Business lease renewals and terminations

Advising an Investor: on a c.£7m term loan facility to a borrower group secured with bills of sale granted over an extensive fine art collection.

Advising a Bank: Advised on the £16m financing to a propco/opco borrower structure who own and operate a prominent spa hotel in Buckinghamshire.

Advising SigmaRoc plc: on the debt funding as part of its €1bn reverse takeover of CRH plc's European limestone quarry businesses in Europe, a complex multijurisdictional transaction which involved negotiating facilities of €825m with Santander and BNP Paribas.

Advising a Bank: advised on a c.£45 million structured loan facility to refinance a portfolio of student and residential properties following a corporate restructure of the borrower.

Advising a Bank: on the refinancing of a portfolio of six purpose-built care homes across England and Scotland with an aggregate market value of approx. £112m. A total of circa 400 operational care beds will be provided.

Goodwin Properties: advised on the £159 Million to refinance of five exceptional purpose-built student accommodation assets strategically located in key regional cities across the United Kingdom.

Advising a Bank: on £8.9m funding for the redevelopment of industrial and logistics premises in Milton Keynes and Maidstone and general capex purposes and the implementation of full hedging to mitigate the risk of interest costs.

Acted for a HNW client in their purchase of a portfolio of properties in Mayfair, split over 11 dwellings, for a combined price of £52.5m.

We act for multiple clients on residential purchases from £1m to £5m in London and the Home Counties.

Acted for a HNW family in the sale of their property, which had been in their ownership for nearly 50 years. The team completed the exchange within five days, for £16m.

We acted for EEH Ventures, on a joint venture with Reditum, in connection with the loan facility made available to it to finance the Sky Subsidiary Buildings.

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A dispute between buyer and seller/main contractor of residential leasehold property in the value of £6.5m relating to outstanding works, defects, breaches of planning and breaches of contract.

Successfully advised client on terminating purchase agreement for 7 flats worth £85m in Bryanston development in Marble Arch.

Advised freeholder on development of airspace above residential flats near Lords Cricket Ground.

Acting for an Asian government in SIAC arbitrations on airport and water supply projects.

Acting for a contractor in ICC arbitration relating to a defective sewer network.

Advising on two transport mega-projects in Europe and Asia.

Acting for a government employer in a series of dispute board referrals relating to port works.

Acting for a contractor on a hotel refurbishment dispute in southern Europe.

Acting for a large restaurant group in connection with a landlord’s opposition to its application for a new tenancy of its flagship restaurant on the grounds of redevelopment.

Acting for developer office block acquisition in West London subject to multiple business tenancies. Working with client’s surveyors to implement a strategy to obtain vacant possession .

Acting for a large retailer on the renewal of its flagship store and contesting the validity and viability of the landlord's alleged proposals to develop

Joint venture with Kings Crescent Homes. Acted for equity fund who were providing guarantees and security to Homes England as part of the transaction, and entering into shareholders arrangements with borrower.

Successfully advised client on terminating purchase agreement for 7 flats worth �85m in Bryanston development in Marble Arch.

Advised freeholder on development of airspace above residential flats near Lords Cricket Ground.

Advising Middle Eastern Bank on the assignment and transfer of a US$1.5bn commodity murabaha facility.

Advising a property investor on a commodity murabaha facility made available to it by Gatehouse Bank to acquire commercial property.

Advising on a mezzanine facility provided by Middle Eastern financier and a financial institution syndicate, to finance £400m Park Crescent West.

Advising a Middle Eastern Bank on US$200m commodity murabaha facility made available to provide working capital to Kuwaiti trading company.

Advising a UK Bank on a commodity murabaha facility made available by it to a hotel developer.

Acting as lawyer and sponsor to Octopus Titan VCT's record 2018 VCT fund raise of £200m becoming the first VCT to have £1bn AUM.

Acting as lawyer and sponsor to the ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth VCT 2018/19 £80m fund raise.

