Jonathan is a partner specialising in non-contentious construction.
He leads the firm's real estate growth sector and has vast experience in development and investment work across all sectors of the UK real estate market including offices, industrial, leisure and hospitality, retail and all aspects of the living sector such as PBSA, BTR, housebuilding and care.
Jonathan acts for a wide variety of clients across the construction and real estate sectors, particularly developers, occupiers, investors and funders.
Jonathan has significant experience in unravelling and resolving contract structures following contractor and/or developer insolvency so that projects can be taken to successful completion. Recent experience has included a new build laboratory where the contractor successfully traded in administration to PC, and a hotel forward funding project where both the developer and contractor suffered insolvency.
He is an expert on all recognised industry forms of construction and engineering contracts.
Jonathan is a member of MFMac's Energy and Renewables Group and key clients in the sector include the Energy Agency. Jonathan has been involved in solar, hydro, waste to energy and wind projects as well as dealing with contracts for electric vehicle charging and district heat networks.
The McConnell Group is a leading UK contractor known for its commitment to high-quality construction and innovative solutions. Following the Grenfell disaster and subsequent inquiry the safety of high rise, residential buildings has become of paramount importance and the McConnell Group has been undertaking some significant cladding remediation projects with both public sector and private sector property owners.