England - London • Real estate
Collyer Bristow LLP
Collyer Bristow LLP provides ‘excellent all round knowledge of the sector’ and focuses on supporting clients in secured lending transactions, negotiating and drafting facility agreements and security packages, and negotiating forward funding arrangements for property developments. Mixed-use and residential development work are its best known areas of work. Michael Grace leads the team which includes Stephen Gawne, residential funding experts Rory Macpherson and Alex O’Connor.
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Testimonials
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- 'Excellent all round knowledge of the sector and what is required to meet our objectives.'
Key clients
- Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited
- First Rand Bank
- Handelsbanken plc
- Lochailort Investments Ltd
- GMS Estates Ltd
- Crest Nicholson plc
- Chase New Homes
- Sutton Harbour Holdings plc
Work highlights
- Acting for an entity within the Ipsus Development wider group on a joint venture with a pension fund in connection with the acquisition, funding and development of a site in Caversham for residential and mixed use redevelopment and the grant of a development agreement for a lease of part of the site to a social housing provider.
- Acting for Aberfeldy New Village LLP (a joint venture between EcoWorld London and Poplar Harca) in connection with continuing site assembly, funding, development and sales of phase 3 onwards at Aberfeldy New Village in East London.
- Advising Willmot Dixon on its funding, acquisition, development and sales at sites in Tower Hamlets, Reading, Sevenoaks and Cheshunt with a combined gross development value of over £300 million.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Grace