Shoosmiths LLP

Real Estate North

Jonathan is a Principal Associate acting for a variety of clients from including property investment companies, institutional landlords and developers, and has experience in a wide range of commercial property work including individual and portfolio sales and purchases, the assembly, acquisition and financing of development sites, retail and office units, landlord and tenant transactions and assisting on the property aspect of corporate restructure and re-financing.

Recent experience includes:

advising private sector companies in relation to purchases and sales of high value multi-let properties; assisting in the re-organisation of a large company dealing with the transfer, leasing and options for leases for multiple sites; experience on the property aspects of corporate restructuring and refinancing, and on the refinancing of a large healthcare client; experience acting for a residential property developer in the acquiring of the plots of land for the development and the entering into of option agreements for the future acquisition of expansion land; assisting with the property elements of the application and examination process for a Development Consent Order including advising on land assembly and the acquisition of the different plots of land required for the development; advising on the asset management work for large shopping centres and retail developments, including the drafting and negotiation of leases and agreement for leases and the day-to-day management; and general asset management work acting for both landlord and tenant including pre-lets, reversionary and supplemental leases and re-organisations.