Ashtons Legal has a strong property practice across the region, led by Magnus McManus in Cambridge, and the Norwich office is becoming an increasingly active component in the firm-wide offering. Newly promoted partner Greg McCurday is the local lead and has notable skills in development and secured lending work. He assisted MH Star UK with the sublease of a logistics site in Bedfordshire. Senior associate Ruth Burrell handles commercial landlord and tenant work, corporate support and commercial conveyancing.
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Key clients
- Surplus Property Solutions Limited
- NIAB
- Abel Homes Limited
- Savills
- Clare College
- MH Star UK Ltd
- LS Plant Breeding Limited
- M Scott Properties Limited
- Ridley Godfrey (Holdings) Limited
- Whitings LLP
Work highlights
- Advises Surplus Property Solutions (SPS) which manages the surplus property porfolios of a number of major UK companies including Santander, Morrisons, Whitbread, B&Q and others and is currently engaged on a major surplus property disposal project for Natwest.
- Representing MH Star UK Ltd in sublease of 160,000 square foot logistics/distribution property in Bedfordshire which was constructed in December 2021. Completed the original lease of this unit in 2021 for a Chinese-based e-commerce company and was instructed to prepare a 14-year sublease to a global logistics company.
- Acting for a major local property investor with commercial properties across East Anglia. Retained to act on new leases, lease renewals and surrenders and has completed 10 transactions for this client in the last 12 months.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Magnus McManus