Weightmans LLP

Matthew is a Principal Associate Solicitor in the Real Estate Team at Weightmans.

Matthew specialises in property disposals and acquisitions as well as asset management, leaseholder enfranchisement and landlord and tenant matters.

As a key member of the firm’s Primary Care Team, Matthew regularly acts for healthcare clients including GPs, dental practitioners, and pharmacists in connection with their premises needs. His experience in the primary care sector provides him with a detailed and empathic understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities that the sector presents, and he works closely with his clients to achieve their goals. His experience and knowledge of the healthcare sector’s nuances as well as NHS service provision contracts enables him to offer strategic advice tailored to the needs of healthcare provider professionals and organisations. In particular, Matthew has advised on Premises Costs Directions, advice in relation to service charge and GP lease assignments, a large-scale transaction involving over 30 pharmacy practice disposal and acquisitions of dental practices on behalf of a large Dental corporate.

Whilst Matthew’s main focus and specialism lie in the healthcare sector, he is also the firm’s leading expert on leaseholder enfranchisement. Matthew has regularly lectured to fellow professionals and property owners on the issues arising out of residential lease extensions and enfranchisement. He is ALEP accredited and a member of a specialist surveyor's panel of solicitors. He regularly receives referrals and recommendations from surveyors, solicitors and other professionals, recognising his expertise in this niche area of work, as well as being directly instructed by property owners, be they leaseholders or freeholders.