Headed by Petra Billing, the DLA Piper team demonstrates strong cross-sector expertise, primarily focusing on the retail, healthcare and financial services industries. Billing is an expert in development and commercial landlord disputes, Rob Shaw is knowledgeable in the infrastructure space, and Samuel Lane stands out for his work on adverse possession claims and protest actions.
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Clients clés

  • HS2 Limited
  • Dignity Funerals Limited
  • National Grid PLC
  • Tarmac (UK subsidiary of CRH PLC)
  • Aggregate Industries UK Limited (UK subsidiary of Lafarge Holcim Limited)
  • Genting Casinos UK Limited
  • UPS Limited
  • Oval Real Estate
  • Meggitt PLC
  • The Land Restoration Trust

Points forts

  • Represented National Highways in the Court of Appeal in February 2023 regarding the award of the final injunction and the summary judgment test applied by the court in awarding that injunction.
  • Handle a variety of real estate litigation matters for Tata Steel UK Limited across their entire UK property portfolio, including: termination of sale agreements, the exercise of land options, exercising break options, rent arrears recovery, dilapidations claims, advice on and termination of agricultural and allotment tenancies and settlement agreements.
  • Acting for HS2 in high-profile proceedings seeking to renew a final injunction to cover the entire length of the route of the proposed high speed rail line.

Avocats

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Responsable de la pratique

Petra Billing

Autres avocats clés

Rob Shaw; Samuel Lane; Mary Barraclough; Laura Higson