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Wayne is a Partner in the Manchester Real Estate Team. 

He is recognised as one of the UK’s leading development constraints lawyers, with a particular focus on rights of light. With over 20+ years career, Wayne has played a pivotal role in the successful delivery of more than GBP 20bn of new developments, specialising in high-rise buildings within the PRS and PBSA sectors and the resolution of multiple constraints affecting large scale regenerations.  He also has significant expertise in resolving joint venture disputes across public/private partnerships, with a particular emphasis on large-scale regeneration schemes. 

Wayne has worked on some of the largest and most important regeneration schemes in the country, including delivery of the Olympic Park in readiness for the 2012 Olympic Games, specifically enforcement of the CPO for the 560 acre regeneration, and also in relation to an GBP 20M access dispute to lay fibre optic cables across the River Lea and into the World Media Centre.  

Relevant experience

  • A major BtR/BtS developer on multiple landmark City Centre projects regarding development risk and constraints.*
  • Various leading student accommodation developers and operators on new schemes across the UK in relation to development risk and solutions.*
  • A major real estate investor in relation to its GBP 1bn+ portfolio across all aspects of portfolio management: dilapidations, break notices, consents, arrears and renewals.*
  • Various household name retailers across all aspects of their leasehold portfolio.*
  • Strategic landowners in relation to third party rights affecting future development sites: Telecoms / Mines & Minerals / Wayleaves / Rights of Way / Restrictions.*

* Prior to joining CMS.

Awards & Rankings

  • Ranked as a leading lawyer, Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500.
  • “A brilliant operator”, Client Feedback.

Education

  • Diploma in Legal Practice - Commendation, The College of Law.
  • LLB Hons - First Class , Staffordshire University, Staffordshire.

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