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We're delighted to announce the opening of our Cardiff office and the appointment of leading real estate and social housing lawyer Liz Gibbons to head our Welsh practice. The move marks the launch of our fifth office – a significant milestone in our continued national expansion – joining established offices in Birmingham, Colchester, Leeds and London.
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Founded in 1841, we bring nearly two centuries of legal expertise, tradition and trusted client service.
We provide deep understanding, clarity, and specialist expertise that gets to the heart of every challenge.
We advise on financing transactions across the public and private sectors, helping organisations structure, secure and deliver the funding they need to operate, invest and grow. Whether you are planning a development programme, refinancing an existing portfolio, acquiring assets or entering the capital markets, we bring clarity to every stage of the process.
Construction projects often bring legal and commercial pressure, whether through complex contracts, procurement challenges or high value disputes. Our team of construction law solicitors support clients throughout a project’s lifecycle, helping you manage risk early and deal with issues decisively when they arise.
Our Corporate team advises on the full spectrum of transactional and governance matters, supporting clients through pivotal moments in their business lifecycle.
If you are entering a new commercial arrangement, investing in technology or seeking to protect valuable intellectual property, the legal framework around those decisions needs to work in practice and not just on paper. You need clarity on risk, proportionate protection and terms that reflect how your organisation actually operates.
Reputations can shift quickly and the first response often shapes what follows. When a crisis hits, you need clear judgement, steady guidance and support that protects both your organisation and the people who lead it.
Our Data Protection & Information Law team helps organisations handle personal data and information requests with confidence. We bring together specialists from across litigation, employment, corporate, housing and regulatory work, so you get clear, practical advice that fits how your organisation actually operates.
We do more than advise, we help you take the right step at the right time. Whether you’re an employer managing workforce risks, an employee protecting your career, or steering your organisation through the UK’s immigration system, our employment lawyers give you a clear view of your options and what to do next - helping you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Sustainability and decarbonisation now sit at the centre of how organisations plan, invest and govern. Decisions taken today, around assets, procurement, funding and development, will be judged against increasingly demanding regulatory standards and long-term net zero commitments. For public bodies, registered providers, developers and investors, the challenge is not whether to act, but how to do so lawfully, proportionately and at pace.
Our Financial Services Regulation team brings together specialists from across the firm to support organisations operating in regulated and unregulated markets. We provide clear, practical guidance on financial regulation matters, helping you understand your obligations and stay ahead of regulatory change.
If you are responsible for managing risk, compliance or incident response, clear health and safety advice is essential. Our Health & Safety team works with organisations operating in complex, highly regulated environments where decisions taken early can shape legal, reputational and operational outcomes. We advise property owners and managers, registered providers, developers, contractors and care operators on all aspects of health & safety compliance.
Navigating housing law is increasingly complex, and landlords face significant operational and regulatory pressures. Since establishing our dedicated housing management team in 1990, we have provided housing management legal advice to landlords across England and Wales, supporting them through disputes, compliance challenges and long-term asset and tenancy strategies.
Since 1998, we have been helping organisations deal with inquests and inquiries that follow unexpected deaths, serious incidents and failures in a variety of circumstances, including care. Our clients come to us at difficult moments, when they face close public and regulatory scrutiny and need clear, confident support.
Our Insolvency & Restructuring team is recognised for delivering clear, commercially focused advice with speed and precision. We support clients through every stage of the recovery process, providing both commercial debt recovery services and strategic guidance on matters involving financial distress, disputed liabilities and enforcement. Our approach combines sector-leading expertise, bespoke technology and a practical understanding of how businesses operate under pressure.
Our Pensions team provides specialist workplace pensions advice for employers. We help organisations understand their options, manage long term liabilities and make decisions that work for both the business and its workforce.
Our Planning team provides clear, commercially focused advice to organisations navigating an increasingly complex planning landscape. We act for registered providers, developers, local authorities and landowners, offering support that balances legal accuracy with practical insight.
Our Procurement team provides clear, practical and commercially grounded advice on all aspects of public procurement law and practice. We act for a wide range of contracting authorities - including Registered Providers, local authorities, universities and collaborative procurement vehicles - as well as bidders and private sector suppliers.
Our Property Security team is one of the largest and most experienced in the UK social housing sector. Acting for more than 130 Registered Providers and Registered Social Landlords, we deliver specialist advice on property charging, funding structures and asset readiness across facilities ranging from £1m to £2bn.
Property disputes demand fast thinking, commercial clarity and technical accuracy. They can stall development, destabilise portfolios and expose landlords, investors and developers to financial and reputational risk. Our specialist team helps clients stay ahead of that risk - resolving disputes quickly, strategically and in line with their commercial objectives.
Our Real Estate team advises on the full lifecycle of development, regeneration and mixed-use projects across the UK. We act for developers, housing associations, local authorities, investors and landowners, providing clear, commercially focused support from site assembly and planning through to delivery, funding and long-term asset management.
Our sector-leading team, ranked band 1 in Chambers & Partners’ rankings, advises on the full range of social housing governance and regulatory issues. We work with Boards and Executive Teams when they are setting strategy, responding to regulatory scrutiny or delivering complex transactions, and need clear, confident guidance.
For more than 25 years, our Infrastructure & Projects team has guided clients through complex PPP and PFI programmes, helping them plan ahead, manage risk and keep projects moving. If you are preparing a new procurement, assessing operational pressures or approaching expiry, we help you understand your options early and act with confidence.
Disputes are rarely just legal problems. They bring commercial, operational and reputational consequences that need to be managed from the outset. We advise you at the point where decisions matter most, helping you understand your position quickly and act with confidence.
Our experts bring depth of knowledge and clear thinking to every matter, acting with confidence to keep things moving forward.
Our main base is in central London, near to Liverpool Street Station. We also have offices in Cardiff, Leeds, Birmingham and Colchester.
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