Commercial property: Birmingham
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Hall of fameGateley Legal
Callum is a leader in the fields of residential development, urban regeneration and urban extensions. He is also a Director of Gateley Plc and a member of the Gateley Group Strategic Board. Callum has specialised in acting for housebuilders, land promoters and landowners on large scale residential developments, regeneration schemes, urban extensions and residential-led mixed use schemes nationwide for over 25 years.
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Shoosmiths LLP
With a focus on commercial real estate development and funding, Jason has a strong track record advising on UK regeneration projects, mixed use office and commercial development, logistics and warehousing.
He advises clients on site acquisitions, pre-lets and forward funding arrangements with pension funds and investors, together with joint venture arrangements between developers and property-led corporate transactions.
Recent projects where Jason has advised include:
advising one of the developer parties involved in the first-phase preparations for a 175 acre regeneration project for a logistics park in the West Midlands
advising on the acquisition pre-let and forward funding of the largest (2020) automated parcel delivery in Europe based in the North of England
Advising on acquisition development sale on the a 2.2m Amazon facility in the UK
Advising on the site assembly and development of a 2m square foot logistics park in the UK
the £98 million investment sale of 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, following a back-to-frame £32 million re-development completed just eight months earlier.
Jason leads the Midlands region with teams in Birmingham and Nottingham
Gateley Legal
Richard is an expert in real estate development, funding and investment, having acted for a variety of institutional and private clients on mixed use, logistics, retail & leisure, and office schemes. Having recently worked in the commercial development sector, Richard is able to combine this direct experience with a wealth of knowledge from many years as a commercial real estate lawyer acting upon complicated and significant transactions.
Next Generation Partners
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Gateley Legal
Chris predominantly acts for Midlands-based commercial property developers in respect of the acquisition, funding, development and disposal of land. He also advises on general real estate management issues. His experience ranges from initial site diligence, drafting and negotiation of acquisition documents for investment acquisitions and bespoke acquisition documents for land assembly for development schemes including commercial/ mixed use residential schemes, retail parks and industrial/ distribution hubs, site disposals, drafting and negotiating lease documentation (mainly acting for landlords).
Shoosmiths LLP
Tim is a real estate lawyer advising on all aspects of commercial real estate for investors, commercial developers, funders and end users. In addition, Tim works closely with the corporate, insolvency and restructuring teams at Shoosmiths providing real estate expertise.
His recent experience includes:
Disposal of multi-let office and retail development for £95m.
Acquisition of a multi-let office block in Birmingham city centre.
Acquisition funding for 30 petrol stations for circa £100m.
Advising a funder on the financing of a £35m business park acquisition.
Acting for a national plc on the acquisition of a portfolio of properties.
Site acquisition, negotiation of pre-let agreements and disposal of a 21 unit mixed use retail and leisure development.
Pinsent Masons LLP
Carl Scott is a Legal Director who advises clients on a broad range of commercial property work including property investment, portfolio management, secured lending, insolvency and landlord and tenant matters. Carl has extensive experience of advising Banks and Insolvency Practitioners in the restructuring area. Carl also works closely with a number of private sector clients on investment and development transactions in the Healthcare, Manufacturing and Food Retail sectors.
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