Jamie Barton leads the commercial property team at Winckworth Sherwood LLP which has expertise in corporate occupier transactions alongside the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors as well as in charity, education and ecclesiastical matters.
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Key clients
- McDonald’s Restaurants Limited
- Oxfam
- Simon Hegle Logistics & Service Limited
- Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance
- Harleyford Estate Limited
- Hot Pickle Trading Limited
- Kettle Interiors Limited
- Anglican Consultative Council
- Allbright Properties Limited
- Bishop of Oxford
- Diocesan Trustees (Oxford) Limited
- Oxford Diocesan Board of Education
- Church Commissioners
- Diocese of Chichester
Work highlights
- Acted for the property arm of an ecclesiastical client on the property investment purchase of a fully let laboratory/office building on an office/science park in Oxford for a purchase price in excess of £8m.
- Acted for Hot Pickle as it opened the first Coca-Cola merchandise store in Europe in Covent Garden.
- Acting for McDonald’s on property matters throughout England and Wales including development agreements for new restaurants, acquisitions (freehold, long leasehold and rack rent leases), portfolio management and franchising.
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Jamie Barton