Admitted – September 2013
Have worked with Matt over the last 12-18 months on a complex property deal in the Midlands which involved a number of title, tenant and funding issues. Matt dealt with all aspects of the deal in a confident, competent and professional manner to provide us with an excellent result.
Overview
I’m a Managing Associate in the Real Estate team based in Bristol. I joined Michelmores from a national firm having trained and practised at US City firm Reed Smith LLP.
I have over a decade of experience acting for institutional investment funds, private family funds and corporate, retail and leisure occupiers with a particular focus on the industrial/logistics and hotel sectors.
I regularly advise clients on all aspects of commercial real estate including acquisitions, disposals, asset management (landlord and tenant), development and funding.
I have a keen interest in renewable energy installations, sustainability and green issues affecting funds, owners and occupiers.
Recent experience
Office/Industrial:
Acting for a logistics occupier on their 20,000 sq. ft prime headquarters and warehouse lease with annual rent of £230k per annum.
Sale of a multimillion-pound central Bristol long leasehold logistics site. The transaction required us to overcome various title and planning issues to enable an effective sale of the property for the client.
Acting for major logistics operator on its £340m portfolio. Transactions include freehold site acquisitions (£9.2m acquisition condition on practical completion of major seller works), financing (bank certification of 15 complex multi-let sites for a £55m revolving credit facility) and all manner of property management work (conditional AfLs, leases and licences).
Acting for German institutional fund on their £250m office business park acquisition, refinancing, all forms of asset management and eventual portfolio sale for £375m.
Acting for UK institutional property fund on its acquisitions (£20m acquisition and certification of central Bristol multi-let office and £10m acquisition and leaseback of central London site with complex patchwork flying freehold and long leasehold titles).
Developing precedent solar rooftop leases and PPAs to enable the renewable arm of a logistics company to install solar pv on mixed ownership buildings.
Retail/Leisure:
Acting for a high-end national retail chain on their occupational leasing in major UK shopping centres (heavily conditional AfLs, leases with complex turnover provisions and all manner of property management).
Acting for an international clothing retailer and multi-national gym chain on their pre-let agreements and conditional AfLs/leases.
Drafting and negotiating numerous asset purchase agreements for the disposal of various multi-million-pound hotel and pub businesses (£6m guide price Dumbleton Hall Hotel to US buyer, disposal of Cotswold pub to Daylesford and disposal of various guest houses).
