Boyes Turner‘s real estate practice is one of the largest in the region, and is suitably well placed to handle the full suite of commercial real estate transactions, advising high-end clients on their investment portfolios and the full life-cycle of commercial projects. Niche specialisms, including advising offshore trusts and investors, acting for lenders regarding general secured funding arrangements as well as charities, round out the group’s service portfolio. Three lawyers comprise the leadership team: Nick Carter acts on behalf of domestic and international clients across various sectors, while William Nassau-Lake serves as head of development and house building, and Alan Tibber leads the residential and plots team. Mark Appleton’s specialism lies in acting for owners and occupiers involved with industrial premises, investments, and development properties. Sarah Webb left the team to join Gateley Legal in January 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Boyes Turner are always very focused on client satisfaction and maintain high standards of communication when advising throughout the duration of a project.’

  • ‘I have worked with Boyes Turner on numerous commercial property projects over the years, specifically with Nick Carter. Nick is really 'hands on' and always strives to be your primary point of contact so you always have consistency in terms of lines of communication.’

  • ‘Philip Jacques: depth of understanding of the property market beyond legal grounds. Thorough service with brilliant communication skills.’

  • ‘Attentive, reliable and approachable with breadth of knowledge and skills across the commercial property disciplines.’

  • ‘We have used Boyes Turner for about thirty years in connection with the leases etc. on our various sites and have always found them to be efficient and entirely reliable. They are prompt, knowledgeable and have given us good advice. In our opinion they are exactly as commercial solicitors should be.’

  • ‘Mark Appleton - a good and highly efficient but personal relationship has been established between us. The work gets done without fuss and bother.’

  • ‘We deal with a small team, who are able to co-ordinate work in different areas. We have high levels of confidence that any matter can be dealt with quickly and nothing will fall through the cracks.’

Key clients

  • 4th Dimension Limited
  • Ericsson Group
  • Alpha 3 Manufacturing Limited
  • Occuity Limited
  • Brickability plc
  • Ssassy Group
  • Area Square Limited/Fourfront Group
  • Avnet Logistics Limited
  • Allerton Group
  • Guardian News and Media

Work highlights

  • Acted for Ssassy on acquisition, development, and disposal of passivhaus scheme in South Oxfordshire.
  • Advised Occuity Limited on taking office and laboratory space in The Blade, an office building in central Reading.

Lawyers

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Hall of fameBoyes Turner
Mark is a partner in the commercial property team. He has 38 years of experience in dealing with commercial property matters. He specialises in the purchase, development, letting and disposal of properties for owners, occupiers and investors. He also deals with the management of investment properties and property estates and deals with high value landlord and tenant matters. Mark deals with numerous development projects of sites ranging from residential estates to student flats and commercial premises under land promotion agreements, options, conditional agreements and joint venture agreements. His clients range from industrial companies, schools, doctors, developers, on-shore and off-shore investors, management companies, golf courses, SASSs, SIPPs and pension trustees.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nick Carter, William Nassau-Lake, Alan Tibber

Other key lawyers

Mark Appleton, Derek Ching, Brian Dowling, Steph Richards, Philip Jacques, Russell May