The Team

OUR SERVICE:

Our comprehensive range of services cover all areas of legal expertise, developed and delivered with the benefit of an in-depth understanding of the sector. They include providing:

• ‘cradle to grave’ advice to developers from securing sources of funding, identifying suitable sites, acquisition and ultimately disposal and all other stages in the life of the project
• assistance to investors in identifying suitable development projects fund with the desired risk profile
• advice on compulsory purchase and planning issues, navigating through the legislation and liaising with the relevant public authorities to ensure the necessary permissions are applied for and obtained - to secure the optimum value from the site
• a comprehensive dispute resolution service on all contentious property matters, including litigation and negotiated settlement, such as arbitration and mediation
• advice on all contentious and non-contentious aspects of construction
• specialist taxation advice on all aspects of property taxation, including complex stamp duty and VAT issues
• advice on modification of covenant issues, release and discharge

• advice on high value residential conveyancing, leasehold transactions, mortgages and short term letting agreements

OUR RECENT EXPERIENCE:

• acquisition of an old convent for residential development site of an old convent for £9m
• a mixed use development worth £20m
• a 300 unit development worth £35m
• estate set up of a significant central London residential development with a developed value of over £100m and an exclusive development in Belgavia with a developed value of over £80m
• dealing with a large development at Canary Wharf of luxury penthouses
• advising S E Land and Estates Limited on various investments acquisitions and disposals including sites residential development
• advising Residential Land Limited on its investment purchase by way of long lease of mixed commercial and residential premises at 59/60 Grosvenor Street London W1 in the sum of £23.4m
• advising on enforced relocation and subsequent compensation claims following compulsory purchase orders due to the Olympic site development in East London
• Giving planning and environmental advice to Shaun Elliott on the acquisition of a £3.5 million site in Aylesford, Kent for mixed use with long term residence consent
• Concluding a number of S106 Agreements for major mixed used schemes in the Thames Gateway
• Acting for University of East London on various construction projects, including Student Residencies Buildings at Docklands and the Stratford campus School of Education
• Advising Residential Land Limited on its investment purchase by way of long lease of mixed commercial and residential premises at 59/60 Grosvenor Street London W1 in the sum of £23.4m
• Advising Walworth Road Limited on their acquisition of 237 Walworth Road and site assembly of adjacent properties for proposed mixed commercial and residential use scheme
• Advising S E Land and Estates Limited on various investments acquisitions and disposals including sites for mixed commercial and residential development
• Dealing with a multi million pound claim against a developer arising out of alleged defects to a number of blocks of flats

 See also our specific strategic land section