Expertise
Brian is a Managing Associate in the Construction & Engineering Group at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, who undertakes a broad variety of private sector work including developers, contractors, financial institutions and pension funds. Brian’s experience includes drafting and negotiating a wide range of construction documents, including framework contracts, building contracts, professional appointments, collateral warranties, novation agreements, bonds, parent company guarantees, vesting agreements, and letters of intent.
In addition, Brian advises on the construction elements of development and funding agreements, development management agreements and agreements for lease, with a primary focus on the JCT and NEC forms of contract. Brian has worked across several sectors including offices, student accommodation, warehousing & logistics, healthcare, and commercial developments.
Brian's experience includes:
- Aviva Investors – Brian has overseen developments at numerous commercial, industrial and residential locations, acting as the primary construction contact for the client, liaising with contractors, the professional team, third party funders, and/or their legal advisors. Recent projects include (i) the construction of six industrial units, ranging in use class from EG3 to B8, with a combined size in excess of 83,000ft2 (ii) the delivery of seven commercial units across a 13-acre (iii) the development of a 382,000 ft2 industrial/logistics scheme unit and (iv) the development of Pegasus House and Nuffield House, a mixed-use heritage-led redevelopment due for completion in 2026, which included assistance with the initial commercial letting;
- Marks and Spencer – Brian works as a key contact for this client on construction matters, working with colleagues both in respect of commercial lettings to Marks and Spencer as tenant, and providing support in respect of their own construction projects (re-development/refurbishment works etc);
- Bruntwood – advising Bruntwood on the re-development of the Stamford Quarter, Altrincham, completed in 2025, which operates as a retail space, with a number of existing units re-developed and let to retail and restaurant focused tenants, together with provision of a workspace offering for commercial tenants;
- Allied London – Brian has worked across multiple phases of work at the London Road, Fire Station, Manchester site, and continues to do so as works have progressed into the next phase. The 140,000 sq ft property is being designed as a multi-use (workspace, retail & leisure and hotel) and Brian has been part of each of the previous phases 1 and 2, and continues to work with client on the final phase, intended to bring the location to commercial operation; and
- Henderson Park – Brian worked with the former JV partnership in respect of the site at Konect 62, Knottingley, for the development of Phase 1, a which consisted of three commercial units comprising of 161,000, 151,000 and 61,000 sq. ft, together with preparation of the “Big K” site, a 735,000 sq. ft unit for eventual full development as part of the wider Phase 2 project.
