The Bulletin April 2017 v

Movers & Shakers 13
Chalcrafts move to Shakespeare Martineau is “Big Coup”
Prominent regeneration and projects
lawyer Stephen Chalcraft has joined
leading UK law firm Shakespeare
Martineau as a partner, bolstering the
firm’s expanding real estate and projects
team across the Midlands and the North
West.
Chalcraft will work closely with the firm’s
real estate, energy, infrastructure and
planning lawyers, delivering end-to-end
major projects across higher education,
public and private sectors. He has nearly
two decades’ experience working with
major law firms in the City of London and
the North West.
Adrian Bland, head of the firm’s commercial
real estate team, said: “Stephen is very well
known in the North West and nationally
and he has a great deal of specialist
regeneration and projects’ expertise,
particularly in the public sector. His
appointment at Shakespeare Martineau is a
seen as a real coup for the firm.”
Andy Raynor, the firm’s chief executive,
said: “We have big ambitions nationally and
Stephen’s strength and experience in
structuring and delivering major projects
will be a huge asset.”
Chalcraft said: “Shakespeare Martineau is
an innovative and dynamic law firm and is
committed to expanding in the North West
and the Midlands with a focus on
regeneration and complex projects’ work.
With the Northern Powerhouse and the
Midlands Engine gaining significant
momentum, it’s a great opportunity.”
Chalcraft has extensive experience in
project managing large and complex
public/private projects, and has worked on
city centre regeneration schemes,
transport and energy infrastructure
projects, enterprise zones, and University
campus development schemes both in the
UK and abroad.
Described by Legal 500 as "intellectual and
entrepreneurial,” Chalcraft is an honorary
member of the Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors. He is vice
president of the North & Western
Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and
chairs both the Chamber’s regeneration
and property policy group and its energy
group. He is also chair of the regeneration
and property policy group for
Pro.Manchester.
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