Acting as lawyer and sponsor to the Hargreave HaleAIM VCT 2018/19 £30m fund raise.

Acting as sponsor to the 6 Albion Capital managed VCTs 2018/19 £48m fund raise.

Acting as sponsor to the 3 NVM managed VCTs 2018/19 share offer.

Acting as lawyer and sponsor to the £55m merger of Maven Income and Growth VCT 2 and Maven Income and Growth VCT 4.

Advising Edition Capital on the establishment of its EIS Qualifying evergreen discretionary portfolio management service.

Advising Impresario Festivals, an EIS company, on its initial and subsequent fundraisings, and its exit following the EIS qualifying period.

Advising a large privately-owned construction and development company on the negotiation and finalisation of the building contract for The Stage, Shoreditch, including placement of key sub-contracts.

Advising several banking institutions on the construction aspects of the numerous development projects they are financing.

Advising a major residential developer on negotiation of a construction contract at Phase II of its Fulham Wharf 260 unit development.

Advising a hotel company on resolving critical delay issues with the extension and refurbishment of a country hotel.

Resolving for commercial developers, ultimately by adjudication, disputes on scopes of work, payment, and ultimately termination of the building contract.

Advising a specialist developer, funding partner & advisor on the redevelopment of the former Elizabeth Shaw chocolate factory, Bristol into a mixed-use residential and commercial scheme.

Acting for clients ranging from contractors, sub-contractors and owners of historic buildings in disputes concerning their construction projects.

Acting for a major UK developer on construction matters for a variety of its multi-million pound mixed-use schemes across London.

Advising Galliard Homes on construction of 900 unit mixed-use Harbour Central and on the 300 unit forward sale to a US fund.

Acting for an energy, water and environment contractor on claims for compensation events under an NEC framework agreement on work in SW London.

Advising an ultra-high-net-worth individual on claims for defective works and professional negligence on a home refurbished for smart building and sustainability.

Advising a contractor of their entitlements to further money following a request for sectional completion of a central London hotel.

Advising the UK's largest marina on breakwater contracts to replace sea defences.

Advising one of the largest bitcoin mining companies on the recovery of misplaced assets.

Advising on the corporate sale of Mitre Yard a BTR development in North Kensington, London.

Advising on the corporate acquisition of a landmark site in Queensway, London.

Advising on the acquisition of an Office block in Manchester.

Advising on the corporate sale of a major English service station.

Advising the exiting investment consortium on the sale of The Westminster London Hotel.

Advising on the acquisition of a portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation assets.

Advising a Singaporean investor on all of its UK joint ventures.

Advising a leading life science developer and asset manager on its joint venture and development management arrangements for significant projects in Camden and Whitechapel.

Advising on various hotel management, student operator and asset management agreements.

Advising the exiting investment consortium on the sale of The Westminster London Hotel.

Acting on a dispute between neighbours on boundary issues, excessive use of rights of way in connection with the transportation of polo ponies and obstruction/rerouting of rights of way.

Acting on various copyright and libel disputes.

Regular attendance at joint settlement meetings in substantial personal injury claims where the majority of claims were successfully settled.

Acting on a dispute between landlord and tenant on service charge arrears and landlord’s alleged breaches of repairing covenants.

Settling a claim by mediation for our hotel clients with a value of around £300m.

Mediation for investors defending a restitutionary claim brought by an investment bank for repayment of monies allegedly paid to them by mistake.

Acting on a dispute between landlord and tenants regarding water ingress into the basement car park.

Mediation for investors suing a Swiss bank for mis-selling complex financial products.

Repatriation of Tasmanian aboriginal remains.

Settling a multi-jurisdictional trusts dispute worth $75m.

Acting for the claimant whose banking services were suspended following alleged money laundering and/or fraudulent activity by the claimant's customers.

Acting for the defendant in an alleged boiler room fraud in a claim for knowing receipt.

Acting for the claimant regarding the validity of Ethiopian court hearings and judgments following a serious allegation of fraud.

