Commercial property: Hampshire

Luc is a partner in the commercial property team. He provides businesses and private individuals with commercial property advice. His clients typically include lenders, high street and specialist/mezzanine, landowners, local and national house builders and investors. He also acts for well-known businesses in the transport, logistics and marine sectors. In addition, Luc advises clients on property issues arising out of formal insolvencies and business turnarounds. As well as working with insolvency practitioners, his experience within the insolvency sector allows him to offer other clients sound commercial advice if they are acquiring property from liquidators, administrators, or trustees in bankruptcy. Luc provides clients with outstanding technical knowledge combined with a pragmatic approach, ensuring that all his clients receive an unparalleled and bespoke service that exceeds their expectations.

LLP Partner

Mehar Patel is a Partner in Shoosmiths’ Real Estate team, specialising in property finance, development, landlord and tenant work, and portfolio management. He has a wide experience of dealing with large-scale property financing across multiple property portfolios acting for banks, non-bank lenders, mezzanine lenders, funds, and borrowers. Mehar also has a range of experience across a broad spectrum of property types, acting for developers, local authorities, landlords and tenants, and investment acquisitions and disposals of real estate assets for funds. In addition, he is well versed in providing corporate support in company and business acquisitions, equity injections/withdrawals and sales.

Hollie is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team within the Built Environment division based Hollie deals with all aspects of commercial property work with a particular focus on portfolio management for both landlords and corporate occupiers in the retail and leisure sectors as well as industrial, marine and office occupier clients.   She also has extensive experience in dealing with acquisitions and disposals of commercial freehold and leasehold properties and general property management issues.

Jess acts for developers, institutional landlords, corporate investors and occupiers on disposals, acquisitions and lettings, as well as providing property assistance in corporate transactions. Jess’s recent experience includes advising: • an air navigation service provider in relation to its day to day occupational requirements including acquisitions and leases of radar and navigation sites and disposals of non-operational sites, with specialist input in relation to its requirements as a Code Operator; • the UK’s leading rolling stock financier and asset management company on its acquisition of the freehold interest in the largest specialist rolling stock storage site in the country; • on the acquisition of warehouse/logistics premises for a multinational electronics client with a deal value of £23m; • on the asset management of a London based investor with a large national property portfolio as well as its acquisition and disposal programmes; • a property investment company on the £220m property refinance, redevelopment and letting of restaurants and retail units at a landmark asset in Central London; and • landowner and developer clients on the grant of wayleave agreements relating to back haul provision as well as rooftop and greenfield sites.