Irwin Mitchell assists regional and national commercial and residential property investors, developers, retailers, occupiers, and banks with a wide variety of property litigation matters, with specific focus on telecommunications, investment, development, and asset management sectors. The ‘reliable’ team leader Danny Revitt specialises in portfolio management for commercial landlords and tenants; while James Walters focuses on disputes regarding opposed and unopposed lease renewals, break options, dilapidations, and service charges.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Ability to understand the client's requirements and tailor service delivery accordingly. Attention to detail, approachable, and fast response times.'
  • 'Excellent quality advice and nice people. Danny Revitt - very approachable and responsive, reliable, gives clear, practical advice, great knowledge of the business, valuable adviser. During a particularly difficult 6 months for the business, Danny went out of his way to check-in and offer support where necessary. A pleasure to work with.'
  • 'You are given specialist lawyers that deal with the issue you have. If your issue wanders into a different field then you are referred to another specialist.'
  • 'Very capable use of modern technology. James Walters at Irwin Mitchell Sheffield has worked for us on 3 separate occasions in 8 years. He is extremely good with paperwork and deadlines and understands the subject he works in very well. He is always pleasant and polite and very quick in understanding legal cases and their merits.'

Key clients

  • Jones Lang LaSalle Limited
  • Ferrero UK Limited
  • Michael Page International Recruitment
  • Dobbies Garden Centres Limited

Work highlights

Acted for international commercial property investor dealing with broad range of issues on its London portfolio including advising on the validity of break options, documenting dilapidations settlements and pursuing rent arrears.
Acted for an established property investor on issues surrounding the potential sale of some of their land including defending a claim brought by neighbouring landowners claiming various rights over that land.
Acted for national housebuilder in successfully resolving court proceedings issued by the owner of a property adjacent to a substantial housing development.

Practice head

Danny Revitt

Other key lawyers

James Walters