Commercial Conveyancing & Commercial Property Law Solicitors

Recommended in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, Harrison Drury has one of the largest specialist commercial property teams in the North delivering advice to clients with whom we build strong and long-term working relationships.

The breadth and depth of experience in our team allows us to work with our clients to understand their business and desired outcomes, helping us build a deeper understanding of specific client needs.

Our team pride themselves on their can-do attitude and focus on delivering pragmatic and proactive advice tailored to our client’s requirements.

Our loyal and extensive client base includes property developers, regional and national housebuilders, construction companies, industrial, trade and office space investors, student housing investors, retailers and restaurateurs, banks and public sector clients. The team also advises high net worth individuals, investors and entrepreneurs as well as owners of large estates, including landed estates and those in the rural and agricultural sector.

We can help with:

Banking and Secured Lending

Charity Property

Commercial Development

Landed Estates

Landlord and Tenant

Mixed-Use Schemes

Renewables and Natural Resources

Residential Development and Plot Sales

Rural and Agricultural Property

Pension Property

Property Acquisition and Sales

Statutory Agreements

Wayleaves, telecommunications and utility agreements

The range of clients is reflected in the range of work that we are involved with, including large-scale development and construction projects, strategic developments and projects including town centre regeneration, renewable energy and portfolio investments. Our team has dealt with a vast amount of acquisitions and disposals for various purposes and uses together with large and small scale landlord and tenant portfolio management. The team also holds particular experience in all aspects of property finance including secured lending, refinancing and restructuring transactions and is on a number of bank panels.

The team also closely with all teams in the firm including the corporate and commercial team on the property aspects of corporate transactions, as well as the firm’s land & property dispute resolution, private client, insolvency, commercial dispute resolution and licensing teams.

The team has a wealth of experience in a number of sectors including renewable energy where they act for landowners, facilitators and operators of renewable projects, leisure, hospitality and tourism (where we work closely with our licensing specialists), agriculture and education. The team has additional sector expertise in the charity and not-for-profit, house building and residential accommodation, industrial and manufacturing, rental, retail, transport and utilities sectors.

