Songul Matyar

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Senior Associate

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Expertise

Songul is an experienced commercial real estate lawyer, specialising in general commercial real estate work including acquisitions, disposals, landlord and tenant matters and real estate finance in a range of sectors including leisure and hospitality, serviced offices, retail and restaurants/ coffee shops. Songul has acted for a variety of clients including institutional investors and landlords, corporate occupiers to high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

Songul is a native Turkish speaker and has advised multiple Turkish family offices in acquisitions and general asset management of existing assets.

Songul advises on

A range of commercial real estate matters including:

  • Investment acquisitions
  • Sales/ disposals
  • Landlord and Tenant work
  • Real Estate Finance

Corporate Support

Experience Highlights

Investment Acquisitions:

  • A £35m apart-hotel in London by way of the grant of a new overriding 999-year leasehold interest out of a complex freehold title structure.
  • A £25m warehouse in London by way of the acquisition of a freehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • A £21m warehouse in Leeds by way of the acquisition of a 125-year leasehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • A £5m retail property in Bedford by way of the acquisition of a freehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • Acquisition of a multi-let building for £6.7m in Peterborough.
  • Acquisition of a £30m multi let office building in West London.

Sales/ disposals:

  • Varied experience in selling properties in a range of sectors at varied prices. This included the sale of a small office building in London and separately two large multi-let properties also in London as well as acting for a well known pension fund in the sale of a large office building.
  • Assisted in the sale of the business and property assets of a large US private equity fund, including five income producing regional office parks. Reported by way of a certificate of title for each property.
  • Assisted on the sale of a portfolio of over 30 children’s nurseries for a French institutional investor.

Landlord and Tenant work

  • Acted for a serviced office operator client that took leases of whole buildings in Soho and Charlotte Street at rents circa £850k per annum.
  • Acted for a leisure client that took a lease of an existing cinema and separately committed to a lease of cinema to be built by the local authority as part of a regeneration project.
  • Acted for a family trust that took multiple restaurant leases in the West End at rents of approximately £130k per annum.
  • Acted for a well-known coffee chain in taking numerous leases of units across the country.
  • Acted for numerous institutional landlords granting leases in shopping centres and retail parks.

Other

  • Songul has some development experience having assisted in acquisitions for developers, reporting by way of certificates of title.
  • Further, Songul has experience acting for lenders ranging from small to medium size lenders.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • 2021 – April 2024 Fladgate LLP – Associate
  • 2017 – 2021 CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP – Associate
  • 2015 – 2017 Pinsent Masons LLP – Trainee Solicitor
  • 2014 – 2015 Pinsent Masons LLP – Paralegal
  • 2011 – 2013 Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (now BCLP) – Paralegal

Education

  • Queen Mary, University of London (Law LLB) (2:1)
  • BPP Law School (LPC)

Expertise

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Songul is an experienced commercial real estate lawyer, specialising in general commercial real estate work including acquisitions, disposals, landlord and tenant matters and real estate finance in a range of sectors including leisure and hospitality, serviced offices, retail and restaurants/ coffee shops. Songul has acted for a variety of clients including institutional investors and landlords, corporate occupiers to high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

Songul is a native Turkish speaker and has advised multiple Turkish family offices in acquisitions and general asset management of existing assets.

Songul advises on

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A range of commercial real estate matters including:

  • Investment acquisitions
  • Sales/ disposals
  • Landlord and Tenant work
  • Real Estate Finance

Corporate Support

Experience Highlights

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Investment Acquisitions:

  • A £35m apart-hotel in London by way of the grant of a new overriding 999-year leasehold interest out of a complex freehold title structure.
  • A £25m warehouse in London by way of the acquisition of a freehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • A £21m warehouse in Leeds by way of the acquisition of a 125-year leasehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • A £5m retail property in Bedford by way of the acquisition of a freehold interest subject to a single occupational lease.
  • Acquisition of a multi-let building for £6.7m in Peterborough.
  • Acquisition of a £30m multi let office building in West London.

Sales/ disposals:

  • Varied experience in selling properties in a range of sectors at varied prices. This included the sale of a small office building in London and separately two large multi-let properties also in London as well as acting for a well known pension fund in the sale of a large office building.
  • Assisted in the sale of the business and property assets of a large US private equity fund, including five income producing regional office parks. Reported by way of a certificate of title for each property.
  • Assisted on the sale of a portfolio of over 30 children’s nurseries for a French institutional investor.

Landlord and Tenant work

  • Acted for a serviced office operator client that took leases of whole buildings in Soho and Charlotte Street at rents circa £850k per annum.
  • Acted for a leisure client that took a lease of an existing cinema and separately committed to a lease of cinema to be built by the local authority as part of a regeneration project.
  • Acted for a family trust that took multiple restaurant leases in the West End at rents of approximately £130k per annum.
  • Acted for a well-known coffee chain in taking numerous leases of units across the country.
  • Acted for numerous institutional landlords granting leases in shopping centres and retail parks.

Other

  • Songul has some development experience having assisted in acquisitions for developers, reporting by way of certificates of title.
  • Further, Songul has experience acting for lenders ranging from small to medium size lenders.

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • 2021 – April 2024 Fladgate LLP – Associate
  • 2017 – 2021 CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP – Associate
  • 2015 – 2017 Pinsent Masons LLP – Trainee Solicitor
  • 2014 – 2015 Pinsent Masons LLP – Paralegal
  • 2011 – 2013 Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (now BCLP) – Paralegal

Education

  • Queen Mary, University of London (Law LLB) (2:1)
  • BPP Law School (LPC)