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Commercial Real Estate

Expertise

Rich is an experienced commercial real estate lawyer with a strong focus on the provision of commercial and solution-driven advice.

Rich’s practice spans a wide range of industry sectors. He regularly advises on the financing, investment and divestment, development and management of commercial property and residential estates.

Rich Advises

  • Property Investment and Development Companies
  • Landlords and Tenants
  • Charities and NGO’s
  • Insolvency Practitioners
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
  • Business Owners and Managers
  • Private investors, family offices and HNWI’s
  • Hoteliers and restaurant owners/operators

Experience Highlights

  • Representing Diabetes UK on their London and regional office portfolio.
  • Acting for administrators and lenders on a wide variety of lettings and disposals of commercial and residential property developments, including a block of 18 residential apartments in Brentwood, and a former RAF base in East Anglia comprising approximately 200 residential units with the development potential for a further 91 new homes.
  • Advising the Electoral Reform Society on its property acquisition and development of new offices in Bermondsey.
  • Advising an established and leading flexible office provider on some of its key sites across London and dealing with managed office leases and facilities/services agreements.
  • Providing advice to AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK in connection with operational offices in England.
  • Acting for FM Conway, a leading infrastructure services company, in connection with the property aspects of corporate acquisitions, financing and property management.
  • Advising charities on the development and management of complex and high profiles sites.
  • Advising a leading shopping centre manager on all aspects of the acquisition, development and leasing of retail centres across England.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • Kingsley Napley
  • Bates Wells Braithwaite
  • Shepherd & Wedderburn
  • Nabarro

Businesses

  • Current Chairman of ULI UK NEXT, a non-profit organisation providing leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities

Education

  • Cardiff Centre for Professional Legal Studies
  • Cardiff University

Expertise

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Rich is an experienced commercial real estate lawyer with a strong focus on the provision of commercial and solution-driven advice.

Rich’s practice spans a wide range of industry sectors. He regularly advises on the financing, investment and divestment, development and management of commercial property and residential estates.

Rich Advises

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  • Property Investment and Development Companies
  • Landlords and Tenants
  • Charities and NGO’s
  • Insolvency Practitioners
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
  • Business Owners and Managers
  • Private investors, family offices and HNWI’s
  • Hoteliers and restaurant owners/operators

Experience Highlights

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  • Representing Diabetes UK on their London and regional office portfolio.
  • Acting for administrators and lenders on a wide variety of lettings and disposals of commercial and residential property developments, including a block of 18 residential apartments in Brentwood, and a former RAF base in East Anglia comprising approximately 200 residential units with the development potential for a further 91 new homes.
  • Advising the Electoral Reform Society on its property acquisition and development of new offices in Bermondsey.
  • Advising an established and leading flexible office provider on some of its key sites across London and dealing with managed office leases and facilities/services agreements.
  • Providing advice to AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK in connection with operational offices in England.
  • Acting for FM Conway, a leading infrastructure services company, in connection with the property aspects of corporate acquisitions, financing and property management.
  • Advising charities on the development and management of complex and high profiles sites.
  • Advising a leading shopping centre manager on all aspects of the acquisition, development and leasing of retail centres across England.

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • Kingsley Napley
  • Bates Wells Braithwaite
  • Shepherd & Wedderburn
  • Nabarro

Businesses

  • Current Chairman of ULI UK NEXT, a non-profit organisation providing leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities

Education

  • Cardiff Centre for Professional Legal Studies
  • Cardiff University