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Francesca Gallagher

Francesca Gallagher

Junior Associate

020 7405 4600

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Francesca is a Junior Associate in the Real Estate team at Sharpe Pritchard LLP and assists clients with complex regeneration schemes, acquisitions and disposals and performing title due diligence.

Francesca also plays a key role with supporting clients on the compulsory purchase process. She is dedicated to assisting clients in navigating the complexities of CPOs, offering tailored support and efficient solutions to achieve successful outcomes.

Francesca’s role:

Francescas covers a broad range of both contentious and transactional property law, assisting with complex lease and title reports as well as CPO inquiries and judicial reviews. She acts for a wide range of clients including both local authorities and central government bodies.

Skills and strengths:

Francesca takes a pragmatic approach when providing advice to clients whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail at all times.

She prides herself on providing advice in a succinct and clear manner and maintaining strong relationships with clients.

  • Central Government
  • Corporate Clients
  • Education Providers
  • Energy Sector
  • Health
  • Housing Sector
  • Leisure
  • Local Government
  • Transport Sector
  • Acquisitions and disposals
  • Compulsory Purchase
  • Highways
  • Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure Authorisation
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Public Law
  • Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration
  • Regeneration and development
  • Acted for the London Borough of Newham on the successful compulsory purchase of land for a large-scale redevelopment project.
  • Currently acting for Social Investment Business on complex title due diligence and providing wider advice on risk.
  • Currently advising Southend-on-Sea City Council on the property and land elements of a waste procurement.

Sharpe Pritchard LLP acted on behalf of East Sussex County Council in progressing a Compulsory Purchase Order (“CPO”), Side Roads Order and Bridge Scheme to enable the delivery of the Exceat Bridge Replacement Scheme, as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport on 7 October 2025. The confirmation of the CPO, together with the…

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The High Court has upheld the London Borough of Newham’s Compulsory Purchase Order (‘CPO’) of the final leasehold flat in James Riley Point, a 23-storey residential tower block earmarked for major regeneration. Mr Justice Mould dismissed a legal challenge brought by the leaseholder under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. Sharpe Pritchard…

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What is an EPC Rating? An Energy Performance Certificate (‘EPC’) is a document that records a property’s energy efficiency rating using an ‘A’ –‘G’ grading scale where ‘A’ is the most efficient and ‘G’ the least. An EPC provides a detailed picture of a property’s energy efficiency and, since 2012, has been a legal requirement…

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