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13 January 2025
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Gateley Legal—Martin Thomas

Real estate litigation partner appointed in London

Gateley Legal has bolstered its specialist real estate dispute resolution team in London with the appointment of new partner, Martin Thomas.

Solicitor, advocate and qualified mediator, Thomas, joins Gateley Legal following 12 years at Gowling WLG where he formerly headed up the real estate disputes team. Prior to that, he was a partner and head of the real estate disputes team at Herbert Smith (now known as Herbert Smith Freehills). In total, he brings 35 years of experience of disputes across the real estate sector including an expansive range of commercial landlord and tenant matters and development issues, as well as contract, negligence, finance and insolvency, housebuilder and cladding disputes.

He also specialises in telecoms, including cases in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court following the introduction of the Electronic Communications Code in 2017. Thomas is experienced in negotiating and renewing telecoms agreements between site operators and providers, as well as any litigation issues around access and the termination of old sites.

At Gateley Legal, Thomas will work closely alongside the property and construction legal professionals and consultancy experts within the wider Group to provide full-service solutions for clients. This includes Gateley Hamer who specialise in telecoms infrastructure matters.

On his appointment, Thomas said: 'It’s an exciting time to be joining Gateley Legal to support with developing the multi-disciplinary property and construction offering in London. I’m looking forward to working alongside the consultancy professionals, and some familiar legal peers, to deliver forward thinking solutions for clients.'

Dawn Reynolds, partner and national head of real estate dispute resolution at Gateley Legal (pictured, left), said: 'We’re really pleased to have Martin onboard with us as he brings valuable litigation experience to supplement the comprehensive service we provide to our real estate, housebuilder and developer clients. His appointment also enhances our telecoms offering which now comprises legal transactional and litigation work combined with surveying for a full-service solution. His expertise will also be a great asset for our housebuilder, institutional investors and large property company clients.'

Based in offices in Birmingham, Manchester and London, Gateley Legal’s real estate dispute resolution team works with property owners, corporate occupiers, developers, investors and management companies on a wide range of property-related dispute matters.

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