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Urban Dynamics

Legal advice to help you realise the opportunities in the way cities are designed, built and managed.

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The World Bank predicts that by 2050, the world's urban population will have more than doubled. 

Today, 57% of people live in a city and this is expected to increase to 70% in the next 25 years. This growth means that the extent to which businesses understand and engage with the urban environment will continue to have a significant impact on their success.

The cities that we know and love have been formed over centuries. How we live and work in them is constantly evolving, as are the challenges and opportunities created by modern urban life. Succeeding in this rich environment is an ongoing conversation, which includes the impact of digitalisation and decarbonisation.

We've been advising clients on the legal aspects of urban dynamics for years and can help you operate at the forefront. Our lawyers will help you understand how the growing importance of cities and the related legal issues will affect your business in the short, medium and long term.

Together, we'll be ready for what's next.

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Broad acceptance of recommendations to improve the housebuilding market confirmed by UK government, with detail awaited
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Is Belgian real estate ready for the new rules for electric vehicles from 2025?

Obligations are changing for the installation of charging stations and infrastructure in Belgium
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HR pensions spotlight | Automatic enrolment: are you compliant?

Employers should consider a range of measures to help reduce the risk of non-compliance
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UK Employment Law Coffee Break: AI in HR and recruitment, neuroinclusive interviews, and ET reforms

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers
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Artificial intelligence

UK government publishes guidance on responsible artificial intelligence in human resources and recruitment

DSIT has outlined key considerations to be considered by organisations seeking to procure and deploy AI in the recruitment lifecycle
10/05/2024
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Urban Dynamics

Future Foods Update | May 2024

This edition includes new UK guidance on plant-based dairy products, an Austrian case on naming plant-based products, and EU developments...
03/05/2024
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The Built Environment

UK HMRC changes its view on VAT recovery of cladding remediation works

Housebuilders that have voluntarily carried out cladding remediation work welcome HMRC's change of stance
14/03/2024
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Short-term lets in England required to obtain planning permission 'from this summer'

New restrictions on the use of short-term rental residential properties will aim to increase housing supply
04/03/2024
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Real estate

Long-term land interests and housebuilding: what can be unpacked from the UK CMA's industry findings?

The competition regulator has also launched a follow-up investigation this year into information sharing
29/02/2024
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Retail and Consumer

UK rail regulator increases focus on online ticket retailing, hidden fees and 'drip pricing'

What is good practice for train-ticket retailers when displaying prices and fees and providing online information?
23/02/2024
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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...

Covid-19 health and safety

Advising ITV on health and safety issues for recommencing production following the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Limejump

Advised the shareholders of Limejump on the sale of the Company to Shell Energy.

App-based bus service

Advising a global mass transit operator on the establishment of a dynamic app-based on demand bus service in the UK.

Real estate date strategy

Advising Nuveen on the benefits and methods of using building data to drive their real estate strategy. Nuveen are increasingly moving into the residential space, where use of data around use of communal areas, for example, can be crucial in...

New working models

Advising clients, across sectors, in respect of 'return to work' employment and health and safety issues and implementing 'To Agility and Beyond' programmes including advising on the set up of new working models.

Optimisation and dispatch services

Advising a leading energy tech company on its innovative optimisation and dispatch services contract suite for batteries and other distributed generators, including complex forward and within-day electricity trading arrangements.

Mobility as a Service

Working with European Commission funded MyCorridor on its Mobility as a Service (MaaS) project designed to provide a sustainable multimodal urban and interurban solution for travellers.

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...

Hybrid working

Advising clients in respect of contract of employment and policy revisions to reflect hybrid working.

Connected homes

Advising a multinational energy and services company on the rollout of their connected home offering. We are advising on commercial and regulatory law, including coordinating regulatory advice across multiple jurisdictions. From the outset, we...

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...

Digital operating system

Advising a leading international fintech company on payment regulation connected with its end to end, digital operating system for managing mobile pay parking, parking enforcement, digital permitting and micro-mobility.

Advising a leading independent real estate consultancy

Advising a leading independent real estate consultancy in obtaining data from a major Singapore-based telecom and applying data analytics to help the Real Estate Investment Trust Managers of a multinational alternative asset management company...

Employment in tech

Advising a large tech client in respect of employment status issues.

Business protection programmes

Implementing business protection programmes to protect clients from potential data breach and confidentiality issues in light of new working models.

Data breach

Advising in respect of a high risk data breach and follow up actions.

Health data privacy

Advising in respect of privacy law compliance in relation to processing of COVID-19 health related data.

Buy and build strategy

Advising groups of investors on buy and build strategies relating to combining traditional staffing and recruitment companies with technologies that will allow greater automation and  improve profitability.

IT training platform

Advising online IT training platform for young people from under-privileged backgrounds on methods of retaining the trained talent and then hiring out to clients as a retained talent pool after completion of training.

