Hugh Pearce

Partner

Commercial Property Team

Hugh joined the firm in 2000, having worked at Stephenson Harwood and Eversheds in addition to gaining in-house experience at British Gas Properties and the Somerfield Stores Group.

Hugh advises on a broad range of property matters including construction contracting and planning though, by his own admission, he has a special interest in the more complex development joint venture and project related work.

Hugh works most closely with Stone King’s charity and education clients and is a senior member of both the firm’s Charity & Social Enterprise Property and Education Property Teams. He also leads the firm’s Faith Organisations Team.

Hugh is a member of the Charity Law Association and a member of the Charity Property Association. He is on the executive committee of the Conference of Solicitors for Catholic Charities and a member of the Ecclesiastical Law Society.

Recent Publications

Working with Faith Organisations

Recent testimonials

"He's superb and really, genuinely capable - a thoroughly nice man who is heavily invested in the charity sector and knows how to couch his advice in the right terms."

Client Feedback in Chambers, 2021
Recent testimonials

"He is extremely knowledgeable on a broad range of property matters. He is very user-friendly, responsive and technically very strong."

Client feedback in Chambers - 2020
Recent testimonials

"he is client-focused and a clear communicator, and he has very strong expertise in property and charity law."

Client Feeback, Chambers - 2019
Recent testimonials

Hugh Pearce is "very proactive, and understands commercial property issues and the ethos of his clients very well, which is particularly important for this type of work." He leads the firm's charity and education sector work, and was involved in its recent instructions relating to new Academy Trusts.

Chambers - 2013
Recent testimonials

Hugh Pearce is "very efficient and prompt in responding to everything we've put before him"

Chambers - 2013
Recent testimonials

Hugh Pearce ‘draws upon deep subject matter expertise in the religious, heritage and charity sectors'

Legal 500 - 2014
Recent testimonials

Sources are impressed by senior partner Hugh Pearce's "knowledge and experience." His extensive knowledge of the charity and education sectors is attested to by one client's remark: "You always get the sense that no matter how complex it is, he has done something like this before."

Chambers - 2016
Recent testimonials

Hugh Pearce is ‘Pragmatic, erudite and responsive’

Legal 500 -2017