Meet our Commercial Property team

Aidan Howard

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 0161 521 3214

m: 07345 604229

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Amanda Marwood

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01524 952713

m: 07825 017243

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Catherine Landale

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 422266

m: 07345 420257

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Catherine Worthington

Senior Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01524 544160

m: 07551 828923

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Clare Davey

Legal Director Commercial Property

t: 01995 508280

m: 07818 167190

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Danielle Jesson

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 401124

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Faye Simpson

CILEX Paralegal Commercial Property

t: 01772 208077

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Hannah Hughes

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01524 548994

m: 07887 627302

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Jake McLaughlin

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01615 156374

m: 07570 682537

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Jane Fillis

Associate Rural Property Lawyer Commercial Property

t: 01200 377145

m: 07909 834836

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Jennifer Potts

Legal Director Commercial Property

t: 0161 250 6529

m: 07502 548737

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Jessica Darley

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 208535

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Jessica Senior

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 0161 528 3930

m: 07345 701033

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Josh Bragg

Legal Director Commercial Property

t: 0161 768 7411

m: 07765 992849

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Kristian Torgersen

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 401115

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Lara Watts

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01200 401123

m: 07585 706565

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Laura Bradley

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 429518

m: 07920 880617

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Leah Jolley

Trainee CILEX Paralegal Commercial Property

t: 01524 954351

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Lee Walker

Senior Plot Sales Paralegal Commercial Property

t: 0161 564 6452

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Lois Casson

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01524 954323

m: 07425 258580

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Lucy Beachell

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 401128

m: 07551 445473

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Lucy Benton

Legal Director Commercial Property

t: 01772 374378

m: 07833 875825

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Matthew Mainds

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 374758

m: 07570 541335

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Mike Fetherstone

Consultant Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 737381

m: 07833 958792

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Naomi Fell

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01539 751267

m: 07880 200117

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Nicola Beneduce

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01200 401114

m: 07585 704393

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Rebecca Parry

Senior Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01782 369012

m: 07766 272471

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Rhian Hawkins

Senior Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 374326

m: 07551 437364

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Roberto Bonaminio

Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 401126

m: 07831 990246

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Saaima Hushein

Paralegal Commercial Property

t: 01524 952 717

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Saher Qarini

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01200 377810

m: 07345 458024

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Sam Jones

Senior Associate Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 349912

m: 07425 095562

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Simon England

Managing Partner Commercial Property

m: 07968 195550

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Sophie Mahood

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 349945

m: 07570 466806

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Terri Abbott

Paralegal Commercial Property

t: 01539 751964

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Vicky Beaumont

Solicitor Commercial Property

t: 01772 374745

m: 07766 041690

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Wayne Ellison

Rural Business Consultant Commercial Property

m: 07810 844543

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The team is efficient in its delivery of service; the team often works to tight deadlines yet are thorough in their approach with a meticulous eye for detail.

Legal 500

The team has excellent technical understanding and has the ability to advise on a wide range of property law issues.

Legal 500

A commitment to client service, reasonable fees, and a desire to build partnerships with clients rather than simply service their businesses.

Legal 500

The team are very knowledgeable, skilled and attentive. They solve problems and stick to timelines and budgets. They are vey client-focused.

Legal 500

Genuine feeling they care and are highly considerate of our needs throughout. Great at managing our expectations and providing clear, helpful advice, useful in real world scenarios.

Legal 500

Very outstanding people, who can deliver under difficult circumstances and deadlines.

They have very outstanding people, who can deliver under difficult circumstances and deadlines. They also gave us very good insight into future risks and consequences of some of our decisions, and used technology effectively to speed up the process.’

Legal 500

A dynamic team with excellent communication skills – knowledgeable, reliable, enthusiastic and always on hand to help – excellent service all round and a pleasure to deal with!

Legal 500

Harrison Drury makes the process of buying and selling properties so much easier and quicker for a company who are not based locally to them.

Legal 500

The firm is very highly regarded in our local market place and the expertise in the commercial property arena is second to none.

The firm has communicated excellently, especially during the pandemic, when this has become ever so important. We are always kept up to date with progress with legal cases, and delivery of completed work has been exceptional.

Legal 500

They have a passion for client outcomes – a genuine interest to see client results and to share these back to you.

Simon England has been keen to better understand how we as a business support our clients, and during the pandemic reached out to ensure that they were able to provide holistic overviews with their content and support.

Legal 500

The only word to use to describe my experience with working with Harrison Drury is excellent.

Legal 500

The team is highly professional, competent and efficient.

Legal 500

The team communicates well with clients and is personable and comprehensive in its work.

Legal 500

Genuinely care about their clients.

Genuinely care about their clients and want to delight them. Amanda Marwood has a laser-like focus on what truly matters. Wendy Newbury is calm and clear, taking time to articulate complex issues.

Legal 500

An excellent team with a diverse range of knowledge.

An excellent real estate team headed by Simon England. A diverse range of knowledge always ensuring the suitable solicitor deals with the matter. Communication in particular remains a major strength along with response time and pro-activeness, all strengths which I find to be rare particularly outside of Greater Manchester.

Legal 500

Lara Watts in particular is a world class professional.

Extremely dedicated to their work and consistently contactable. Proactive in providing meaningful updates – regularly over the phone too rather than all on email.

Legal 500

They are approachable, personable, and make you feel able to ask question

They have knowledge of the sector and the institution. Work is conducted with humour and legal jargon is broken down so that even I can understand it! One individual that stands out is Danielle Leeming.

Legal 500

Gemma has been amazing throughout!

I wanted to thank you personally for helping to sell No. 34. This is the end of a very long 4 years of our lives. I’ve ticked a lot of items off my bucket list through the experience of building our own houses and selling them, however this has not been without it’s emotional and physical cost. Now that it is over I can breathe again and that is in part down to you and your team.

Once again, thank you so much.

Just wanted to pass on how impressed I’ve been with your commercial property department and particularly Lucy Benton.

