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Amanda Marwood

Partner

Commercial Property

Amanda joined Harrison Drury in 2014 and was promoted to Partner in January 2016. Amanda specialises in all aspects of commercial property and deals with a range of matters including property acquisitions and sales, commercial leases, overage, conditional contracts, deeds of easement, secured lending, development formation documents and overage, conditional contracts, deeds of easement, development formation documents, and works with our corporate team in respect of the property elements of asset sales and purchases, and share acquisitions and purchases.

She advises a wide range of clients including companies (national and regional), and individuals, investors, developers, lenders and SIPPs.

As a member of the firm’s Leisure Sector, much of Amanda’s work falls within the hospitality, leisure and tourism sector.  She is known for her leading expertise in the sector, advising

business owners in the sale and purchase of hotels and guesthouses, and restaurants and pubs, and has a wealth of experience in acting for lenders and business owners in the refinancing of the industry.

Amanda has a pragmatic, commercially minded approach, focused on a client’s business objectives.

A graduate from the University of Liverpool, Amanda also studied at Chester College of Law before qualifying as a solicitor in 2006.

Outside of work you can find me…

Outside of work, Amanda enjoys spending time in the gym, walks in the Lakes, down time watching movies, and dining out with good food and good wine.

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Awards and Rankings

Amanda Marwood has done an exceptional job.

Legal 500

Amanda Marwood has worked tirelessly during the pandemic on a number of cases for us and has done an exceptional job, especially given the challenges brought about by working from home. She has communicated on a regular basis to keep us up to date with how our cases are progressing, and this is the main factor we look for when choosing our lawyers. We are often asked by our clients where we are up to on the ‘legals’ and to have already been updated by Amanda has been key in us delivering our products and services to our clients.

Amanda is super efficient.

Property purchase can be tortuous, but Amanda swiftly and efficiently guided us through the process without missing the smallest detail. Hugely experienced and we are every grateful for her expertise in producing a great result.

I’ve just bought a house with HD, and I just want to say that Amanda was brilliant. I was in a rush to complete and she was very responsive and helpful. I’m very excited to have the keys already!

Amanda is happy to take the time and care to discuss the basic principles

Amanda Marwood is exceptionally professional whilst making her clients feel comfortable and relaxed. She is very approachable, open and treats us with equality. Amanda is happy to take the time and care to discuss the basic principles of items in technical agreements.

Genuinely care about their clients.

Legal 500

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.

Amanda is brilliant!

Wilson & Co Properties Ltd

Since our introduction a few years ago, Amanda Marwood has carried out a range of property conveyancing for us, these mainly cover the residential and commercial sectors.

Within these sectors we have also requested and added further complexities such as Promotion Agreements/Option Agreements, SIPP land purchases, and Management Companies. Amanda has always welcomed new challenges and shown creativity, and when additional support has been needed from other specialists within HD, Amanda’s commercial awareness and judgement has always been protective to make sure we get the correct product to meet our brief.

Fee proposals are consistently clear and transparent with defined expectations and timeframes. Challenging projects have highlighted Amanda’s drive, perseverance, and adaptability, especially when unforeseen circumstances and complications have arisen.

Amanda has acted due-diligently throughout every instruction, and we look forward to our next challenge together.

Amanda is efficient, organised and above all else, calm and approachable.

D. B. Ramsden & Co. Limited

We have recently been working with Amanda on a programme of Retail store disposals. Amanda has been responsible for the property aspects of each sale and we have found her to be efficient, organised and commercial, and above all else, calm and approachable. We will definitely retain her services as future opportunities arise

Amandas services met and exceeded our requirements. 

Mark Jameson

Everything went smoothly and you explained everything clearly to us concerning our last two commercial sales, providing accuracy and time scales. All your services at Kendal office continue to be highly professional, efficient, knowledgeable  and a pleasure to deal with. We felt that your services met and exceeded our requirements.

We would thoroughly recommend Amanda to anyone.

We’ve used Amanda four times to assist with the sale and purchase of commercial property. We’ve found her fantastic to work with and she’s always ensured that the whole process was easy and stress free. We will definitely continue to keep working with her in the future and would thoroughly recommend her to others.

Harrison Drury is ranked by leading independent guide to the UK’s top legal firms and solicitors, Legal 500.

The guide highlights the solicitors who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to clients and we are ranked across our range of practice areas and people.

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Nicola Beneduce

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t: 01200 401114
m: 07585 704393

Simon England

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Mike Fetherstone

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Lucy Benton

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Clare Davey

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Sam Jones

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Roberto Bonaminio

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Laura Bradley

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Danielle Leeming

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m: 07551 436644

Jane Fillis

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Lucy Parkhouse

Trainee Solicitor Commercial Property
t: 01772 258321

Priya Anand

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t: 01772 374694

Faye Simpson

Trainee Legal Executive Commercial Property
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Terri Abbott

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Aamir Dahya

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