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Glovers Solicitors LLP
Second Floor
16 Garrick Street
LONDON
WC2E 9BA
England

Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers Tier 3

Lauded for having an ‘impressively unique practice’, Glovers Solicitors LLP has ample experience in advising restaurant operators, cinemas, and retail luxury brands. The group is well-versed in property acquisitions and disposals, real estate portfolio management, and lease renewals. The experienced Philip Shotter heads the team and concentrates on occupier work in the hospitality and leisure industry. Shotter is ably supported by Paul Jagger, who assists asset managers on licenses and lease interpretation matters.

Practice head(s):

Philip Shotter

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘Incredibly approachable and available at all times.’

‘Great team – very efficient & through in dealing with our acquisition.’

‘Paul Jagger was absolutely exceptional from start to finish! Always available at hand to give expert advise. Never too late for a chat.’

‘No other team has the same level of expertise and client base in the hospitality sector. The team have an impressively unique expertise in understanding the relevance and complexities of advising hospitality operators. Their commercial knowledge is unparalleled.’

‘Paul Jagger and Philip Shotter are legends in the sector. They must have handled more hospitality sector leases than any other firm.’

‘The Glovers team are experts in their field, their knowledge and expertise are superb.’

Key clients

Agnes B UK Limited

ASK Italian Restaurants Limited

Aqua Restaurant Group

Bayley & Sage Limited

BDL Restaurants Limited (Bocca di Lupo, Plaquemine Lock)

Carroll and Rogers Limited

Club Mexicana Limited

Deep Blue Restaurants Limited

Dishoom Limited

Doma Hospitality Group

Everyman Media Limited

Flat Iron Steak Limited

Nuoc Cham Limited (Hop Vietnamese)

Hybrid Fitness Franchise Limited

Jack Wolfskin Ltd

Lane7 Ltd

McMullen and Sons Limited

Nando’s Chickenland Limited

Nightcap Plc

Noble Rot Limited

Oaxaca Restaurants Limited

Perilla Dining Limited

Pizza Express Restaurants Limited

Prezzo Trading Limited

State of Play Hospitality Group

Townhouse Group Limited

Wagamama Limited

ZLC London Limited (The Palomar and The Barbary)

Zizzi Restaurants Limited

Work highlights

  • Continuing to act for Everyman Media Limited on its acquisition of four cinemas, which involved lettings of sites in Lichfield and Windsor.
  • Acting for Townhouse Group Limited on the roll-out of its luxury nail salon brand, ‘Townhouse’, which entailed acting for the company on fourteen acquisitions during the year.
  • Acting for Carroll and Rogers Limited on the acquisition of The Devonshire at Piccadilly Lights, Soho.

Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure Tier 4

Praised by clients for its ‘impressively unique expertise’, Glovers Solicitors LLP‘s boutique property law works with a host of restaurants, pubs, and cinemas, gyms and leisure retailers, with a varied workload covering acquisitions and disposals, lease agreements, real estate, and property litigation. The team is headed up by the ‘outstanding‘ commercial property expert Philip Shotter. Paul Jagger is also a key name in the commercial property department, acting for both tenant and landlords.

Practice head(s):

Philip Shotter

Other key lawyers:

Andrew Nicklinson; John Barber; Paul Dench; Paul Jagger; Naana Binfoh; Jordan Cooper

Testimonials

‘What I really like about Glovers is that we can treat them as in house Lawyers. It’s a very personal service and as we have been working with them for years we have a very good understanding.’

‘We mainly work with Philip Shotter, Paul Jagger and Paul Dench all of which I consider to be very knowledgeable.’

‘A small boutique firm that is a one stop shop for people seeking licences. They deal with the conveyance; all necessary planning permissions; and the licence application. They act for a number of chains including ASK. They are readily available and call back immediately if messages are left.’

‘Paul Jagger and Philip Shotter are both outstanding. They have a really thorough knowledge of all things licensing They are very good at liaising with the police and environmental health departments ensuring early engagement with the local authority and smoothing the path for the licence application.’

‘No other team has the same level of expertise and client base in the hospitality sector. The team have an impressively unique expertise in understanding the relevance and complexities of advising hospitality operators. Their commercial knowledge is unparalleled.’

‘Paul Jagger, Philip Shotter and John Barber are legends in the sector. They must have handled more hospitality sector leases than any other firm.’

‘Naana Binfoh and Jordan Cooper are definitely associates to watch out for.’