Acting for an ex-director accused of serious fraud, professional misconduct, and tortious conspiracy in relation to his directorship of an AIM listed company.

Acting for the claimant against a high street retail bank for failing to take steps to prevent a phishing fraud.

Acting for defendants in a claim for an injunction and damages following an allegation of a fraudulent conspiracy.

Acting for multiple defendants in a multi-billion pound complex fraud claim involving the reclaim of withholding tax on shares.

Acting for a US liquidator, recovering billions of dollars from one of the world's largest frauds.

Acting for an African State in an ICC arbitration claim for US$300m brought by an oil and gas exploration and production company.

Acting for AMNSME, a joint venture between global giant ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, Japan's largest steel company, in a $50m claim against Liberty IQS Pte (LIQS).

Acting for a high-profile footballer - ex-England international and manager - concerning a contractual dispute with a UK football club.

Successfully defending the former financial controller of one of the UK's fastest growing construction and infrastructure services groups in a claim for breach of directors' duties.

Advising a German industrial group and their UK subsidiary in a £200m claim against their former directors concerning three significant, loss-making UK waste to energy projects.

Defending a Lebanese bank in a claim brought by a customer in the High Court in London for payment of approximately £7m held on deposit.

Defending a multi-national financial services group, headquartered in India, in a £45m fraud claim related to the Wirecard alleged fraud.

Acting for four of six brothers from a HNW family against two other brothers and some of the next generation, in an ownership dispute concerning £110m in assets.

Acting for a specialist financial services provider in one of 2019's major banking trials, as featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of that year.

Successfully acting for professional tennis player Alexander (Sascha) Zverev in a £20m dispute with his agent/manager.

Successfully defending the former Director of Treasury and Deputy Finance Minister of Mozambique against allegations of bribery and corruption in the high-profile "Tunabond" litigation, as featured in The Lawyer's Top 20 Cases 2023.

Advising a leading professional tennis player in a dispute with his agent/manager.

Advising an actor about the deletion of stolen intimate images from search engine results and underlying websites.

Advising the British Humanist Association and Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network on a £500m claim brought by a Nigerian evangelical preacher.

Liaising with Independent Press Standards Organisation to obtain a correction for a corporate client regarding a false headline.

Representing the editor of a Mauritian newspaper, in a successful appeal against a conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court of Mauritius.

Advising in connection with the News International mobile telephone voicemail hacking litigation.

Advising on matters involving the posting of sensitive photographs, videos, and comments on social media and other websites and related reputational issues.

Securing a compensation award of $43m on behalf of our client (an Antiguan Hotelier) following the compulsory acquisition of its property.

Acting for an asset manager defending a case in the commercial court on entitlement over performance fees and fee exemption benefits.

Advising a Nigerian oil and gas consortium against a Chinese state financial organisation in a claim for over $50m in Commercial Court.

Advising an iconic fashion brand on a private prosecution against a counterfeiting ring.

Acting for the claimant against a high-street retail bank for failing to take steps to prevent a phishing fraud.

Advising one of the largest online adult entertainment companies on a query raised by Ofcom regarding the company's eligibility to hold a broadcasting licence.

Advising in ICC, LCIA and Singapore International Arbitration Centre Arbitrations concerning energy contracts involving a state-owned entity in the Asian sub-continent.

Acting for multiple defendants in a multi-billion pound complex fraud claim involving the reclaim of withholding tax on shares.

Acting in the recovery of c.US$150m from Abraaj Holdings, which collapsed following the misappropriation of over approximately US$230m.

Representing the former CFO of a multinational engineering company in an SFO investigation regarding global allegations of bribery and corruption.

Representing a government in enforcing judgments of US$120m+ across the U.S., the Caribbean and Asia.

Acting for a defendant facing a US$1bn worldwide freezing order, based on an alleged fraud in the Indian diamond industry.

Acting for a major retailer in an investigation concerning allegations of fraud, false accounting, money laundering and fraudulent trading.

