Clarke Willmott has appointed Jonathan Cree as a partner in its commercial property team in Birmingham, reinforcing its residential development offering. He joins from Gateley, where he was a legal director advising national developers and landowners on a range of residential development matters.
Cree will focus on high-value development transactions and advisory work across the residential and mixed-use sectors, supporting the firm’s growing commercial property practice. His experience includes regeneration schemes, strategic land acquisitions and affordable housing projects.
Head of the housebuilder team Phil Thompson said: ‘Jonathan’s experience acting on residential development projects… will strengthen our ability to support clients on complex development work.’ Birmingham office head Rayner Grice added that his ‘practical approach to complex development transactions… will enhance the service we provide to clients in Birmingham and across the region.’
