Gateley Legal has expanded its specialist residential development team in Birmingham with the lateral hire of partner, Simon Robinson.

Robinson joins Gateley Legal with approaching 20 years of experience advising housebuilders, land promoters and developers on housebuilding and urban residential development matters. He also specialises in strategic land, regeneration and complex joint venture schemes.

He has spent his entire legal career working in Birmingham and previously spent seven years as a partner at Trowers & Hamlins, as well as holding prior roles with firms including Gowling WLG and Eversheds Sutherland.

Robinson maintained his Band 3 Real Estate ranking in the Chambers and Partners 2025 legal guide for the fifth consecutive year.

On his appointment, Robinson said:

“Helping clients to build the new homes that our communities desperately need is the main motivation for my work. So, I have long admired Gateley Legal’s market-leading residential development team and I am delighted to have the opportunity to join them in Birmingham. Now that I am here, I’ve been even more impressed by the size, scope and ambition of the team and it’s great to be able to contribute to their success.”

Callum Nuttall, partner and national head of the residential development team at Gateley Legal, said:

“Simon’s appointment brings our Birmingham-based team to an impressive total of seven partners in the Midlands alone, cementing our position as the largest specialist residential development team in the country. His strong pedigree will play a key role in bolstering our offering for clients to service valued long-term relationships and panel appointments for the top UK housebuilders.”

Gateley Legal acts for 18 of the top 20 housebuilders in the UK, on either a regional or national scale, and handles approximately 15,000 plot sales per year. It is one of the few legal businesses in the country with a separate housebuilder team specialising in services for residential developers.

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