Andrew Wood

What can I do for you

Andrew specialises in real estate projects, with a particular emphasis on development, financing and collaboration. He helps public and private sector clients to negotiate and implement joint ventures.

Andrew's clients include pension funds, corporate charities, government departments, NDPBs, local authorities, developers, housebuilders and landed estates. His projects include new settlements, student accommodation, SUEs, regeneration, science parks, shopping centres and airports.

What do others say

In the 2018 edition of Legal 500, Andrew was noted for his "tenacious and strategic" expertise in student accommodation projects.

Supporting your ambitions

One of Andrew's recent highlights was supporting the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, which manages the estate and infrastructure of the MoD, procure development managers for three sites: RAF Wyton, DE&S Ashchurch and Prince Philip Barracks, Bordon.

These projects are expected to deliver more than 9,000 badly needed homes and thousands of jobs in the new communities they create. The first homes at Bordon, Dukes Quarter, have been delivered and occupied.

The procurements used competitive dialogue with 3-4 short-listed bidders for each site. We hosted the dialogue meetings in our London office and handled the contract negotiations with the bidders.

What else should you know?

Andrew flies vintage aircraft. He learned to fly with Cambridge Flying Group, which has been training pilots at Cambridge Airport since the 1950s, and is now its Company Secretary. The Group operates two immaculate de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes and trains new pilots as well as offering conversion to qualified pilots.

What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Insights from Andrew

25 Apr 2018

Existing clients

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