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Vanessa Laundon advises property investors, retail and leisure operators, and high-net-worth individuals on commercial property transactions including acquisitions, disposals, refinances and all aspects of portfolio management.

Vanessa is a solicitor advising private investment funds on the acquisition, disposal and management of commercial property interests including offices, retail and mixed-use residential/commercial properties.

She has extensive sector experience within retail and leisure, advising a wide range of domestic and international retail and leisure clients on the full life cycle of their occupation, including site acquisition, disposals and general portfolio management.

Vanessa also advises new entrants to the UK retail market, with experience ranging from national portfolio acquisitions and roll out programmes to high-value single-store acquisitions in London’s West End.

Recent work
  • Acted for a Dutch fund on the acquisition and refinance of two office sites and a leisure scheme worth over £30m.
  • Acted for EEH Ventures on the acquisition of a portfolio of mixed-use residential/commercial properties worth over £50m.
  • Acted for EEH Ventures on the real estate aspects of a corporate acquisition of a residential development site worth £20m.
  • Acted for Arlo Properties on the acquisition and refinance of an office development worth £3.8m
  • Acted for Elie Saab on the acquisition of its flagship store in Mayfair.
  • Advising Pure Gym on the acquisition of various sites as part of its nationwide expansion.
  • Advising Eco-World Ballymore on a portfolio of commercial pre-lets at the Embassy Garden and London City Island developments.
Did you know

Vanessa loves to travel and is lucky enough to have completed two round the world trips. The list of places she still wants to visit never seems to get shorter though!

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