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Bridgehouse Partners
Andrew Carrier - Partner
Andrew specialises in real estate. His real estate experience includes portfolio management in a range of business sectors including office, industrial and leisure, acquisitions and disposals, site assembly and development property.
Andrew was a senior solicitor with Mills & Reeve in Birmingham before joining Bridgehouse Partners in 2004.
Matthew Cox - Partner
Matthew specialises in real estate, corporate and commercial work and is based in the Isle of Man office. He developed and ran a successful commercial property department before he joined Bridgehouse Partners in 2008.
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Mark Dakeyne - Partner
Mark has joined Bridgehouse Partners from Wragge & Co LLP in Birmingham, where he had been a partner for 22 years, 7 of them as group leader of the real estate group. He qualified in 1983 and spent the first 4 years of qualification at Herbert Smith.
Mark works for clients across the property market, from large scale investors to developers, landlords and tenants. His especial expertise is in the development sector, having worked for many private sector property companies as well as public sector clients including Birmingham City Council and British Waterways.
Simon McNally - Partner
Simon has a wide experience of general commercial work, both as internal and external counsel. Simon was a founder member of Bridgehouse in 2003. Simon has particular expertise in the areas of technical real estate, structured finance and general corporate work. He is highly regarded for his specific experience in the acquisition of and management of all legal aspects relating to data centres. Simon was general legal counsel to the Global Switch group of companies. He is currently a director of a number of offshore investment companies.
Nick Rowles-Davies - Partner
Nick has a wide range of experience in commercial and civil litigation issues and specialises in dispute resolution. His varied experience has led to involvement in a number of reported cases involving issues of property and contract law, music copyright and trademarks, corporate insolvency, bankruptcy, banking, insurance and professional negligence. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1994, is an Accredited Mediator and member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Nick joined Bridgehouse Partners in 2008 to take responsibility for the Dispute Resolution Department.
Registered Lawyer with The Football Association. Member of Visame LLP, applications for and administration of sponsorship licences for companies employing workers from outside the European Economic Area.
James Teare - Partner
James qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and then took up an in-house position as UK Counsel to the Global Switch group of companies. He has also provided an in-house legal function to the European arm of PSINet companies and currently advises clients, including a specialist shipping group, on company and commercial matters.
James involvement in the co-location and technical real estate industry dates from 1999. He continues to advise on both property and general commercial matters within this industry and also acts on related commercial property transactions.
Registered Lawyer with The Football Association. Member of Visame LLP, applications for and administration of sponsorship licences for companies employing workers from outside the European Economic Area.
Rebecca Cowlishaw
Rebecca qualified as a property solicitor in 1998 at DLA Birmingham, before moving to Wragge & Co LLP in 2006, where she worked with Mark Dakeyne, particularly for property companies and investors on both new build schemes and existing investments.
Rebecca’s experience started with acting for several household name retailer clients, and for the last three years she has been applying those tenant skills to the other side of the relationship, working with developer-landlords and shopping centre/industrial investors.
Vittorio Greef
Vittorio qualified as a South African attorney in 2004 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2008.
Vittorio has wide ranging experience in both commercial litigation and non-contentious commercial matters. Vittorio was a partner in a South African law firm before joining Bridgehouse Partners in 2009 and has now joined Nick Rowles-Davies in our Dispute Resolution Department.
Zoe Moseley
Zoe was part of the property group at Wragge & Co LLP since qualification in 2007. Since then, she has experience in working for both small and large property companies, ranging from a large public company specialising in industrial development and regeneration to a number of private companies handling large town centre regeneration projects.
Zoe’s skills lie in a no-nonsense approach to disposals and lettings, managing clients through those processes quickly and with minimal fuss.
Quentin Reidy
Quentin qualified as a solicitor in Australia in 2006, and joined Bridgehouse Partners in 2007. Quentin specialises in corporate and commercial work and has advised on acquisitions and disposals in the insurance, hotel and leisure and education industries, as well offering ongoing commercial advice to a wide variety of clients.
Simon Cooper - Consultant
Simon was a founder member of Bridgehouse in 2003. Simon has experience as an international commercial lawyer, both as internal and external counsel. He has experience in the full range of work undertaken by Bridgehouse Partners with particular emphasis on international case and family management for high net worth individuals.
Simon qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and has founded a number of firms including Cooper Chan, based in the Isle of Man and Bridgehouse Partners. He was a founder of and general legal counsel to the Global Switch group of companies and was appointed deputy CEO in 2000. Simon is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Malcolm Grumbridge - Consultant
Malcolm was a partner with Lewis SIlkin for many years representing clients in the TMT and leisure industries. He is a non-executive director of a number of companies operating in the travel industry for whom Bridgehouse Partners act.
Donald Jordan - Consultant
Donald is a US qualified lawyer holding professional qualifications with both the American Bar Association and the Michigan Bar Association. He is based in Doha, Qatar and has particular expertise in the areas of corporate finance, banking and the general commercial arena. Donald has worked closely with other members of Bridgehouse Partners on the various projects undertaken by the firm in the Middle East.