Hugh Pearce

Partner

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Hugh is the senior partner in Stone King’s Real Estate team, having been a leader on its work for Charities, Faith Organsiations, Educational bodies and Social Enterprises since he joined the firm in 2000. As the team has grown, he has passed on leadership of property work for some of those sectors to others and - whilst he still has input into that other work - Hugh's primary role is now to lead a team focussed on Stone King’s extensive work for Faith-based organisations (where Stone King is recognised as a leading firm nationally). Hugh has previously worked in the City at Stephenson Harwood and then with Eversheds-Sutherland (then Eversheds) in addition to gaining in-house experience at British Gas Properties and the Somerfield Stores Group.

Hugh advises on a very broad range of property matters (and property types) - including development work involving construction and planning elements - but by his own admission, he has a special interest in the more complex or strategic project work for Charities (especially Faith-based organisations), involving mission development, or investment, or mixed motive social investment objectives. These include collaboration, promotion and other joint venture type agreements.

Hugh is a member of the Charity Law Association and a member of the Charity Property Association. He has been on the executive committee of the Conference of Solicitors for Catholic Charities and is a member of the Ecclesiastical Law Society and one of the lead contacts for the firm's long-established work for Catholic Charities.

Hugh was closely involved as a (cited) consultee of the Law Commission on the review and report on revisions to Charity Property Law and has since been part of the pre-consultation consultees on the Law Commission reviews of Business Tenancy law and Burials Law.

Davenant Foundation Grammar School; Durham University (Collingwood College); College of Law

Hugh enjoys rambling/trekking, choral singing, sketching, trail running, yoga and watching sports he now can only hanker after playing (especially cricket, rugby and hockey). He is also committed to green and ecological causes.