Start-up strategy

Advising thirty start up online staffing platforms on strategic issues relating  to how they should charge and the commercial and contractual models which will best minimise regulatory and tax risk.

Vacancy filling software

Advising three recruitment companies in respect of vacancy filling software.

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...

Covid-19 health and safety

Advising ITV on health and safety issues for recommencing production following the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Limejump

Advised the shareholders of Limejump on the sale of the Company to Shell Energy.

App-based bus service

Advising a global mass transit operator on the establishment of a dynamic app-based on demand bus service in the UK.

Real estate date strategy

Advising Nuveen on the benefits and methods of using building data to drive their real estate strategy. Nuveen are increasingly moving into the residential space, where use of data around use of communal areas, for example, can be crucial in...

New working models

Advising clients, across sectors, in respect of 'return to work' employment and health and safety issues and implementing 'To Agility and Beyond' programmes including advising on the set up of new working models.

Optimisation and dispatch services

Advising a leading energy tech company on its innovative optimisation and dispatch services contract suite for batteries and other distributed generators, including complex forward and within-day electricity trading arrangements.

Mobility as a Service

Working with European Commission funded MyCorridor on its Mobility as a Service (MaaS) project designed to provide a sustainable multimodal urban and interurban solution for travellers.

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...

Hybrid working

Advising clients in respect of contract of employment and policy revisions to reflect hybrid working.

Connected homes

Advising a multinational energy and services company on the rollout of their connected home offering. We are advising on commercial and regulatory law, including coordinating regulatory advice across multiple jurisdictions. From the outset, we...

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...

Digital operating system

Advising a leading international fintech company on payment regulation connected with its end to end, digital operating system for managing mobile pay parking, parking enforcement, digital permitting and micro-mobility.

Advising a leading independent real estate consultancy

Advising a leading independent real estate consultancy in obtaining data from a major Singapore-based telecom and applying data analytics to help the Real Estate Investment Trust Managers of a multinational alternative asset management company...

Employment in tech

Advising a large tech client in respect of employment status issues.

Business protection programmes

Implementing business protection programmes to protect clients from potential data breach and confidentiality issues in light of new working models.

Data breach

Advising in respect of a high risk data breach and follow up actions.

Health data privacy

Advising in respect of privacy law compliance in relation to processing of COVID-19 health related data.

Buy and build strategy

Advising groups of investors on buy and build strategies relating to combining traditional staffing and recruitment companies with technologies that will allow greater automation and  improve profitability.

IT training platform

Advising online IT training platform for young people from under-privileged backgrounds on methods of retaining the trained talent and then hiring out to clients as a retained talent pool after completion of training.

Start-up strategy

Advising thirty start up online staffing platforms on strategic issues relating  to how they should charge and the commercial and contractual models which will best minimise regulatory and tax risk.

Vacancy filling software

Advising three recruitment companies in respect of vacancy filling software.

Decarbonising Bergamo - the Chorus Life project

We're advising Costim Group on the Chorus Life project which relates to the development of a smart city district in Bergamo.

We're supporting them with all regulatory issues in relation to the energy generating capabilities of the smart district, how energy will be handled across the district – and how that would be factored into the contracts

Simone Monesi

The urban development project uses cutting edge technology to maximise decarbonisation and efficiency in the city. Find out more about the development of this city of the future – and the legal and regulatory considerations of urban development projects.

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Olivia Sinfield
Olivia Sinfield
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, UK
+44 20 7105 7480 Email Olivia Full biog
Tom Andrews
Tom Andrews
Associate Director, UK
+44 207 1057 464 Email Tom Full biog
Vinciane Rysselinck
Vinciane Rysselinck
Senior Counsel, Belgium
+32 2 515 9308 Email Vinciane Full biog
Viktoria Winstel
Dr Viktoria Winstel
Partner, Specialist lawyer for employment law, Germany
+49 221 5108 4156 Email Viktoria Full biog
Simon Spooner
Simon Spooner
Partner, Head of Urban Mobility, UK
+44 117 917 4112 Email Simon Full biog
Steve Yu
Steve Yu
Managing Partner, Co-founder, China
+86 21 6279.8808 Email Steve Full biog
Jonathan Mills
Jonathan Mills
Partner, UK
+44 20 7105 7432 Email Jonathan Full biog
Emmanuelle Yvon
Emmanuelle Yvon
Counsel, France
+33 1 84 82 46 50 Email Emmanuelle Full biog
Paul Matthews
Paul Matthews
Partner, UK
+44 117 917 3592 Email Paul Full biog
Simone Monesi
Simone Monesi
Partner, Head of Urban Dynamics, Italy
+39 02 5413 1758 Email Simone Full biog
Kelly Harlick
Kelly Harlick
Senior Vice President, International, US
+1 917 545 8876 Email Kelly Full biog
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