Acting for the MLRO of an African bank in an FCA criminal investigation into money laundering offences and regulatory breaches.

Advising the former CEO of a well-known UK cafe chain regarding an SFO investigation into the company, which uncovered a multi-million-pound fraud.

Acting for three entities within a high-profile multi-national financial services group in a c.£45m fraud claim related to the Wirecard alleged fraud.

Advising the British Humanist Association and Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network on a £500m claim brought by an evangelical preacher from Nigeria.

Acting for media clients in cases challenging reporting restrictions to ensure that the rights to privacy and freedom of expression are appropriately balanced.

Representing the editor of a Mauritian newspaper, in a successful appeal against a conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court of Mauritius.

Advising a global LGBT charity on establishing a legal challenge to anti-homosexual laws across the world.

Advising several clients on matters involving the posting of sensitive photographs, videos, and comments on social media and other websites.

Advising Zelda Perkins, former personal assistant to Harvey Weinstein, who broke her non-disclosure agreement to speak out against her former employer as the victim of years of sexual harassment.

Acting for the British Gymnastics Association in its litigation with Zurich Insurance, Brit Syndicates Limited, and Perkins Slade Limited.

A successful settlement for a main contractor whose claims for damage to its civil engineering works were initially rejected by Construction All Risk Insurers.

Advising insurance brokers on the interpretation of a binding authority agreement with underwriters of a bespoke scheme, and liabilities in the event of a breach.

Acting for a piling subcontractor against its insurers following a design failure of works to a basement property in Central London.

Acting for Prater Limited in its claims against its designers of a window system at Olympia, London.

Acting for an automatic door company which supplied as part of a railway project in France on the successful reinstatement of coverage following an initial avoidance.

Representing a Chilean mining company in a dispute with a Swiss based company in LCIA Arbitration and governing law was the law of Chile.

Resisting enforcement in the Commercial Court in London of an LCIA Award made against an Indian company.

Representing investors in a Dubai arbitration against Indian investors, arising from a joint venture to develop and operate hotels in Africa.

Representing a state in an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes arbitration over rights in natural resources.

Appearing in an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration for a government-owned entity in Pakistan in a power generation dispute.

Acting in an ICC arbitration for a Kuwaiti company in a dispute with a US entity relating to a claim for damages in respect of a hospital project.

Defending an LCIA Arbitration regarding disputed amounts of US$135m claimed by multiple independent power producers from a state owned entity in Asia.

Defending a USD 190m LCIA arbitration claim brought by a South African smelter and refiner, on behalf of A US metals producer.

Acting for a Nigerian oil consortium in a dispute with a Chinese state-owned financial institution in the Commercial Court, with a claim for over US$50m.

Representing a Polish company in an LMAA Arbitration concerning a dispute with a state owned Chinese company regarding the sale and dispatch of maize.

Resisting enforcement in the London Commercial Court of an award against a South American state for over US$700m.

Acting for a blogger in defending a claim relating to online posts containing comments about a third party.

Advising a client in relation to defamatory content and reputational risk ahead of the broadcast of a high profile and headline-making documentary.

Advising in connection with many high profile and headline-hitting defamation matters, including several with multi-jurisdictional elements.

Providing pre-publication advice to several media clients, NGOs and individuals in relation to written content and advising on any potentially defamatory material.

Acting for a brain-damaged child suing a leading hospital for damages of £10 million plus.

Representing a dancer who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon having danced on a inappropriate floor.

Acting for a 93-year-old who suffered paralysing injury to her good shoulder, and settling damages for £30,000.

Advising a nurse working at a mental hospital who suffered severe and lasting injury following an assault by a patient and obtaining damages of £350,000.

Advising a paediatrician seeking damages for sever mental injury following bullying and harassment at work.

Representing a radiographer who's injury prevented her from claiming pension and benefits in the USA and obtaining an award of £200,000.

Acted for a ultrasonographer who suffered work related injury to the right shoulder and obtaining damages of £180,000.

