Senior Principal
Property

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• Buying and selling commercial and residential properties ranging from mixed-use developments to investment properties, on behalf of developers, investors and private individuals.
• Urban regeneration.
• Compulsory purchase orders.
• Financing commercial and mixed-use properties.
• Management and regeneration for landlords with portfolios of retail units and shopping centers.
• Landlord and tenant issues, including negotiating commercial leases, lease renewals and dilapidation claims.

Recent interesting deals:

• £40 million purchase and refinancing of a commercial property investment in a Hampshire town centre. This high profile, £80 million mixed development, involved continuing site assembly and pre-letting of retail, leisure and residential units.
• Defending a substantial east London printing company against Olympics' zone compulsory purchase order proceedings. Agreeing a relocation arrangement with the London Development Agency and new landlords, for a total value of around £7 million.

What our clients say:
"A satisfying pleasure dealing with a Principal - with aeons of experience and a never failing on-the-button speed of response. Maintains momentum of the process (often sand-bagged in the larger multi-layered firms) and pushes the other side hard for real commercial advantage. One of the best." Ken Kerman, Chairman, Park Communications Limited

"A commercially aware lawyer with an assured and proactive approach; a problem solver who helps drive a project through." Peter Ascroft, Managing Director, Median Developments Limited

Education: London School of Economics - University of London.

Qualified: as a Solicitor in 1979.

Background and legal experience: Leading City law firms.