James Sargent > Gateley Legal > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Gateley Legal
MINERVA
29 EAST PARADE
LEEDS
LS1 5PS
England

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

James deals with all aspects of non-contentious, commercial real estate law, including advising on conditional contracts, option agreements and leases.

He is experienced in acquiring sites for development/re-development for a variety of uses including business parks, industrial estates, distribution/logistics hubs and renewable energy facilities.

James has significant experience in the energy sector, having advised developers, investors and funders on a number of on-shore wind and solar farms from both a pre-construction and operational perspective.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

Gateley Legal maintains both an active commercial real estate group and a distinct specialist residential development team, with both teams forming a practice that is capable of advising on the full spectrum of property matters. The team particularly excels in advising developers and investors, which instruct the team on financings, acquisitions, lettings and disposals in the context of major development and regeneration schemes. The commercial real estate team encompasses highly recommended partners James Sargent and Barbara Rollin. The development team, meanwhile, is led by John Kiff, a key contact for residential projects who oversees the development work of key contacts Keelie Evans and George Parker-Fuller. Philip Gregory left the team in May 2023.