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Stephen Lewis

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With a client base including Monsoon Accessorize, Pizza Hut, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, Brooks Brothers, Cartier, Conran Restaurants (now D&D London), X-Leisure, Ultimate Leisure and Top Ten Holdings it’s easy to see why FSI has built a significant reputation in the retail and leisure sector.

 

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FSI have just advised X-Leisure, the fastest growing premier leisure brand, on the re-financing of Riverside Entertainment Centre in Norwich with HSBC

Our service:

Clients choose FSI's retail and leisure team because of our:

  • significant track record in the retail and leisure sector
  • our ability to support on all their legal needs - from property acquisitions to employment disputes to copyright infringements
  • interest in the sector and willingness to address ‘industry issues’ - a leisure focused no smoking event and our survey of fashion houses are testament to this
  • ability to provide support across the UK and internationally through our membership of Meritas 

Recent experience advising:

  • Aspinalls on significant planning matters in relation to work on their flagship Mayfair casino
  • Monkey Bizness on three new children's play centres in Hull, Sheffield and Stevenage
  • X-Leisure, the UK’s largest leisure fund, on the re-financing of Riverside Entertainment Centre in Norwich with HSBC
  • Academy Music Group on their ongoing acquisition programme including sites in Sheffield and Leeds
  • Tragus on the acquisition of nine restaurants across four Center Parcs
  • X-Leisure on several significant lettings including a double unit to Tesco at their Cambridge Leisure Park, a bowling centre, a letting at Bently Bridge to Subway and lettings in Norwich to Chiquita and Bella Italia
  • Souk Bar & Restaurants on the real estate aspects of their bar concept Ju Ju
  • Pizza Hut UK Ltd on the re-franchising of a number of restaurants in the South East
  • Victorinox on the acquisition of their first unit in the UK
  • Desigual on the acquisition of their second store in the UK, located in London's Westfield shopping centre
  • Monsoon on the expansion of their retail operations and acquisitions of prime retail units across the UK. Monsoon are also a key client for FSI in relation to their IP issues
  • the high end furniture retailer, Roche Bobois, on new units in Wandsworth and Walton on Thames, and the acquisition of a new distribution facility
  • Quiksilver on the acquisition of the units in Grand Arcade Shopping Centre in Cambridge
  • Beaverbrooks on the opening of their new stores in High Cross, Leicester and Westfield, London
  • David Clulow on their ongoing management work. We also provide ongoing employment advice for the brand
  • Penguin Clothing on the acquisition of their flagship store in Covent Garden
  • Anne Fontaine in relation to their employment issues

the directories say...

quotation Julian Hindmarsh has a good name in leisure, advising on the property aspects of the sale of three restaurant chains from Tragus Holdings to Blackstone
Legal 500 2007

THE DIRECTORIES SAY...

quotation Finers Stephens Innocent LLP's Martin Smith's team has a good presence in the retail and leisure mid-markets, advising both lenders and borrowers
Legal 500 2006

WHO TO CALL?

Check out the sector team list on the left hand navigation bar or contact either Julian Hindmarsh or Stephen Lewis with any queries

Julian Hindmarsh

Julian Hindmarsh