Barry has extensive experience of the commercial property sector, acting for clients from private landowners to major commercial and residential developers and public authorities including district and county councils, universities and NHS trusts, on acquisitions, disposals, leases, site assembly, funding, realisation, redevelopment and regeneration – especially through joint ventures – and related planning, CPO and infrastructure matters. His client base has included sector-leading operators in retail, leisure, gaming, health, education, construction, commerce, banking and property investment.
He is also a leading adviser to the science and technology park sector, a long-standing business affiliate of the UK Science Park Association and contributing author to their “Guide to the Planning Development and Operation of Science Parks”, and is working with his long-standing clients, University of Warwick Science Park, and colleagues at Wright Hassall to develop more effective, technology-driven legal services for property clients.
Background
After gaining his law degree at St John’s College Oxford, Coventry-born Barry qualified in 1983 with Birmingham firm, Martineau Johnson and became a partner in 1990. He then moved, via Browne Jacobson, to Shoosmiths’ Nottingham office in 2001 and onwards to Flint Bishop (also in Nottingham) from 2005, before returning to his Warwickshire roots to join Wright Hassall in 2008. As he joined Wright Hassall, Chambers & Partners declared Barry to be a “Leader in their Field” for real estate.
