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About

I specialise in real estate investment and complex development work. My expertise spans property finance, asset management and landlord and tenant.

I act for a wide range of clients. These include private equity real estate funds, institutional investors, property companies, banks, family offices, operational businesses and entrepreneurs. Many of the clients for whom I act are based overseas. Clients tend to regard me as a trusted advisor and often turn to me for advice which is more commercial in nature and outside my stated specialist area. This is a true compliment and is something that I really enjoy as it enables me not just to avoid thinking as a lawyer but also to be part of the client’s key commercial decision making process.

The investment and development asset classes I deal with range from offices and business parks to hotels and leisure taking in specialist ones such as urban markets and cultural as well as heritage landmarks. In recent years, I have also been involved with what in the US is referred to as “multi-family” and in the UK is termed the PRS and BTR sectors.

Whilst much of what I do involves acting for investors or landlords, this is not my sole focus and I also act for business occupiers, advising them on their space requirements and expansion programmes. These include headquarters’ relocations, acting for the providers of shared office space and advising high-end retail occupiers.

Whilst I am above all a doting dad and husband, I am also a massive fan of Liverpool FC (but cannot be described as “long-suffering” any longer) and am a keen follower of NBA basketball (especially my beloved 76ers). I love history and am somewhat addicted to cycling.

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Experience

  • Acting for a Pan-European private equity fund in assembling a large UK office portfolio, asset managing, refinancing and then breaking and exiting the portfolio in stages.
  • Acting for a consortium of investors in connection with the acquisition and refinance of Camden’s Stables Market, the site assembly and development of the mixed-use Camden Lock Village and the subsequent acquisition of further complimentary assets such as Camden Lock Market and Buck Street Market.
  • Advising an international shared office spaces provider on its entry into the London market, creating template operational documentation for dealing with many of their stakeholders across Europe and assisting in the evolution of their business model from asset owning to purely operational.
  • Acting for a private equity fund in the asset management, breakup and exit from its UK portfolio of regional hotels.
  • Advising a South American investment consortium on its entry into the UK market and acquisition of regional offices.

Expertise

Real Estate Investment

Real Estate Development

Real Estate Occupiers

Real Estate Law

Hotels

Real Estate

Financial Services

Financial Services

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