Alison Hardy

Alison Hardy is a solicitor and partner with City law firm Ashurst LLP where she leads the real estate dispute resolution practice. She is the HR partner for the dispute resolution practice at Ashurst, which involves overseeing the recruitment and retention of talent and the appraisal, review and remuneration systems for the department. She is a former Chair of the Property Litigation Association, having earlier chaired the association's website and marketing committee. She provides strategic risk management and dispute resolution advice in relation to complex, high value commercial real estate related issues and has a particular interest in property-related insolvency, telecoms and technology fields. She is experienced in all aspects of commercial real estate including landlord and tenant, development, investment, capital markets, strategic land assembly, infrastructure, rail, owner occupiers, retail, utilities, telecoms, data centres and logistics. She is a member of the RICS Dilapidations Forum and is chairing the UK RICS dilapidations conference in 2021. She speaks at conferences and is regularly quoted in both the Estates Gazette and Property Week, and has been quoted in other reputable publications such as The Times and The Financial Times. Alison is actively involved in diversity and inclusion, and is the partner sponsor of Ashurst's Social Mobility and Inclusion network, which is working to remove barriers to entry into and progression within the legal profession.