Acted for a specialist veterinary surgeon who suffered stress injury at work.

Acted for a nurse slipping on a wet floor and obtaining £350,000 damages.

Advising on a claim brought by the victim of a serious personal injury against her legal advisors for misunderstanding air travel law.

Advising on a claim brought by shareholders against solicitors that mishandled the sale of a business and related property work.

Advising directors of a manufacturing business against insurers and agents for issuing a defective policy intended to protect against failure of a tax scheme.

Advising on a claim brought by a foreign investment bank against solicitors who failed to secure loans against a large hotel in Northern Ireland.

Advising on a claim brought by trustees against fraudulent ex-financial advisers.

Advising on a claim brought by a high-net-worth investor against financial advisers for exceeding their authority.

Advising a joint venture partner on a claim against his architect for failing to secure planning consent for a substantial property development.

Advising on a claim brought by the liquidator of a finance company against auditors for failing to identify fraudulent activity of ex-directors.

Advising on a claim brought by shareholders against solicitors that mishandled the sale of a business and related property work.

Acting as sole legal advisers for a Charity on all aspects of their c. £224m property portfolio predominantly in London, including all investment and asset management work, enfranchisement matters and property litigation.

Advising a leading private property investment company on the management of its extensive portfolio of Prime Central London commercial, residential, and mixed-use assets, including multi-let office buildings in Mayfair.

Acting for a family office with a large mixed asset portfolio of properties across the UK. The team has acted for the client for in excess of 25 years building a strong relationship and advising on a full range of asset management services including acquisitions, sales, lettings, refinances and all aspects of real estate dispute resolution matters

Acting for a private family office for over 30 years including on the purchase, asset management subsequent sale of a commercial asset for £150m. London Buildings: The company has a large commercial portfolio, with some mixed use buildings.

Acting for a number of national developers on a range of asset management transactions including first lettings of units in ongoing and recently completed developments with a number of lettings conditional on a completion of the relevant unit and/or planning permission for the proposed use

Acting for third generation family company in respect of their predominantly industrial portfolio in South West England. Advice includes advising on land acquisitions and disposals, strategic advice on the potential large-scale re-development of sites, leasing both new leases and renewals, forfeiture, surrenders and all other aspects of landlord and tenant.

Acting in respect of purchase, development, management and sale of a multi tenanted service station in South-West England. Advising on all asset management matters including new leases (solar farm leases, electrical vehicle power leases, petrol station lease, drive thru leases) as well as lease renewals for retail units.

Advising the UK's largest housebuilder on contractual and statutory dispute avoidance and advisory services arising from a review of all developments they have completed in the last 30 years. We continue to provide strategic advice on litigation risk across a portfolio of over 200 developments. This includes bringing and defending claims for historic building safety defects with claims in excess of £400m.

Advising a client in relation to FRAEW and challenging fire engineers’ conclusions to limit the scope of remedial works.

Advising a freeholder client to navigate remediation of a higher-risk building in Prime Central London. The matter involves multiple parties, including a long leaseholder with duties imposed under the BSA 2022, and the original developer, who is mandated to remedy any fire safety life critical risks under its developer remediation contract.

Acting for the developer in the first of the major class actions to go before the TCC in the wake of the Grenfell disaster. The case was successfully settled with no order as to costs.

Advising a group of leaseholders in an Upper Tribunal Appeal where the extent of the leaseholder protections under the Act are in dispute.

Successfully acting for groups of leaseholders to pursue a landlord to recover costs recharged to them to remedy historic defects, which are now protected by the BSA 2022. This included strategic advice on leaseholder protections introduced by the Act, along with pursuing claims for remediation orders and remediation contribution orders.

We work with housebuilders and asset managers to ensure compliance with the in-occupation obligations imposed on higher-risk buildings under the duty-holder regime introduced by the BSA 2022. We assist clients in meeting the ever changing and evolving requirements of occupied buildings at each stage of occupation.

