Richard Willcox

Richard is a Legal Director commercial property litigator, with a particular specialism in disputes arising under telecoms property law, acting predominantly for landowners and infrastructure providers. Aside from telecoms, his practice consists of a mix of residential and commercial property development disputes and undertaking complex landlord and tenant asset management work for major high street retailers. Recent work highlights include: successfully removing telecoms operators from site earmarked for £400 million campus redevelopment by higher education institution; advising on the strategy and the steps required to exercise a conditional break option on a £1.4 million pa central London retail unit; obtaining a direction from Ofcom granting Code Powers to a provider of critical national infrastructure; undertaking High Court proceedings, involving the complex interplay between mines and minerals and Inclosure Acts, in relation to a west London development site; and acting for a charitable trust in a hostile 1954 Act dispute, seeking to recover vacant possession of a World War II heritage building for use as museum space. · Shoosmiths LLP