Solicitor – Admitted 2020
Overview
I am an Associate in Michelmores’ Transactional Real Estate team, based in the Bristol office. I advise a variety of public and private clients in a wide range of sectors, including energy, asset management and development. This work includes freehold and leasehold disposals/acquisitions, the granting and taking of commercial leases, commercial development, and secured lending.
I qualified as a Solicitor in a national law firm in 2020 and joined Michelmores in 2025. I really enjoy the firm’s collaborative, ambitious, and progressive culture.
I ran competitively in my 20s and was 12th amateur at the 2019 London Marathon (in a time of 2:23). Nowadays I run at a more leisurely pace.
I appear on the roll of solicitors as: Harrison David Allen, SRA Number: 652297.
Recent experience
Asset management work and negotiation of commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, including advising on a £500 million+ portfolio comprising assets in the West End of London and other flagship national buildings
Acting for energy companies in relation to the development of major infrastructure projects, including advising on offshore and onshore property arrangements for offshore windfarms and Carbon Capture and Storage pipelines. These often involve long cable or pipeline routes, requiring significant numbers of landowner agreements and complex due diligence
Advising developers of renewable energy projects (e.g. solar and battery storage) on the property elements of their developments
Advising on acquisitions and disposals of commercial property in a broad range of sectors, often involving a multi-disciplinary cross-practice approach with provision of advice on planning, commercial, construction and environmental issues
Advising on the property elements of M&A activities, including due diligence reporting and drafting of acquisition documents e.g. advising an international waste business on its UK expansion and acquisition of multiple waste and recycling businesses (which often involve complex title and environmental issues)
