Logo: Finers Stephens Innocent

GO
 
You can change the default text sizeSmall text sizeNormal text sizeLarge text sizeOrder here

Given that more than 35% of the firm's turnover comes from the property department, it follows that the property sector generally is key to practice areas across the firm.  All of the departments in the firm work with individuals from within the property market and it is the sector that most strongly defines our practice.  Whatever your interest in property, if you want legal advice from lawyers that really understand your business, look no further.

 

OUR SERVICE:

Clients choose the firm because we:

  • have been key players in the property market over many decades
  • can provide full service support - finance, tax, planning and construction experts get your project off the ground and employment, property, corporate, private client and family specialists are there to provide all the other services you or your business may require
  • maximise partner experience to provide quick commercial advice to clients and fast turnaround times

RECENT EXPERIENCE ADVISING:

  • Tragus Holdings on the property aspects of the sale of Café Rouge, Bella Italia & Ortega chains to Blackstone Private Equity for £267 million
  • Over 100 businesses in the Olympic zone on their relocation following compulsory purchase orders (CPO) - the largest CPO in Europe to date
  • Tragus Holdings on the property aspects of the acquisition of the MA Potters restaurant chain for £14.15 million
  • the owners of the Daily Telegraph on the acquisition of Victoria Plaza
  • X-Leisure, the UK’s largest leisure fund, as they invest in new projects. The team have advised on the £11.1m disposal of Cineworld Multiscreen Cinema in Sixfields, Northampton, the £9.5m purchase of the UGC cinema in Brighton and the £85.5m sale of Star City in Birmingham to REIT Asset Management
  • Associated British Ports on the sale of regeneration site at Fleetwood Docks for a residential scheme and the sale of site and grant of pipeline easement for a major gas storage infrastructure project
  • Dolphin Square Trust on the sale of interests in Dolphin Square to Westbrook partners for a figure approaching £200 million

OUR CLIENTS SAY...

quotation This was an important transaction for us and we were delighted with the proactive service and quick response times we received from FSI
Michael Testler, Chairman of Royletest Limited, commenting on negotiation of 20 year Marks & Spencer lease.

OUR CLIENTS SAY...

quotation The FSI property team were instrumental in dealing with the key property elements of the Blackstone deal. Over the last four years the service from Julian and the team has been first rate in all aspects.
Phil Derbyshire of Tragus Holdings, who has worked with FSI for four and a half years

THE DIRECTORIES SAY...

quotation Clients of this firm appreciate how it ...“vigorously promotes its clients’ best interests .” ...[recent workload] is headlined by its representation of over 100 businesses and landowners... affected by London’s Olympic bid and regeneration plans, this firm is no one-trick pony. Further instructions include advising Dolphin Square Trust on the sale of interests in Dolphin Square... for a figure approaching £200 million, and the strengthening of client relationships in the retail, leisure and educational property sectors.
Chambers 2006, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession

THE DIRECTORIES SAY...

quotation Melvyn Orton's team is frequently involved in investment, particularly for Littlewoods
Legal 500 2006

WHO TO CALL?

Check out the sector team list on the left hand navigation bar or contact head of property, Martin Smith, with any queries.

Martin Smith