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Russell Coddington

Russell Coddington

Partner

Cheltenham

Bio

Russell is a Mines & Minerals Partner.

Russell advises large international businesses, national and regional operators, public bodies, families, and individual landowners on complex mining and quarrying developments.

His expertise spans mineral ownership matters, mineral exceptions and working rights, and dealing with the impact of severed mineral interests and their potential impact on surface land developments.

Alongside advising on commercial development transactions, Russell also advises UK-based investment funds on the acquisition and disposal of both commercial and rural land, joint ventures, the development of new sites, site feasibility for alternative use following restoration, acquisitions and disposals of investment property, multi-party option and promotion agreements, and disputes concerning extraction and ownership.

Examples of Russell’s work include:

  • Advising on the corporate share acquisition of a large regional quarrying and waste management business with annual revenues of more than £220 million.
  • Acting on the disposal of one of the UK’s largest sand and gravel quarries with an annual production capacity in excess of 1 million tonnes.
  • Acting for a mineral operator in a multi-party development involving prior mineral extraction, restoration, and a subsequent proposed residential development.
  • Advising a local authority on the disposal of a dormant mudstone and ironstone quarry and landfill site in Northern England.
  • Acting for a UK-based investment fund on the sale of a 2,300-acre rural estate in northern England a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for in excess of £30 million.
  • Acting for a regional quarry operator in the acquisition of a 178-hectare site in Gloucestershire, which is expected to produce 6.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel over a lifecycle of 25 years and include the creation of new habitats as part of an extensive restoration project.
  • Advising an individual landowner on arrangements to facilitate the creation of a new sand and gravel quarry across two adjacent sites in Southern England.