Raymond Cooper, Property Lawyer

I am a senior property lawyer, formerly an equity partner and head of commercial property with a well-known central London legal practice. By agreement with my former partners, I resigned my partnership a few years in advance of the firm's normal retirement date in order to free up time to seek other opportunities. I have continued my association with the firm in the capacity of consultant, but on a flexible basis which enables me to take up other opportunities as they arise. After more than 40 years of handling a large and varied caseload, I want to focus on specific projects where my experience can help achieve visible results. I am flexible about what form these opportunities might take, but some possibilities might be:

• Managing the legal side of development projects;
• Involvement in non-development, but property related, projects;
• Consultancy, either directly to one or more specific clients or in conjunction with a legal practice;
• Non-executive directorships or advisory board memberships of property companies, corporate occupiers, or institutions;
• Membership of tribunals, or governmental or local authority or other non-corporate bodies;
• Research and publication;
• Acting as an expert witness or independent expert, arbitrator, or mediator in dispute resolution procedures.