Simon England

Partner

Commercial Property

t: 01200 401119 m: 07968 195550 e: simon.england@harrison-drury.com

Simon is head of the Property & Construction Division at Harrison Drury. Since joining the firm in 2013, Simon has overseen significant development of the division which now has one of the largest teams of specialist commercial property solicitors in the North West dealing with all legal aspects of commercial property transactions as well as separate teams focusing on property dispute resolution, licensing and construction.

In his legal work, Simon became a specialist in landlord and tenant work predominantly acting for investment clients in looking after their property portfolios. During his career, he has dealt with most aspects of commercial property including development, landed estate matters, acquisitions and disposals of real estate (freehold and leasehold and sale and leasebacks) and other assets. In addition Simon has advised on funding and borrowing by way of security on real estate and other assets. Simon also advises on matters of adverse possession and acquired rights.

Simon has also acted for a wide range of clients including high-profile individuals and national companies, retailers, manufacturers, investors, developers, financial institutions, charitable organisations and trusts, pension companies, public sector, educational institutions, estate owners and sporting and leisure organisations and clubs.

These days, as well as leading the division, Simon’s main focus is on landed estates and renewable energy. Simon enjoys advising our landed estate clients on the myriad of issues affecting their estates.

Simon is also a leading specialist in renewable energy work and is dealing with a number of projects involving solar PV, battery storage, hydropower and wind farms and also mixed schemes across England and Wales.

Outside of work you can find me…

Outside work Simon enjoys sport, preferably watching it whilst being sat in a pub.

Awards and Rankings

Simon England has a broad knowledge base; he is shrewd and diligent in his approach and very thorough in the work he produces.

Legal 500

Simon England is excellent.

Legal 500

Always available and helpful, always looking for the best solution and prepared to work hard to achieve it on behalf of the client.

Simon England embodies the main strengths referred to above by some margin and most certainly is the stand out being commercially savvy, pragmatic and an excellent communicator.

Legal 500

Simon England and Lara Watts have persevered through some very frustrating times and delays to achieve a satisfactory outcome in the end.

Legal 500

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

Legal 500

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.

Simon England and Hannah Hughes both provide a clear and efficient service together.

An excellent team with a diverse range of knowledge.

Legal 500

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.

Ranked in the Legal 500

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.

Works alongside

Nicola Beneduce

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01200 401114

m: 07585 704393

Simon England

Partner

Awards and Rankings

Works alongside

Nicola Beneduce

Naomi Fell

Hannah Hughes

Amanda Marwood

Lara Watts

Wayne Ellison

Mike Fetherstone

Lucy Benton

Clare Davey

Sam Jones

Wendy Newbury

Jennifer Potts

Rhian Sale

Roberto Bonaminio

Laura Bradley

Danielle Leeming

Catherine Worthington

Lucy Beachell

Gemma Eastham

Danielle Jesson

Lois Parker

Zakira Vika

Jackie Bate

Jane Fillis

Lucy Parkhouse

Priya Anand

Faye Simpson

Terri Abbott

Aamir Dahya

William Hornby Phillips

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