Acting for an RTM Company and advising them in their application for a remediation contribution order against the freeholder.

Acting for Eco-World - Ballymore Properties JV on its mixed-use development at Leamouth South, London City Island.

Acting for a new 300,000ft² mixed-use project development in Brighton at the former Amex HQ.

Advising Galliard Homes on JV arrangements and ultimate disposal of Millharbour, a residential development with planning for 1,500 new homes.

Advising Gladstone Court Developments on building contract, subsale, development obligations and pre-emption rights for hotel redevelopment of Great Scotland Yard.

Advising a property developer and investor on the purchase, for residential development, of St James House, in the 02 Centre, Birmingham.

Advising Merton Catalyst on the development agreement, 106 obligations, affordable housing and construction of former Wimbledon football stadium Plough Lane.

Advising a property developer on the forward funding, and development of a 38-acre residential and commercial development near Thames Barrier.

Advising tenants on a claim to extend a lease with 12 years left to run with landlord's seeking a £6.8m premium.

Advising the freeholder of a large mixed-use scheme opposing a claim by the leaseholders to buy the freehold, preventing ongoing development of £100m+.

Advising leaseholders acquiring the freehold of high value homes on London landed estates.

Advising a leaseholder extending the lease of their flat where the landlord is missing.

Acting for leaseholders of multiple mansion block apartments seeking to extend their leases ahead of a potential sale.

We gave strategic planning legal advice to a prominent boxing gym brand to protect against planning enforcement action.

We advised an investor on a multi-million pound acquisition of a 41-storey residential development in the Elephant and Castle regeneration area.

We advised a global Middle Eastern multidisciplinary consulting business on the redevelopment of their UK headquarters.

Advising a developer on planning matters for its mixed-use development with three residential towers, podium-level gardens and a cruise terminal.

Providing strategic planning legal advice on a planning application for redevelopment of a waste site skirting the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Acting for Eco-World - Ballymore Properties on London City Island their mixed use development at Leamouth South.

Acting for the developer of the Battersea Power Station in relation to their residential plot sales.

Acting for Galliard Homes in respect of the purchase, development and plot sales of the four residential blocks at County Hall.

Advising national developer on the residential and commercial plot sales at luxury central London landmark site.

Acting for Rocket Properties on Atlas Building landmark Old Street luxury mixed-use 38 floor development.

Advising development group on the development and plot sales of its 38-acre residential and commercial scheme near the Thames Barrier.

Advising an ex professional footballer and his wife in a complex property dispute.

Advising tenants on a claim to extend a lease with 12 years left to run with landlord's seeking a £6.8m premium.

Advising a restaurant group on its application for new tenancy for its flagship site the landlord’s opposition.

Acting for the developers on fire strategy and compliance following the Grenfell tower fire.

Acting for a tenant on its former Holborn HQ in defending a claim for damages for dilapidation of over £1m.

Acting for employers under JCT contracts on professional negligence claims for defective design and construction of bespoke high end properties.

Advising tenants of a mixed-use estate on a major service charge dispute seeking a determination on general management cost liabilities for residential.

Defending an appeal to the Privy Council on compensation our Antigua hotel client was entitled to, secured compensation award of US$43m.

Advising the prospective tenant of a 65,700 sqft SE London unit where the landlord refused consent to assign the lease.

Advising developers on their West London office block acquisition with multiple tenancies and with client's surveyor obtaining vacant possession.

Acting for Pandora Jewellery on the real estate aspects of the buy-back of its UK franchised business and its continued acquisition programme.

Advising an international engineering enterprise on the establishment of their energy business and connections to a number of mixed use development schemes.

Advised the project sponsor, for a large multi-utility scheme involving the building of all utility infrastructure for a new town.

Acting for Pan Macmillan publishers on the move of 230 staff to a new 36,500 sqft headquarters at The Smithson building in EC1.

Advised the master developer on the district heating and ESCO agreements to serve a large redevelopment project.

Advised an investor and developer on the development agreement and energy arrangements for the regeneration of land near Wembley Stadium.

