Rob Bailey
Senior Associate
About
Rob is a senior associate in the firm’s Real Estate Dispute Resolution team. He primarily focuses on landlord and tenant property disputes including lease renewals, forfeiture, rent recovery, breaches of lease and dilapidations in the commercial sector. He acts for clients across all sectors on contentious and risk management issues relating to their real estate portfolios.
He has particular experience on property matters with a telecoms, development or insolvency angle. Rob is an expert on the 2017 Electronic Communications Code, acting for land owners in the Tribunal and County Court on Code proceedings, as well as providing strategic advice to landowners and operators on the impact of the Code. Rob also specialises in contentious insolvency matters, particularly those with a real estate focus. He regularly advises landowners and developers on development matters, including high profile development agreement disputes and post-completion matters.
Rob works with his colleagues to achieve a commercial solution to their problem – be that through the Courts, Arbitration or Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is supported by our extensive dispute resolution practice with a proven track record in the highest-profile cases and cross-border, multi-sector expertise.
He is a member of the Property Litigation Association, and was the recipient of the Association’s 2022 Alan Langleben Memorial Prize.
Experience
- Multiple water companies: Advising on their portfolio of third-party telecoms masts sites within their regulated property portfolio – this includes on a number of Tribunal proceedings.
- The Crown Estate: Advising on contentious issues linked to the asset management of its Rural, Traditional, Windsor and strategic portfolios.
- FRP Advisory: Acted for FRP Advisory, the administrators of Wasps RFC, in relation to court proceedings linked to the administration of various group companies.
- The Church Commissioners for England: Assisted on the successful settlement of a rent review of one of its flagship central London premises.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England and Wales (2018)