How and where we live and spend our leisure time has changed dramatically over the past few decades, and is likely to see even greater change in future.
As a result businesses that provide living options are faced with an unprecedented challenge: how to sustain a viable business, whilst delivering solutions that are relevant to future living.
However, the living sector is also full of opportunity, driven by new business models, new policies and regulations, new forms of finance and new outlooks from each generation. That’s where Osborne Clarke comes in. We advise clients in all areas of the evolving living sector to influence thinking, to adapt to policy, to promote engagement and to transform our future living options.
With our focus on the transformational trends within living and leisure, we can draw on our expertise across numerous service lines to deliver forward thinking, innovative advice – for example the need for synergy between real estate and technology to aid home working, integrating digital health initiatives into urban environments, looking at smart homes and localised sustainability options and guiding clients through the new world of experience and service over assets and things.
The future of living has never looked so exciting.
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Anastasia Gorokhova
Partner, UK
Olivia Sinfield
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, UK
Julián Matos
Partner, Spain
Rebecca Francis
Partner, UK
Simone Monesi
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, Italy
David Ferris
Partner, UK
Dr Viktoria Winstel
Partner, Specialist lawyer for employment law, Germany
Sarah Moran
Senior Associate, UK
Simon Spooner
Partner, Head of Urban Mobility, UK
Alice Conway
Partner, UK
Michelle McGurl
Partner, Practice Group Head for Projects, Finance and Real Estate, UK
Paul Matthews
Partner, UK
Jonathan Mills
Partner, UK
Vinciane Rysselinck
Senior Counsel, Belgium
Steve Yu
Managing Partner, Co-founder, China
Steve Wilson
Managing Partner, US
Julia Jolley
Associate Director, UK
Adam Hayward
Partner, UK
Alexandra Gower
Partner, UK
Nick Padget
Partner, Head of Real Estate Finance, UK
Thomasina Pantelides
Senior Associate, UK
Georgia Lythgoe
Senior Associate, UK
Mary Lawrence
Partner, UK
Leona Briggs
Partner, UK
Joanna Risdale
Associate Director, UK
Matt Leggett
Associate Director, UK
Richard Wilkinson
Partner, UK
Sarah Beard
Legal Director, UK
Catherine Wolfenden
Partner, Disputes & Risk Practice Group Head, UK
Dave Kerr
Partner, UK
David North
Partner, Head of purpose built student accommodation, UK
John Baird
Partner, UK
Damocles Merry
Partner, UK
Jaskirat Singh
Senior Associate, UK
Katie Vickery
Partner, UK
Kelly Harlick
Senior Vice President, International, US
Tracey Wright
Partner, UK
Emmanuelle Yvon
Counsel, France
Fran Claes
Partner, Head of The Built Environment, Belgium
Berend Zwart
Partner, Lawyer, The Netherlands
Andrew McCormack
Associate Director, UK
Chia-Ling Koh
Managing Director, Singapore
How we've helped clients
Regeneration project
Acting for Vistry Partnerships on the first phase of the Meridian Water project, a large regeneration project in Enfield which will focus on creation of a community, affordable housing for local people, flexible spaces for artists and other creatives and creation of a new station.
Smart technology in accommodation
Advising Glide, a company focusing on utilities and connectivity in the student accommodation space, allowing students to pay their share of all their bills in one payment. Part of the Real Estate as a Service theme and showing again the growing use of smart technology within buildings.
Regeneration and transport
Acting for Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company in relation to the regeneration of Prince Phillip Park in Hampshire, one of the most innovative regeneration projects in the UK. The project includes the creation of a public transport service contract to deliver public transport services to new communities either where none exist or are of poor quality; those services will be safe, on demand and at low cost.
Regeneration project
Acting for Vistry Partnerships on the first phase of the Meridian Water project, a large regeneration project in Enfield which will focus on creation of a community, affordable housing for local people, flexible spaces for artists and other creatives and creation of a new station.
Smart technology in accommodation
Advising Glide, a company focusing on utilities and connectivity in the student accommodation space, allowing students to pay their share of all their bills in one payment. Part of the Real Estate as a Service theme and showing again the growing use of smart technology within buildings.
Regeneration and transport
Acting for Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company in relation to the regeneration of Prince Phillip Park in Hampshire, one of the most innovative regeneration projects in the UK. The project includes the creation of a public transport service contract to deliver public transport services to new communities either where none exist or are of poor quality; those services will be safe, on demand and at low cost.
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The Built Environment
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14/03/2024
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04/03/2024
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4m
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21/02/2024
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5m
Retail and Consumer
English court finds trade mark valid for oat-based drinks despite use of the term 'milk'
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14/02/2024
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4m
Urban Dynamics
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Real estate
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12/01/2024
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15m
The Built Environment
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10/08/2023
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2m
Digitalisation
Neurotechnology advances pose discriminatory and privacy risks, warns the UK's ICO
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10/07/2023
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4m
Real estate
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 to apply to existing rented residential properties
Landlords should be aware that all residential occupation contracts in Wales, whenever granted, will require written statement
30/05/2023
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5m
Real estate
Long-awaited Renters' (Reform) Bill introduced to UK Parliament
Reforms to the UK's private rented sector finally arrive four years after the government's response to consultation
23/05/2023
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4m
The Built Environment
What to look out for in property management agreements in the UK and Europe
The terms of PMAs and other legal issues need careful thought as owner and managing agent relationships get more complex
15/05/2023
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7m
The Built Environment
Rental and safety reforms spark debate for the UK real estate 'living' sector
Investors, developers and operators are assessing the implications of a renters' reform bill and the Building Safety Act
04/05/2023
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6m
Decarbonisation
Climate change poses a significant challenge to our planet, our personal lives and our businesses.
Digitalisation
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Urban Dynamics
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