At some stage you may encounter a problem with what is your home, an investment asset or often an essential part of your business. We ensure the issues are eliminated or mitigated, working to prevent future disputes.
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Amanda McNeil| Partner, Head of Real Estate Dispute Resolution
Howard Kennedy is an impressive outfit with very strong lawyers who do complex work.
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We are here to assist with issues arising from our clients' real estate assets, either commercial or residential, concerning investment, development or management matters.
The team are first and foremost strategic advisors to our clients. We are not just here to fight fires and solve disputes after they have arisen. We prefer to consult with our clients at the commencement of projects, developments and transactions to ensure that we can foresee problems arising or mitigate risk. If problems do arise, we have a proven track record of securing the right results for our clients through litigation or alternative means of dispute resolution.
Together with our team of over 100 real estate lawyers, we provide advice throughout the life cycle of a real estate asset, from financing and acquisition, to development, management and disposal.
We have a large team which can offer the right mix of experience to deal with our clients' property-related disputes ranging from the smallest of cases to the largest and the most complex. We represent clients in front of the Supreme Court, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, County Court and increasingly in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Chamber.
Sectors we work in include living (build to sell, BTR, PBSA and co-living), commercial offices, retail & leisure, industrial & logistics, mixed-use, life sciences, media and technology.
As a team we make sure that we are aligned to the needs of our clients' businesses, to fully understand their objectives and challenges and to help achieve them.
Advising tenants on a claim to extend a lease with 12 years left to run with landlord's seeking a £6.8m premium.
Advising a restaurant group on its application for new tenancy for its flagship site the landlord’s opposition.
Acting for the developers on fire strategy and compliance following the Grenfell tower fire.
Acting for a tenant on its former Holborn HQ in defending a claim for damages for dilapidation of over £1m.
Acting for employers under JCT contracts on professional negligence claims for defective design and construction of bespoke high end properties.
Advising tenants of a mixed-use estate on a major service charge dispute seeking a determination on general management cost liabilities for residential.
Defending an appeal to the Privy Council on compensation our Antigua hotel client was entitled to, secured compensation award of US$43m.
Advising the prospective tenant of a 65,700 sqft SE London unit where the landlord refused consent to assign the lease.
Advising developers on their West London office block acquisition with multiple tenancies and with client's surveyor obtaining vacant possession.
Our Team
Working closely with you, we'll find the best way to get you quickly and easily from where you are to where you want to be.
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