Keystone Law

Commercial property.

Lisa is a senior commercial property specialist with particular expertise in retail and leisure property. Lisa acts for a wide portfolio of clients including investors, blue chip property companies, household name tenants and smaller start-ups. Lisa’s key achievements include acting for national brand tenant (Chopstix) in roll out of over 20 restaurant acquisitions in Central London and major shopping centres and high street locations nationwide. Acting for portfolio of other restaurants/cafes/leisure operators including advice on making first acquisition, licensing, service charges, lease acquisitions, lease renewals and landlord and tenant matters. Acting for British Land plc in purchase, development and letting of two retail parks including negotiation of purchase, funding and forward letting documents and detailed implementation and drafting of restrictive and non-competition covenants, option agreements and conditional contracts. Acting on nationwide acquisitions by Mark One plc of over 40 shops nationwide from high street stores to shopping centres. Acting on purchase, development and forward leasing of sites for British Land plc to Tesco and J Sainsbury plc.

Trained Aleen & Overy, qualified 1993; SJ Berwin 1993-2001; Davies Arnold Cooper 2001-06; Keystone Law, 2009.