My experience
I am a partner and joint Head of the Property Department. I have over 20 years’ experience in the retail & leisure sector, heading up the cross department Retail and Leisure team.
My main areas of expertise include:
- development agreements and conditional contracts (commercial, mixed use and residential);
- purchases and disposals on a pure property basis as well as forming part of corporate sales and acquisitions (share & asset) and portfolio transactions;
- options, promotion agreements and overage;
- all aspects of landlord and tenant work;
- portfolio management; and
- franchising – dealing with all property aspects and working alongside the rest of the Franchise team.
As a result, I have a lot of experience in dealing with and advising owners, buyers, sellers, developers, landlords, tenants, franchisors and franchisees, operators, investors and funders. I enjoy dealing with people at all levels, getting to know them, their business, understanding their requirements and helping to achieve their goals.
I am extremely passionate in ensuring that best service is delivered to our clients and I am incredibly fortunate to be supported by a very organised, efficient and personable team which enables us to do this.
Along with the team I am also very proud to have established client relationships with many major retailers, including Co-operative Group, