Pictured above: David Hayes and Fiona Thomson of DLA's
Real Estate team in Birmingham
DLA Piper has recruited David Hayes to lead its real estate
practice in Birmingham.
It is a return to the law firm for Mr Hayes, a former partner in
previous entity Dibb Lupton Broomhead.
He succeeds Martin Hallam, who has relocated to the Manchester
office.
Russell Orme, office managing partner in Birmingham, said:
"David's arrival is an important step in DLA Piper's bid to enhance
its investment and development capabilities. In addition to his
expertise as a commercial property lawyer David has a wealth of
management experience which will add significant value to the
team."
Mr Hayes is a highly-rated property lawyer, with significant
investment portfolio and development expertise. He acts for UK and
international developers, property companies and institutional
investors and has considerable knowledge of the Birmingham
market.
He joins from Clarke Willmott, where he was head of the
Birmingham office and the commercial property department. Prior to
that Mr Hayes was head of Warner Cranston's commercial property
department in Coventry for seven years, becoming UK head of real
estate when the firm merged with Reed Smith in 2001.
He was a partner at Dibb Lupton Broomhead from 1992 to 1998.
While at the firm he was head of property in London, before moving
to Birmingham in the same role.
Mr Hayes joins former Clarke Wilmott colleagues, partner Fiona
Thomson and associate Robert Biddlecombe, who joined DLA Piper last
year as part of its planned expansion of the real estate practice
in Birmingham.
Richard Crossfield, DLA Piper's UK head of real estate, said: "I
am delighted to welcome David back to DLA Piper. His knowledge of
the market, management experience and capabilities in the area of
development will be of considerable benefit to our practice in
Birmingham and the real estate team as a whole. David's arrival
also confirms our commitment to the investment and development
market."
Mr Hayes said: "I am delighted to be back with DLA Piper and
very much looking forward to working with the team and my former
colleagues. There is a great and exciting opportunity to
develop our real estate practice in Birmingham."