Mark Traynor > Bates Wells > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Bates Wells Offices
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Mark Traynor
Work Department
Property.
Position
Partner in the property team acting for commercial, charity and private clients in all aspects of commercial property, including sales and purchases, landlord and tenant work, lending and property management. Recent deals include the acquisition of a development site for the BFI, refinancing of the Eden project, taking a lease of London headquarters for an international energy company at an annual rent of £1.5m and acting in connection with leases of offices at 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin) and the Shard.
Career
Trained Eversheds; qualified 2000; Macfarlanes 2001-04; Boodle Hatfield 2004-05; Bates Wells Braithwaite 2005 to date; partner 2008. Publications of note: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law (Jordans).
Education
The King’s School, Grantham, Lincolnshire; Durham University (1996 LLB Hons 2:1).
Leisure
Classical music, opera, travel, wine, literature, cricket, Notts County FC.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
Praised for its ‘wide range of expertise’, Bates Wells is well-established in the charity, education, and finance sectors. Mark Traynor leads the team and is adept in property work concerning hydro-electric and solar panel systems, while Karli Hiscock advises commercial organisations on headquarter movements. Jamie Huard handles matters pertaining to heritage property and Amy O’Gorman is proficient in property finance.
London > Real estate > Property finance
Real estate lawyer Mark Traynor is the lead contact at Bates Wells, acting for commercial, charity and private clients in all aspects of transactions involving commercial property. Traynor is also experienced in the real estate and financing aspects of developing and operation of hydroelectric and solar panel systems.
London > Public sector > Education: schools
Bates Wells maintains close relationships with a large roster of independent schools and multi-academy trusts, who instruct the team to advise on wide-reaching governance reviews, school reorganisations, and matters related to charity law. The team also regularly handles contentious mandates, including in relation to employment and contracting issues, and assists with a growing number of school mergers and acquisitions. For charity law and governance issues, practice head Jean Tsang, who has extensive experience advising on the establishment of new schools and educational charities, is a key contact. Mark Traynor, who provides real estate advice in connection with school mergers and acquisitions, is a name to note. Claire Whittle left for DLA Piper.
Lawyer Rankings
- Education: schools London > Public sector
- Commercial property: corporate occupiers London > Real estate
- Property finance London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Electoral
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Public sector > Education: schools
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Property finance