Davitt Jones Bould

Commercial Property

Partner

After an initial career in corporate banking, structured finance and treasury at British Rail/Railtrack plc, Melanie trained as a solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and worked at Addleshaw Goddard and Rosenblatt.  Melanie has a wealth of experience advising on a range of complex commercial property matters.  She has recently advised on a number of multi-million-pound strategic development acquisitions and disposals.  Prior to joining DJB, Melanie was an in-house Solicitor at One Housing in London, responsible for bringing all of their commercial property work in house.  She also has experience of working with blue-chip clients, high-value lease work, portfolio management, business sales and purchases and refinancing matters.  One client recently told the Legal 500 that Melanie Greer-Walker was, ‘the best lawyer we have ever worked with’.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial Property Development / regeneration Housing Landlord and tenant Residential property Property finance

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights include advising:

Sellar Property Group on the development of The Shard, London Bridge.

A 'Top 100' law firm on the lease of a new office in the City of London.

An award-winning architecture and property development firm on refinancing their existing loan portfolio

Frugalpac on their move to a new head office and manufacturing plant in Sussex.  Frugalpac are a new and innovative business which aims to eliminate coffee cup waste by using recycled paper for recycled cups.

Martinspeed Limited on the £23 million conditional sale of a large warehouse site for redevelopment into 500 student units for King’s College

One Housing Group (whilst in-house) on all of the the legal issues to arise out of their 250 commercial properties.

A leading pension company’s extensive commercial property investment portfolio: including dealing with lease renewals, licences, s146 notices, break notices and advising on all other aspects of leasehold management.

Year admitted:  2002

Previous firms:  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Addleshaw Goddard; Rosenblatt; One Housing Group Ltd (In-house).

English

SRA number: 299271