Caroline Hanratty

Partner

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What can I do for you

Caroline is a partner in the real estate team in Manchester. She specialises in development work (including options, conditional contracts, promotion agreements and joint ventures), with a particular expertise in hotels and residential development.  

Caroline sees her role as part of the project team as well as the lawyer and gets great satisfaction from completing a complex project.

What do others say

"Caroline Hanratty is appreciated by clients for her 'detailed approach,' 'sharp advice' and 'timely delivery'." Chambers UK 

"Caroline Hanratty has ‘excellent knowledge, and is pragmatic and commercial’." Legal 500

Supporting your ambitions

One of Caroline's most challenging projects to date was a £32 million hotel development project in London's Royal Docks. She led the Mills and Reeve team that dealt with setting up the joint venture, site acquisition involving a conditional agreement for lease, funding documents, complex procurement arrangements for the construction of the common parts and forward sale.  Due a number of complications, the deal ended up involving more than 20 firms of lawyers which took a lot of project management.

What else should you know?

Caroline loves to cook for friends, run and go to the gym but is never happier than when she's sitting outside her tent with a glass of red wine.

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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.”