former industrial site in central London, involving extensive work with expert witnesses;
- acting on a rent review dispute relating to a health centre in West London involving a complex legal issue relating to the interpretation of index-linked rent reviews;
- acting on a rent review dispute in connection with an industrial property in Peterborough involving complex legal issues relating to the relevant comparable properties;
- advising an arbitrator on a dispute as to his substantive jurisdiction in an arbitration relating to the purchase price payable under an option agreement; and
- acting as legal assessor to an arbitrator in connection with a preliminary legal issue as to whether works to the property were to be disregarded on rent review.
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‘The 2 stand-out individuals are Lesley Webber and Jamie Mangan. Both of these are incredible at both building friendships and providing practical solutions to quite often complex legal issues. Their no-nonsense approach encourages trust and often helps to quickly end disputes.’
‘Fieldfisher’s relationship with our organisation is not just transactional—it’s embedded. Their legal specialists have worked directly within our teams, supporting critical functions like joint venture management, lands and legal matters, and commercial contracts. This hands-on integration allows Fieldfisher to offer legal advice that is not only technically sound but also deeply informed by operational realities.’
‘Communications from partners like Laura West demonstrate a clear, pragmatic approach to legal drafting and negotiation, with a focus on aligning legal language with operational needs.’
‘The ability of teams across multiple practice areas to work together has impressed me in a substantial matter this year, which combined property and public law elements. In terms of the property team in particular, they work well across multiple offices - fee earners in Manchester, London and the Middle East all working together as a single team seamlessly.’
‘Faye Hyland has particularly impressed - picking up a very complex, sensitive matter midway through and taking over seamlessly. At partner level, Antony Phillips stands out - very knowledgeable and calm, keeps client content.’
‘Highly regarded throughout the industry, the Fieldfisher property litigation team, led by Antony Phillips, is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced teams in the market. Their commercial and pragmatic approach is tailored to each client with thorough consideration of the case at hand and the best possible strategies to navigate a satisfactory resolution.’
‘Antony Phillips - Simply the best. Always approachable, pragmatic and extremely knowledgeable. His advice and guidance are second to none.’
‘Jamie Mangan. He has an exceptional property-oriented real estate mind, able to grasp a problem, cut to its core and dispense proper, clean, practical advice. Perfect for the property individual in the real estate ADR field.’
Key clients
- British Pipeline Agency (a joint venture between BP Oil UK and Shell UK) as agents for United Kingdom Oil Pipelines City of London Corporation Adriatic Land 5 Limited Quest Capital Countryside Properties Limited Shell Pensions Trust Kennedy Wilson Europe Imperial College, London Elevation Advisors DWS
Work highlights
Advising City of London Corporation and leading the project to agree terms with the traders in connection with the closure of the historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets.