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Commercial Real Estate
What We Do
We handle acquisitions, disposals and investment purchases, development land, option and conditional contracts, joint ventures and share sales of property-owning companies, landlord and tenant work across your occupational leases, and the employment matters that come with running a property business.
Why We’re Experts
Property deals are as often corporate as they are conveyancing. Buying the company that owns an asset rather than the asset itself changes the liabilities entirely — and that choice is usually made before anyone has taken advice on it.
How We Work With You
We front-load the investigation and report in short, plain terms: what we found, what it means for your plans, and what we recommend. No hunting through fifty pages for the point.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Do you act for investors as well as owner-occupiers?
Yes. We advise investors, developers, landlords and businesses buying premises for their own use. The legal issues overlap, but the priorities differ, and we approach each accordingly.
Should we buy the property, or the company that owns it?
It depends what you are prepared to take on. Buying the company means inheriting its history, including liabilities that have nothing to do with the building. We will explain the practical difference before the structure is agreed.
How long does a commercial property transaction usually take?
It varies with the complexity of the title, the parties involved and what the searches reveal. We will give you a realistic timetable once we have seen the papers, and tell you promptly if anything threatens to move it.
Can you handle a portfolio rather than a single property?
Yes. Where several properties are involved we coordinate the transactions together and work with your surveyors, accountants and lenders, so the legal work does not become the thing holding everything up.
How much will it cost?
We will explain the likely cost once we understand what is involved. Where a fixed fee is available, we will confirm what is included before work begins.
Got a deal in the pipeline?
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0151 6372 034