Key clients

ASK Italian Restaurants Limited

Aqua Restaurant Group

BDL Restaurants Limited

Club Mexicana Limited

Deep Blue Restaurants Limited

Dishoom Limited

Everyman Media Limited

Farmer J Limited

Flat Iron Steak Limited

Jamie Oliver Restaurants

Lina Stores Limited

Lane7 Ltd

McMullen and Sons Limited

Nando’s Chickenland Limited

Nightcap PLC

Noble Rot Limited

Oaxaca Restaurants Limited

Pizza Express Restaurants Limited

Prezzo Trading Limited

State of Play Hospitality Group

Superbowl UK Group

Wagamama Limited

ZLC London Limited

Zizzi Restaurants Limited

Work highlights

  • Acting for Everyman Media Limited on the acquisition of new cinemas in Lichfield and Windsor and property law related work in connection with the acquisition of the Tivoli cinemas in Bath and Cheltenham from the Administrators of the Empire Group.
  • Acting for Carroll and Rogers Limited on the acquisition of the critically acclaimed The Devonshire at Piccadilly Lights, Soho.
  • Acting for Nando’s Chickenland Limited in relation to the lease acquisition of their restaurant at Battersea Power Station, London.

Real estate > Property litigation Tier 4

Particularly active in the restaurant, leisure and retail space, Glovers Solicitors LLP handles commercial and residential property litigation. The group is well versed in tenant insolvency, receivership, contentious lease renewals, and dilapidation claims. Kenny Friday frequently advises banks, retailers, and financial institutions, and leads the team alongside Paul Dench, who concentrates on lease renewal and enfranchisement issues, the enforcement of mortgages, and breach of contract claims.

Practice head(s):

Kenny Friday; Paul Dench

Testimonials

‘Strength in depth, competent fee earners easily accessible, efficient action and collaboration remotely and very responsive to enquiry of both day to day and the urgent kind.’

‘Paul Dench – a stand out partner, uniquely attentive and thoughtful. Superb analysis. Solid commercial advice reflecting the business need and the legal need at the same time.’

‘The people that work for Glovers is what makes the firm unique. The people are clearly very professional and have vast amounts of experience, however they are also exceptionally nice to work with and they understand their individual clients needs. This for me is very important yet a very hard combination is skills to achieve.’

‘Quick turn around and a reliable service.’

‘Top specialists in mortgage related work.’

‘Kenny Friday at the top of his game. Clients love him. He is smart and on the ball. Commercial and focused.’

Key clients

Zizzi Restaurants Limited

Coco di Mama Limited

Prezzo Trading Limited

Nando’s Chickenland Limited

Wagamama Limited

McMullen & Sons Limited

Everyman Media Limited

Oaxaca Limited (t/a Wahaca)

Dishoom Limited

Flat Iron Steak Limited

Bayley & Sage Limited

Deep Blue Restaurants Limited

Italian Bear Chocolate Limited

Miscusi UK Limited

Cove Construction Limited

The Candlin Canonbury Estate

The Adventure Bar Group

The London Cocktail Club Limited

Superbowl UK Group

Nightcap PLC

State of Play Hospitality Group

Investec Bank Plc

United Trust Bank Limited

Hampshire Trust Bank plc

Close Brothers Limited

Strata Residential Finance plc

Shawbrook Bank Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising several leading restaurant and leisure activity operators including ASK Italian, Zizzi, and Everyman Cinema, across a diverse range of property matters affecting its extensive estate portfolios.
  • Advising several lenders including Investec, Close Brothers, and United Trust Bank concerning different property-related matters, including the enforcement of mortagges and other security, professional negligence disputes, and insolvency options.
  • Advising Superbowl UK in negotiations with landlords concerning the arbitration process under Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, lease renewals, and insolvency advise following a landlord’s lease being disclaimed by liquidators.

Real estate > Property finance Tier 7

Extremely professional, responsive, commercial and efficient’, Glovers Solicitors LLP's boutique property practice specialises in assets in London's West End. The team is led by Darran Smith, praised by clients as 'a pleasure to deal with' and 'extremely responsive'. John Mills often advises on loan facilities for development finance and property purchases, while Philip Mundy frequently works on revolving credit facilities for development financing and the sale of property.

Practice head(s):

Darran Smith

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘A great team of people all committed to providing exceptional service. They work together seamlessly to support their clients.’

‘Darran Smith leads a very strong team, and we enjoy working with John Mills and Phillip Munday. ’

‘The Property finance team at Glovers is simply exceptional. They are extremely professional, responsive, commercial and efficient.’

‘Darran Smith is our relationship partner. He is a pleasure to deal with, extremely responsive, always on the other side of the phone, and he is the only lawyer on our panel who would get in touch and give us feedback if we are doing something inefficient or not in line with the rest of the market.’

‘Very approachable and indeed accessible. Good breadth of knowledge across the firm in terms of the sectors in which they operate.’

‘Exceptional team, led very well by Darran Smith.’

‘The team at Glovers always go above and beyond.’

‘Philip Mundy always delivers on time and ensure every last detail is covered.’

Key clients

Commercial Acceptances Limited

Close Brothers Limited

Davon Investments Limited

Hampshire Trust Bank plc

Heritable Development Finance Limited

Investec Bank plc

Royal Bank of Canada Trustees Limited

Strata Residential Finance plc

United Trust Bank Limited

Lendinvest Limited

Shawbrook Bank Limited

Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited

Paragon Bank plc

Atelier Capital Partners Limited

Downing Development Lending Limited

PP08 Finance Ltd (trading as Pluto)

Blend Loan Network Limited

Quantum Development Finance Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted for a bank in connection with a £6,400,000 loan facility to assist in connection with the purchase of a vacant five-storey apart hotel building in the City of London and the subsequent conversion and extension of the building to provide 9 new residential dwellings.
  • Advised a specialised lender in connection with a revolving credit facility of circa £12,140,000 for a residential development of 47 units.
  • Acting for a specialised lender in connection with a revolving credit facility of £30,000,000.

Glovers Solicitors is a leading firm of solicitors based in Central London known for specialising in property and employment.

The firm: Glovers Solicitors has a practical and approachable style which is both commercially aware and cost-effective. The firm’s personal partner-led service comes with detailed knowledge of each of the sectors the firm specialises in, as detailed below.

Types of work undertaken
Financial institutions: Glovers has an excellent reputation for working with banks and financial institutions. The firm’s clients include many lenders in the sector, who take advantage of the broad range of services that the firm provides. The firm’s services, such as finance, banking and finance litigation and professional negligence, cover a broad spectrum of the areas of advice that are essential for the sector.

Real estate: the firm has long-standing client relationships and works as active legal and commercial partners. Glovers’ real estate sector clients rely on the firm’s full range of highly ranked services from solicitors specialising in commercial property, corporate, employment, finance, fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, litigation and dispute resolution, professional negligence, property litigation and residential property matters.

Restaurants: Glovers offers a one-stop service for restaurant owners and operators, whether they are exclusive ‘high-end’ restaurants, nationwide casual dining concepts, or start-ups. The firm has an unrivalled client base, which includes a number of the top restaurant companies in the country by size, a number of critically acclaimed destination restaurants and some of the most exciting emerging concepts. Glovers is able to assist clients with all of their property law requirements; to arrange the requisite licensing; to advise on general employment and business issues and to act in connection with the resolution of any disputes (property, general commercial, employment or construction). The firm’s expertise enables it to address and fulfil the needs of any restaurant, café, delicatessen or other food-based operation.

Construction: the firm is experienced in the handling of a wide range of contentious and non-contentious construction matters. Cases are typically multi-party actions that can involve claims for defects, extensions of time for payment as well as claims concerning the performance of construction professionals. The firm has been at the forefront of the development of the law in adjudication.

Department Name Email Telephone
Consultant John Barber [email protected] 020 79358882
Head of Property Finance Darran Smith [email protected] 020 79358882
Senior Partner and Head of Construction Philip Eyre [email protected] 020 79358882
Real Estate Andrew Nicklinson [email protected] 020 79358882
Real Estate Philip Shotter [email protected] 020 79358882
Property Finance Liza Lam-Kee [email protected] 020 79358882
Property Litigation Kenny Friday [email protected] 020 79358882
Real Estate Paul Jagger [email protected] 020 79358882
Property Litigation Paul Dench [email protected] 020 79358882
Property Finance John Mills [email protected] 020 79358882
Property Finance Alex Pelopidas [email protected] 020 79358882
Photo Name Position Profile
John Barber photo Mr John Barber John is the former senior partner and head of the commercial property…
Photo Name Position Profile
Paul Dench photo Mr Paul Dench Paul is a partner and joint head of the dispute resolution department.
Philip Eyre photo Philip Eyre Philip is senior partner of the firm and head of the firm’s…
Kenny Friday photo Kenny Friday Kenny is a partner and joint head of the firm’s dispute resolution…
Paul Jagger photo Mr Paul Jagger Partner dealing with general commercial property work with particular emphasis on landlord…
Liza Lam-Kee photo Liza Lam-Kee Specialises in property finance, acting primarily for lenders.
John Mills photo John Mills A partner in the property finance department dealing with property finance and…
Andrew Nicklinson photo Andrew Nicklinson Andrew is a partner in the commercial property department and is head…
Alex Pelopidas photo Mr Alex Pelopidas Alex is a partner in the real estate finance team.
Philip Shotter photo Mr Philip Shotter General commercial property work with particular emphasis on landlord and tenant work…
Darran Smith photo Darran Smith Head of the real estate finance team.  Experience includes acting for developers and…
Number of UK partners : 11
Number of other UK fee-earners : 20
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