Bridgehouse Partners
Andrew Carrier - Partner
Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 2000 after a brief career in the armed forces.
Andrew has specialised in all areas of real estate, including portfolio management and development property, across a range of business sectors, including office, industrial and leisure but also has a wide experience of corporate and commercial work gained since joining Bridgehouse Partners as a partner in 2004.
Andrew was a senior solicitor with Mills & Reeve in Cambridge and then Birmingham before joining Bridgehouse Partners.
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.
James Teare - Partner
James is a London based partner advising on company and commercial matters. He has extensive experience of advising in the in the co-location and technical real estate industry in the UK and across Europe. He also advises clients in the shipping industry; the travel industry and the sports and entertainment sectors. He qualified in 2000 and has been a partner since 2005.
James is also a Registered Legal Practitioner in the Isle of Man, on the roll of solicitors in Ireland, a Registered Lawyer with The Football Association and a SPCP Accredited Mediator.
Elaine Buffery
Elaine qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and then spent 2 years at Wragge & Co LLP specialising in financial litigation, where she advised banks, building societies and asset finance companies in respect of various aspects of secured and unsecured recoveries work, including all forms of dispute resolution, consumer credit, insolvency, mortgage repossession and asset finance recovery.
Following this Elaine moved to gain exposure to general commercial litigation, and acquired experience in a diverse range of disputes including breach of contract, breach of warranty, professional negligence, personal guarantees and defamation. Elaine has conducted injunctive proceedings including applications for search orders and has experience of most types of alternative dispute resolution, including representing clients at mediation.
Elaine joined Bridgehouse Partners in September 2011 to work with Darren Clegg in the expanding litigation team.
Darren Clegg
Darren qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and has specialised since then in commercial and property litigation, most recently as a partner in the Birmingham office of Shoosmiths.
Although adept at pursuing, defending and resolving any commercial dispute, Darren’s specialist expertise lies in contentious real estate work. That means often complex and/or high value disputes between landlords and tenants, neighbours, developers and land owners. It also extends to giving non-contentious advice where specialist knowledge is needed of statutes or case law dealing with interpretation of documents and existing easements, rights and liabilities relating in any way to land and buildings.
Darren has acted (usually for the successful party) in reported cases involving issues of contract law, rights of light, conditional break notices, judicial review and joint ventures between land owners and developers. He is experienced in using all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including representing clients at mediations. Compulsory purchase orders are an expertise, as is dealing with professional negligence in the real estate sector.
Darren is an active member of the Property Litigation Association and has completed the training and assessment stage of qualifying as a solicitor-advocate.
He is now working with our real estate clients across the full range of disputes, both ongoing and anticipated. He provides strategic advice to property-owners and developers as to how best to steer negotiations so as to optimise the client’s position.
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.
Gráinne Crowley
Gráinne is a graduate of University College of Dublin having obtained a Bachelor (Hons.) degree in Business and Legal Studies in 2006. She trained in a well respected Dublin Law firm before being admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of Ireland in April 2010 and subsequently qualifying in England and Wales in May 2010. Her initial background was in civil litigation; ranging from Commercial and Property disputes to Insurance Law and Debt Recovery. In 2009 she moved into the Corporate/Commercial Department where upon qualification she was retained as an Associate Solicitor until she relocated to London and joined Bridgehouse Partners LLP in 2011.
Gráinne’s expertise is mostly within transactions involving complex arrangements, equity funding and loan investments. Gráinne has been involved in numerous transactions including the much reported purchase of one of Ireland’s leading Travel Agencies and Tour Operators and the continuous funding for a semiconductor development Company. In a short space of time she has gained valuable experience in commercial matters which is assisted by her background in litigation. Her skill lies in her common sense approach and understanding the clients’ business and needs.
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.
Terry O’Malley
“Terry qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland in December 2009 and was subsequently admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales in 2010. After qualification, he worked for Irish Nationwide Building Society on the legal team for the NAMA project. In November 2010, he took a role with Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited on a special purpose security review project.
Terry relocated to Birmingham to join the commercial property team in Bridgehouse Partners LLP in August 2011, where that previous experience has provided a valuable foundation for his current development role.”
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.