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Retail 

Our Knowledge, Your Business

If you are involved in retail or leisure, Irwin Mitchell’s Retail and Leisure Group can help you deal with the business requirements and challenges you face in a dynamic and highly competitive market.

Experts In Retail

Retail and leisure clients operate in a dynamic and often volatile market.  Their businesses have to deal with many challenges, including:

  • Difficult economic conditions
  • Price deflation versus rising costs
  • Changes in consumer and demographic trends (such as the impact of on-line shopping on high street retailers)
  • Operating within the regulatory environment

We make time to understand our clients’ business and the environment within which they work, so that we can provide specialist advice and solutions to the problems they face.

We have considerable experience acting for retailers, including major national companies and small regional businesses, and our retail team delivers a diverse range of services such as:

  • Advising retailers on all aspects of their property portfolios (including units in high streets, shopping centres, retail parks, factory outlets, leases, concessions and franchises, portfolio management, rents, landlord and tenant work)
  • Advising landlords in connection with site acquisition, development and subsequent letting of premises to retailers
  • Advising on employing and managing staff in the retail/leisure sector and on Human Resources issues
  • Corporate and commercial services including mergers and acquisitions, group restructuring, joint ventures and commercial contracts
  • Advising on corporate recovery and insolvency
  • Advice on Intellectual Property issues
  • Regulatory advice and information on new legislation affecting retailers

A great number of our clients have been with us for many years, and each have their own Client Relationship Manager, who is responsible for conducting regular reviews to ensure that needs are met and service improvements implemented.

We understand the importance of providing real value to you and we recognise that we must be competitive and flexible in our approach to pricing.  In most cases, we agree a tailored arrangement with our retail clients that suit their needs.  We usually charge at an hourly rate - although depending upon the specific requirements and the level of instructions, we are pleased to discuss alternative methods of charging such as:

  • Fixed fees
  • Blended rates
  • A mixture of fixed fees and hourly rates which are capped or uncapped
  • Retainers 

Working With Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell is one of the UK’s leading providers of legal services to businesses. Our clients range in size from small enterprises to large corporations.

We offer commercially-focused expertise in complex, high-value work, and an exceptional portfolio of commoditised legal processes. Our legal guidance is designed to be assimilated by your business seamlessly and transparently.

Our clients value the proactive, straightforward approach, creativity and close partner involvement that make Irwin Mitchell one of the country’s most successful and respected law firms.

Further Information About Our Retail Law Srvices

To arrange a discussion with no obligations, call 0870 1500100 or send us an online enquiry.

Our experienced lawyers have the expertise needed to help you and your business. Choose from the list below to learn more about our experts in this area.
Name Location Job Title Telephone
Julie Atkinson Sheffield Partner 0114 274 4407
David Beech London Partner 0207 421 3980
Andrew Bell Manchester Partner 0161 838 5588
Joanne Bone Leeds Partner 0113 394 6752
Matthew Brain Leeds Partner 0113 218 6443
Fergal Dowling Birmingham Partner 0121 214 5476
John Flathers Leeds Partner 0113 218 6407
Peter Horner Sheffield Partner 0114 274 4601
Chris Jones Manchester Partner 0870 900 2187
John Lord Manchester Partner 0161 838 7276
Oliver Martin Birmingham Partner 0121 214 5403
Edward Persse London Partner 0870 1500 100
Danny Revitt Sheffield Partner 0870 1500 100
Andrew Warren Glasgow Partner 0870 1500 100
Alex Curtis Birmingham Associate 0121 214 5494
Rona Markland Sheffield Associate 0870 1500 100
Maxwell Marrison Sheffield Associate 0114 274 4299
Julie Perkins Leeds Associate 0113 220 6230



Commercial Property Acquisition for Gripple Ltd

Commercial Property Acquisition for Gripple Ltd

Property Acquisition

John Flathers and Patrick Sheehan of Irwin Mitchell's Leeds Commercial Property Department recently advised Sheffield manufacturer Gripple Limited on their acquisition of a 120,000 sq ft manufacturing complex in the city's Lower Don Valley.

Gripple's sister company, Loadhog, has commenced work in updating the factory to allow Loadhog to continue to grow its successful manufacturing business.

Gripple commented that Irwin Mitchell had done "a brilliant job".

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