The Commercial Property & Planning Department of Paris Smith LLP has a well-earned reputation throughout the region for providing commercial and pragmatic advice across all aspects of commercial property and planning work. Legal 500 refers to the “outstanding commercial property team” which provides a “first class practice”. Chambers refers to Mark Howarth, Head of Department, as being “highly commended for his commercial property expertise”.
This highly experienced team of over 30 lawyers, divided into five specialist teams, maintains its prominence in all aspects of commercial property and planning advice.
The Department acts for a wide variety of clients including public authority clients, sports clubs, universities, retail clients, developers (both residential and commercial), High Street lenders, investment clients, including a variety of household names. Recent projects have included acting on behalf of a public authority client in connection with a multi-million pound re-development, dealing with a sports related development (both with regard to the planning aspects and the development aspects), the obtaining of planning permission for clients in respect of pop concerts, and acting on behalf of a number of High Street lenders in substantial lending arrangements.
