Taylor Wessing LLP‘s real estate disputes department has deep experience assisting with major development schemes, acting for clients on vacant possession strategies and rights of light. Alongside this, the group continues to advise on dilapidations claims, service charge disputes, and injunctions. Practice head Emma Chadwick advises developers on development risk, as well as during the estate management process. Stephen Burke adds lease renewals and break notices capabilities to the team, while the Liverpool-based Emma Archer demonstrates a similar focused practice. Saleem Fazal left the practice in 2025.
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‘We admire the style and commitment of Taylor Wessing. They are very quick to answer questions; they come out to the site for property discussions, rather than staying in the office; they are well informed and well staffed.’
‘Stephen Burke is an excellent solicitor and a partner all but in name. He operates at the highest level, able to hold his own against the biggest hitters in the market on technical legal ability and strategic foresight. Alicia Convery is a masterful litigator. Her brilliant case preparation and detailed legal analysis mean her cases always run smoothly.’
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Key clients
- Teesworks Limited
- Blackstone/Revantage
- Canada Life
- Tritax Big Box REIT
- aik Immobilien-Investmentgesellschaft mbH
- ARA Europe
- City Developments Limited
- Comer Group
- The Mercer's Company
Work highlights
Advising Teesworks on claims relating to its former Steelworks site in Teeside.
Advising Tritax on a high-value lease renewal claim under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 of a distribution warehouse currently let to a renowned high street retailer.
Advising Canada Life on its complex contentious issues arising from its UK real estate portfolio including matters concerning dilapidations, rent reviews and lease renewals.
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Practice head
Emma Chadwick
Other key lawyers
Stephen Burke; Emma Archer; Alicia Convery