Saleem Fazal

Saleem is the head of our UK Real Estate Disputes group. Clients have described him as commercial, knowledgeable and an essential part of their team's success. He's the head of our Liverpool office, and led its launch in 2018. Saleem works from both London and Liverpool.

Saleem advises developers, investment landlords and corporate occupiers on rights of light, rent reviews, vacant possession strategy, dilapidations, service charge disputes and real estate insolvency issues. He also works with high net worth individuals and trusts providing advice on investment assets and personal property portfolios.

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Career

Since 2005	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2004 - 2005	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
1994 - 2004	Trainee, Associate and Senior Associate, Eversheds

Education

1996	Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
1996	BA Law LLB, Northumbria University

Memberships & Associations

Property Litigation Association

Expertise

Services and Groups Real estate & construction Real estate disputes

Sectors Real estate

Experience

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Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2023	Saleem Fazal provides expertise to clients nationwide in real estate litigation. He advises on matters relating to development, leases and possessions, among other matters. "Saleem is an excellent strategic thinker." "Saleem generates client trust and confidence as his advice is always commercial and invariably on the money."
Legal 500 UK 2023	Property - Leading Individual: "Saleem Fazal has built a good team: the various personalities, with their different styles of people skills, complement each other well – yet, there is a common thread: they are all pleasant (and even fun, when appropriate) to deal with." "Saleem Fazal is commercially astute, and always looking for an angle to help the client. His efficiency means that he manages to split his time between Liverpool and London without compromising his case work." "Ably lead by Saleem Fazal, they are highly motivated and well informed.’’ "Saleem Fazal. Easy to deal with. Good relationships with client."
The Lawyer's Hot 100	Saleem has been recognised in The Lawyer's Hot 100 in 2022.
Legal 500 UK 2022	Property litigation (Leading individual): "Saleem Fazal is totally engaged, Saleem is a lovely person to deal with and a great leader of his team."
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Real Estate Litigation (Band 3): Interviewees characterise Saleem Fazal as "very good with people, including clients, counsel and experts," and note that he is "very good at bringing the team together." He frequently acts for developers, corporate occupiers and landlords on a range of disputes, particularly those arising from proposed developments, as well as advice surrounding leasing and forfeitures.
Legal 500 UK 2020	Leading individual: “Saleem Fazal – what can I say? Top of the tree in property litigation. [He] is an excellent technical lawyer with great people skills. What more could any client want?”
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Real Estate Litigation (Band 3): Saleem Fazal advises on all aspects of commercial real estate litigation, including development claims and landlord and tenant matters. Sources say: "He takes a sensible, objective view of cases and is very good at synthesising issues."
Legal 500 UK 2019	Leading individual - Real estate: Property litigation: Saleem Fazal ‘skillfully manages a team of property litigators’ at Taylor Wessing LLP. Fazal is ‘a thoroughly nice man’ who is ‘cool, calm and forever collected’.
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Real Estate - Litigation (Band 2): Saleem Fazal heads the firm's real estate disputes group and represents high net worth individuals, investment landlords and developers in a range of contentious property matters. Sources describe him as "a superb strategist," who is "extremely professional and very easy to work with."
Legal 500 UK 2017	Leading individual - Real Estate: Property Litigation: 'Taylor Wessing LLP’s team is a key name in this space thanks, in part, to the ‘excellent leadership’ of Saleem Fazal, who is ‘an able lawyer with exceptionally sound tactical judgement’ and is ‘always a delight to work with’.