Graham is a partner in the Real Estate Development team. Graham regularly acts for residential property developers dealing with site acquisitions and disposals, and his hands on approach has resulted in him effectively becoming an in-house legal advisor to clients he has represented for over 25 years.

On the commercial property side he acts for property investors, as well as numerous owner-occupied businesses in connection with their property requirements. Graham has also built up strong links with many residential estate agents and is regularly instructed on high value residential sales and purchases.

Graham acts for a range of clients including private property companies, property funds, offshore private trusts, retailers and residential developers. 

Recent work

• Acing for a developer on an acquisition of substantial size in E1 and dealing with significant Right to Light issues.
• Acting for an investor on its acquisition of a portfolio of 28 properties where exchange and completion was required within 5 days.
• Advising on the acquisition of a major development site in Southall which included provisions for the local authority to enter into an agreement with the London Mayor’s office, for provision of funding by the London Enterprise Panel to enable new road alignment works to be carried out.
• Regularly acting for developers in London and Home Counties on site acquisitions, site assembly, options and Joint Ventures

Random fact

My secretary came to work for me as a temp for one week – that was 23 years ago! As I can now type pretty fast with two fingers, her days must be numbered (joke Steph).