Elliot Lewis

My work involves assisting clients in efficiently and effectively setting up the documentation needed to progress and deliver projects to protect their interests be it in their capacity as a developer, borrower, lender, purchaser or tenant.

• Redevelopment of a central London hotel into an aparthotel involving drafting and settling all the construction documentation and getting this approved by the new tenant and funder and dealing with drafting and negotiation of the development aspects of the Agreement for Lease.
• Acting for a lender financing two student accommodation developments and assisting the borrower in amending its package of construction documentation (Building Contract, Appointments, Warranties, Reliance Letters) to get them into an institutionally acceptable form.
• Advising an international contractor engaged on a rail extension project in West Africa on the drafting and settling memorandum of understanding documentation with its Scandinavian and European sub-contractors.
• Redevelopment of a former listed town hall into a mixed-use hotel and leisure facility, drafting and settling all the construction documentation involving assisting the client in terminating and replacing key consultants prior to commencement of the project on site.
• Assisting a developer on a range of residential developments procured by way of construction management, resolving procurement changes due to termination of key trade contractors, assisting on construction aspects of a disposal by way of share sale, working with the client management team to satisfy funding CPs for drawdowns.