The refinance has been extremely smooth and taken a third of the time of our previous solicitors. Purchase completions lack the high drama I’ve seen elsewhere. Absolutely spot on, please pass on my appreciation- feel like we’ve finely found a modern firm that we enjoy working with and so glad we made the move taken a lot of worry of our end.

Harrison Drury supported the college with everything

In February 2021, Kendal College started the process of buying an under-utilised shopping centre in the centre of Kendal as its third campus, and in January 2024, we finally completed the process and bought it!!

Planning a multi-million pound spend to buy 50% of a shopping centre, or the equivalent of 18 different shop units, was a daunting task. We didn’t fully appreciate the complexities and legalities associated with the intricacies and preciseness of wording the lease documents, implications of VAT and stamp duty or know where to begin or what questions to ask.

Harrison Drury supported the college with everything, making the purchase less onerous, and more importantly talked me through the whole process, with no question too small! The best part was that I had a single point of contract for the duration and could completely trust their team to represent the college professionally always knowing that they were looking after our best interests.

We are now in the process of refurbing the former shops into teaching spaces and classrooms, which will incorporate a TV studio, science labs, dedicated 6^th form and a lecture theatre and we are looking forward to moving into the new college campus which will house over 400 students and staff when refurbed.

Kelvin Nash, Principal and CEO Kendal College

Harrison Drury covers all bases smoothly and when faced with the inevitable unusual scenario from time to time it has the appropriate expertise in-house to call upon.

Chambers and Partners

The team at Harrison Drury is always available to discuss matters and provide appropriate solutions, while always keeping me updated.

Chambers and Partners 2024

I always receive very prompt and reliable service from Harrison Drury.

Chambers and Partners

Harrison Drury deals with all our requests and the internal transfers of work between specialist departments is seamless.

Chambers and Partners

The lawyers at Harrison Drury are very commercially aware and always seem to have their finger on the pulse.

Chambers and Partners

The firm covers a wide range of legal aspects and have highly-experienced staff. Very approachable, easy to deal with and take time to explain matters in full.

Legal 500

Lucy Benton does exactly what she says she is going to do, keeps you informed, delivers on time. Excellent service all-round.

Legal 500

I have had several dealings with Nicola Beneduce on property-related transactions.

She has been proactive in making recommendations to mitigate risks to the bank, approaching transactions in a practical and very commercial way.

Legal 500

A well-rounded team headed by Hannah. Principle strengths are communication and getting deals done.

Legal 500

Naomi Fell and Lucy Benton are high-performing individuals that have contributed to the success and seamless transactions we’ve experienced with the team.

Legal 500

Personable, efficient, professional, experienced, modest and committed to delivering good outcomes for all parties.

Team members exuding these characteristics are Amanda Marwood and Naomi Fell.

Legal 500

The law firm has always provided comprehensive reports to us, highlighting any key risk areas and providing their recommendations to mitigate.

Chambers and Partners

The lawyers at Harrison Drury are very thorough and take a great deal of time and effort to understand our position before negotiating a lease.

Chambers and Partners

The law firm has a client-centred approach, attention to detail and an ability to navigate through a complex transaction within very challenging timescales.

Chambers and Partners

You receive a personal and professional service with a positive attitude from lawyers, alongside good leadership and teamwork.

Chambers and Partners

There is a good number of team members supporting us on matters.

Chambers and Partners

Hannah Hughes makes every effort to ensure the client understands matters fully.

Chambers and Partners

I have found her level of service second to none. She is very commercially aware, with a detailed knowledge of all matters.

Chambers and Partners

Hannah is exceptionally efficient, with comprehensive, clear and thorough advice.

Chambers and Partners

Hannah is very diligent and has very strong subject matter knowledge. She is very focused on delivering to timescale requirements and amending working arrangements to meet deadlines.

Chambers and Partners

Our Clients

We are proud to work with with a range of clients from SMEs and owner managed businesses, to sole traders, PLCs and large corporates as well as with individuals and families of all sha