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Mourant‘s property team is closely meshed with the firm’s corporate practice, overseeing the property aspects of M&A transactions, in addition to standalone real estate deals and leasing contracts. John Lewis leads the group, specialising in providing advice to the financial services sector relating to property deals. Alison Wood supports developers with their construction documentation. Both Wood and Laura Bougourd are frequently instructed to lead on property transactions, with the latter often acting for corporate landlords.

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  • 'Laura Bougourd and Alison Wood are model professionals, working well together as one team with smooth and seamless handover of work between them. Mourant have strong commercial property expertise and local knowledge in which we have long term trust.'
  • 'Laura Bougourd and Alison Wood are attentive and friendly and feel like part of our internal team. Communication is easy and swift. We can trust matters are being attended to without chasing. Local knowledge is excellent, including social, and political events.'
  • 'Excellent knowledge of property law.'
  • 'Clearly experts in their field, giving credible advice in a timely and responsive manner.'
  • 'Laura Bougourd is always very responsive and finds a way to explain what is often complicated jargon and legal processes, in an easy to digest, articulate way.'
  • 'Friendly and easy to deal with.'
  • 'They are a very personable team, we have been as a business with the practice many years, and we have always had the best of service throughout these years. They have a great coverage of expertise.'
  • 'Our main contacts are Alison Woods and Laura Bougourd, both are extremely professional whilst being personable.'

Key clients

  • Rathbones Group PLC
  • The Channel Islands Co-Operative Society Limited
  • Guernsey Electricity Limited
  • RBC Services (Channel Islands) Limited

Work highlights

  • Represented Rathbones Group Plc in its merger with Investec Wealth & Investment (UK) and (CI) including handling property matters.
  • Advised The Channel Islands Co-Operative Society Limited on the redevelopment of its Leale's Yard site.
  • Advised Guernsey Electricity on site sharing agreements vital to the island's infrastructure and facilitating the connection of the island's sole hospital to a more reliable electricity supply, managing multiple leases as part of this project.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Lewis

Other key lawyers

Alison Wood, Laura Bougourd