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Future of Living

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
+44 20 7105 7466 Email Anastasia Full biog
Olivia Sinfield
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, UK
+44 20 7105 7480 Email Olivia Full biog
Julián Matos
Partner, Spain
+34 93 419 18 18 Email Julián Full biog
Rebecca Francis
Associate Director, UK
+44 20 7105 7228 Email Rebecca Full biog
Simone Monesi
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, Italy
+39 02 5413 1758 Email Simone Full biog
David Ferris
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 4130 Email David Full biog
Dr Viktoria Winstel
Partner, Specialist lawyer for employment law, Germany
+49 221 5108 4156 Email Viktoria Full biog
Sarah Moran
Senior Associate, UK
+44 117 917 4484 Email Sarah Full biog
Simon Spooner
Partner, Head of Urban Mobility, UK
+44 117 917 4112 Email Simon Full biog
Alice Conway
Partner, UK
+44 117 9174 044 Email Alice Full biog
Michelle McGurl
Partner, Practice Group Head for Projects, Finance and Real Estate, UK
+44 117 917 4058 Email Michelle Full biog
Paul Matthews
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3592 Email Paul Full biog
Jonathan Mills
Partner, UK
+44 20 7105 7432 Email Jonathan Full biog
Vinciane Rysselinck
Senior Counsel, Transformation Manager - Urban Dynamics, Belgium
+32 2 515 9308 Email Vinciane Full biog
Steve Yu
Managing Partner, Co-founder, China
+86 21 6279.8808 Email Steve Full biog
Steve Wilson
Managing Partner, US
+1 917 545 3672 Email Steve Full biog
Julia Jolley
Associate Director, UK
+44 117 917 3084 Email Julia Full biog
Adam Hayward
Associate Director, UK
+44 207 105 7592 Email Adam Full biog
Alexandra Gower
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3234 Email Alexandra Full biog
Nick Padget
Partner, Head of Real Estate Finance, UK
+44 20 7105 7612 Email Nick Full biog
Thomasina Pantelides
Senior Associate, UK
+44 117 917 4218 Email Thomasina Full biog
Georgia Lythgoe
Senior Associate, UK
+44 117 917 3287 Email Georgia Full biog
Mary Lawrence
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3512 Email Mary Full biog
Leona Briggs
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3274 Email Leona Full biog
Joanna Risdale
Associate Director, UK
+44 117 917 4340 Email Joanna Full biog
Katrina Anderson
Associate Director, UK
+44 207 105 7661 Email Katrina Full biog
Matt Leggett
Associate Director, UK
+44 117 917 3014 Email Matt Full biog
Richard Wilkinson
Partner, UK
+44 207 105 7953 Email Richard Full biog
Sarah Beard
Legal Director, UK
+44 20 7105 7616 Email Sarah Full biog
Catherine Wolfenden
Partner, Disputes & Risk Practice Group Head, UK
+44 117 917 3600 Email Catherine Full biog
Dave Kerr
Partner, UK
+ 44 20 7105 7402 Email Dave Full biog
David North
Partner, Head of purpose built student accommodation, UK
+44 117 917 3226 Email David Full biog
John Baird
Partner, UK
+44 20 7105 7102 Email John Full biog
Damocles Merry
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3102 Email Damocles Full biog
Jaskirat Singh
Senior Associate, UK
+44 117 917 4212 Email Jaskirat Full biog
Katie Vickery
Partner, UK
+44 20 7105 7250 Email Katie Full biog
Kelly Harlick
Senior Vice President, International, US
+1 917 545 8876 Email Kelly Full biog
Tracey Wright
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3370 Email Tracey Full biog
Emmanuelle Yvon
Counsel, France
+33 1 84 82 46 50 Email Emmanuelle Full biog
Fran Claes
Partner, Head of The Built Environment, Belgium
+ 32 2 515 93 47 Email Fran Full biog
Berend Zwart
Partner, Advocaat, The Netherlands
+31 20 702 8928 Email Berend Full biog
Andrew McCormack
Associate Director, UK
+44 207 1057 276 Email Andrew Full biog
Chia-Ling Koh
Managing Director, Singapore
+65 6350 4381 Email Chia-Ling Full biog

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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