commercial property - expertise

Click onto the specialist areas below to find out more about our expertise:

We have particular technical expertise in:-

Business tenancies

  • Advising on heads of terms
  • Negotiating leases
  • Lease renewals
  • Rent reviews
  • Landlord and Tenant disputes

Portfolio management

  • Strategic advice on property portfolio management
  • Disposal of surplus estate
  • Variation of leases
  • Licences to alter
  • Refinancing

Acquisitions and disposals

  • The acquisition of freehold and leasehold land
  • Sale of land for development
  • Options and rights of pre-emption

Secured lending, property finance and tax

  • Acquisition finance
  • Project finance
  • Development finance
  • Syndicated facilities
  • Property tax – VAT and stamp duty land tax
  • Capital allowances
  • Recoveries

Construction, development and engineering

  • Development agreements
  • Building contracts
  • Amendments to standard forms of contract eg JCT, ICE, NEC 2 & 3, FIDIC, PPC 2000
  • Procurement including PFI LIFT, innovative collaborations, partnering schemes and supply change management
  • Warranties, bonds, guarantees
  • Facilities management contracts
  • Defects and associated issues
  • CDM expertise
  • Health and safety advice

Town and country planning and environmental law

  • Planning due diligence
  • Planning applications and appeals
  • Planning agreements
  • Compulsory purchase
  • Highways
  • Infrastructure agreements
  • Contaminated land
  • Water pollution
  • Environmental assessment
  • Nature conservation
  • Waste management
  • Occupational health and safety