Advised a multi-utility energy business, on its industrial CHP and district heating scheme to serve the large Slough Trading Estate.

Advising on the heating and cooling scheme for a new urban landscape, The International Quarter, Stratford.

Advising on the district heating scheme for residential and commercial customers on a large regeneration scheme in Blackwall, East London.

Advising an ex-pat businessman on the purchase of a high-end London property, adding to his significant property portfolio.

Advising a journalist and TV presenter on the sale of a high value property in London and the purchase of another London property.

Guiding the directors of a national chain of pubs and nightclubs in regards to their duties and responsibilities whilst undergoing a programme of business transformation.

Providing strategic advice to an overseas client involving the solvent winding up of the UK company and transfer of UK business to another European country.

Acting for one of the UK's leading pattern designers in rescuing her business and brand.

Acting on the rescue of the HMV chain, seeing the continuation of over 100 stores and saving 1,500 jobs.

Acting for the joint liquidators of a group of solar panel companies in investigating antecedent transactions.

Acting for a creditor in a multifaceted action against his former business partner, including personal and corporate proceedings.

Acting for Ritchie Blackmore (guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow) on claims relating to accountancy fraud of management company.

Advised the Securities Investment Protection Act Trustee of Bernard L. Madoff, supporting his international recoveries initiative.

Acting for a director of a well know high street chain which collapsed following the discovery of a substantial fraud.

Acting on the restructuring and rescue of designer brand-led businesses, including Orla Kiely, Charlotte Olympia and jewellers Dower & Hall.

Major retail and hospitality restructuring, including advising the administrators of HMV and stakeholders representation in the insolvencies of House of Fraser, Debenhams and Travelodge.

Restaurant work has included representation for Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, Big Groupe/Big Fernand, Park Chinois, Modern Pantry and Hummingbird Bakery.

Acting for the joint liquidators of a group of solar panel companies in investigating antecedent transactions.

Acting for a liquidator in obtaining sizeable recoveries from a former director, who had transferred personal and company assets.

Acting for retail clients in devising schemes to restructure their property portfolios, including informal negotiation and the use of formal process, such as CVAs.

Representation of the administrators of Ripley's Believe it or Not on a leasehold dispute in connection with the former Trocadero site.

The tactical use of court receivership in the UK's longest running divorce and child maintenance case.

Advising the directors of high profile national restaurant chain undergoing a programme of change, involving both equity and debt reconstruction.

Strategically advising joint venture partners in connection with the share sale of their PBSA portfolio via a competitive bid process. Work included collating, setting up, and managing a sale data room; preparing CLLS Certificates of Title; and drafting and negotiating a sell-side suite of sale documents and ancillary matters.

Advised a Singaporean property investment fund on the acquisition and development of multiple PBSA assets as part of a wider £1bn portfolio disposal. This included the share purchase of four operational sites and a development site with planning for a 167-bed scheme. The transaction involved a complex structure, including a sub-sale, novation of option agreements, and negotiation of a development management agreement. We also advised on the share purchase agreement, funding, and post-acquisition development financing, and continue to support the client with ongoing asset management.

Acting for a lender on a PBSA development financing with a mixture of studio and cluster apartments providing 556 en-suite bedrooms and a retail unit.

We acted in the securing of a loan to enable our client to facilitate the development and completion of a scheme in Birmingham.

Strategically advising an investor client on all of its PBSA developments including advising and negotiating the joint venture documentation, real estate due diligence in respect of the sites, acquisition and disposal advice (both share acquisitions and disposals and straight asset acquisitions and disposals), development and asset management agreements and funding arrangements.

Advising a client on a Section 106 agreement for the demolition of existing structures and the construction of a PBSA scheme comprising over 414 units, light industrial floorspace, access works, associated landscaping, cycle parking, public realm improvements, refuse and recycling stores, and other associated works.

Strategically advising a client on Building Safety matters across their student accommodation portfolio.