Liz Banks
Partner | Leeds
“Liz provides a professional and efficient service at all times. She is pragmatic in her approach which makes things simpler for me as the client to understand complex matters. I enjoy working with Freeths and I hope the good partnership continues."
Harmail Bains, Head of Estates, Travelodge
Call: 0345 030 5744 Mobile: 0792 160 3236
About Liz
Liz is a real estate partner based in our Leeds office. Her extensive expertise spans a variety of areas from commercial development, fund management and investment, landlord and tenant work and acquisitions and disposals.
Liz is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 (2022 edition), and is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners (2025 edition).
Contact Liz
Call: 0345 030 5744
Mobile: 0792 160 3236
Notable work & expertise
Recent Work
- Supervising the team in relation to several renewal leases, a new lease and subsequent underleases to GPs for NHS Property Services Ltd
- Negotiating and advising a developer client in connection with the sale and lease back of part of a hospital site with the NHS
- Various high value acquisitions and disposals of industrial estates and units, shopping centres and manufacturing plants for both major institutional investors and smaller funds
- Acquisition of numerous development sites for developer clients
- Various high value acquisitions and disposals and the estate management of industrial estates for a leading national builders merchant
- Acting for a major international supermarket brand with their national portfolio
- Leads the Travelodge Hotels Account and is responsible for managing it and supervising the team undertaking that work
- Advising a local authority in connection with the disposal of various brownfield sites across a city by way of a phased multi site development agreement including the sale (subject to planning) of 6.5 acres of land. Liz is also advising the same council on the property aspects of various development and asset management projects.
Testimonials
HB
“Liz provides a professional and efficient service at all times. She is pragmatic in her approach which makes things simpler for me as the client t...
Harmail Bains
Head of Estates, Travelodge
"The team, headed by Liz Banks, are incredibly agile, commercial and full understand the requirements we have set of them as a client."
The Legal 500, 2025
"Liz has really good client skills and she is very personable."
Chambers & Partners, 2025
"Liz is clear and precise together with being friendly and factual."
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Liz Banks is excellent, with great commercial acumen and consistent delivery of her commitments.”
The Legal 500
2023
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