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Stephen Lewis

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 acquisition of Cardigan Fields, the leisure complex in Leeds from British Land.  
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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:

  • X Leisure on the acquisition of Cardigan Fields, the leisure complex in Leeds from British Land
  • shareholders of Blues Clothing on the management buy-out of the company
  • a major leisure operator with regard to contractual whitsleblowing and an age discrimination claim by the gaming industry
  • Minoan Group Plc, the leisure resort development company, on their transfer from the PLUS Market to AIM
  • Tragus Holdings on the property aspects of the £267 million sale of the Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Ortega restaurants to Blackstone Private Equity. The sale encompassed the entire portfolio consisting of some 180+ properties
  • Royletest Limited on the surrender of the lease of the Waitrose supermarket in Bournemouth and the grant of a new 20 year lease to Marks and Spencer Plc
  • 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
  • Cartier on the acquisition of premises at the prestigious Royal Exchange, located in the heart of the City
  • Brooks Brothers on the acquisition of a prime retail site for their flagship store on Regent Street
  • a leisure park operator in a claim for vicarious liability for the alleged acts of an employee towards contractor staff. Case dismissed at trial
  • Ultimate Leisure, owner of more than 30 drinking venues, each individually styled, on the acquisition of 1 - 3 Bishopsgate, London
  • L K Bennett on the expansion of their retail operation including three acquisitions in one month in Croydon Centrale, Pavillions Birmingham and Met Quarter Liverpool
  • Beaverbrooks on the acquisition of six units in Warrington, Leicester, Derby, Doncaster, Cardiff and Cribbs Causeway, Bristol
  • Monsoon on the expansion of their retail operations and acquisition of prime retail units in Manchester - the Arndale Centre, Fosse Park, Doncaster - Frenchgate, Monks Cross, Hay’s Galleria, Walton-on-Thames and Middlesbrough
  • Pizza Hut, on the roll out programme for their new units
  • Simon Carter Accessories Limited on licensing agreements and trade mark matters for internationally renowned designer of menswear and accessories
  • Monsoon on all aspects of main celebrity photo-shoots and media buying arrangements
  • Magnus and Warren Footwear Limited in a successful defence of trade mark/passing off claim by Dolcis
  • Lloyd Shoe Company in relation to threatened design right claims by Lacoste and others





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


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