Join us for Wright Hassall's upcoming Real Estate Conference on Thursday 23rd January 2025 where we will be joined by colleagues and professionals from across the sector to hear about the latest developments and updates to ensure you are up to speed with the current market.
Event Programme
- 9.00am: Coffee and registration
- 9.30am: An introduction from Andrew Jones, Wright Hassall
- 9.40am: ‘Funding Ideas for Energy Efficient Property Investments’ with David Clayton-Fish, Handelsbanken
- 10.10am: ‘Real Estate Legal Review 2024’ with David Slade and Claire Waring, Wright Hassall
- 10.40am: Coffee break
- 11.00am: ‘6 Months into a Labour Government and the year ahead’ with Jack Boyce, DevComms
- 11.30am: ‘The difficulties of regeneration, with a specific focus on the problems of the high street’ with James Brookes, Complex Development Projects
- 12.00pm: Closing remarks with Andrew Jones
- 12.15pm: Lunch and networking
- 1.15pm: Conference close
Date, Time & Location
- Thursday 23 January 2025
- 9.00am - 1.15pm
- Wright Hassall LLP, Olympus Avenue, Royal Leamington Spa, CV34 6BF
About the Conference
The conference will be opened by Andrew Jones, Partner in our Commercial Real Estate team at Wright Hassall followed by our first speaker of the day David Clayton-Fish.
David Clayton-Fish, Branch Sustainability Manager at Handelsbanken will be addressing why property is so important the UK's Net Zero strategy, what you need to be aware of now and how you can look to access funding to put your plans into practice.
David Slade and Claire Waring, Partners at Wright Hassall will be presenting ‘Real Estate Legal Review 2024’ which offers an overview of relevant case law and other legal developments from the past 12 months.
After a coffee break, we will welcome Jack Boyce from DevComms who will be presenting an overview of the previous six months with the Labour Government and looking forward into the year ahead.
Finally, James Brookes, Senior Development Executive at Complex Development Projects will be presenting on why regeneration so difficult and what approach is has worked for CDP. As regeneration specialists, CDP have formed a very niche place in delivering very ‘complex development projects’ largely in partnership with local authorities and public sector bodies, the aim is to bring back to use or redevelop properties and locations that some would feel are almost impossible to attempt, doing so with a style to create places for the future but often embracing the past. Regeneration is needed in many complex areas, but no more so than Britain’s High Street’s, how can we look to the future whilst turning the clock back to thriving social and working centres?
How to Book
Registration for the event is free, sign-up to register here. If you have any questions about the event, please contact us.
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About our Speakers
Andrew Jones, Partner at Wright Hassall
Andrew advises clients buying and selling commercial properties in the industrial, logistics, retail and leisure sectors, particularly SMEs. He has an extensive knowledge of commercial property portfolios including property investment, development and trading businesses.
Andrew has experience of advising clients on refinancing where the lender is taking security over property and transferring commercial properties into tax efficient pension schemes (SIPP and SSAS).
He has an approachable attitude together with the ability to collaborate with other professionals.
David Clayton-Fish, Branch Sustainability Manager at Handelsbanken
David Clayton-Fish is a seasoned banking professional with over 23 years of experience in the industry. He graduated from Loughborough University in 2001 with a degree in Management Sciences and has since worked across various sectors, including education, charity, logistics, and real estate, primarily in commercial and corporate banking.
David joined Handelsbanken in 2014 as a Corporate Banking Manager at the Peterborough branch. In 2020, he was promoted to Branch Manager, where he led the branch with distinction. In 2023, he transitioned into the role of Branch Sustainability Manager, where he now heads the Sustainability Advisory Team. In this capacity, David supports branches in their customer interactions, oversees the implementation of lending frameworks, and collaborates with the product team to design new solutions that benefit customers.
Outside of work, David resides in Rutland and enjoys following Leicester Tigers Rugby Union, Oxford United Football Club, and England Cricket. He is also actively involved in his children's local football and netball teams.
David Slade, Partner at Wright Hassall
David is a Senior Partner within our Commercial Real Estate team. He specialises in investment property sales and purchases. David is also involved in development work, landlord and tenant transactions, secured lending and a wide range of general non-contentious commercial property work.
Claire Waring, Partner at Wright Hassall
Claire has worked in real estate for over twenty-five years and specialises in strategic land and residential development. Claire advises on all aspects of both instant and strategic land acquisition, development, disposal and promotion. Claire’s clients include developers, promoters, landowners, land pool trusts, local authorities and Registered Providers.
Jack Boyce, Head of Midlands, Director at DevComms
Jack is from the Midlands and has first-hand campaign experience with localised issues, political priorities, stakeholders and key considerations across the area.
With ten years of experience developing campaign strategies and providing engagement advice - five years in consultancy and five in Party and Parliamentary politics.
He is still actively involved in politics and has an extensive political network across all tiers of Government.
James Brookes, Chartered Surveyor at Complex Development Projects
James is a Chartered Surveyor and has been working in the property industry for over 15 years. He works as a Senior Development Executive for one of the country’s leading inner city and town regeneration specialists, Complex Development Projects.
CDP has been developing property for c30 years under the leadership of Ian Harrabin MBE and has produced some of the region’s most iconic regenerations, including the Telegraph Hotel, Fargo Village and Far Gosford Street, Electric Wharf in Coventry and more recently Spencer Yard and the soon to be completed Stoneleigh Arms in Leamington.
As well as working for CDP, James operates his own property consultancy part-time working for a few historic management clients alongside some agency work and when required providing property advice to the Historic Coventry Trust, created by Ian Harrabin. Prior to CDP he spent 10 years at Bromwich Hardy as a Commercial Agent and RICS Registered Valuer, dealing in all types of property in the region and nationally, whilst there he won the Estates Gazette West Midlands Most Active Agent three times in four years, amongst numerous other awards Bromwich Hardy gained as a company.
In his spare time, James is the Director of Stratford Sports Club and is trying to drive forward the development of an astro turf pitch and padel courts on a floodplain to increase the clubs offering.
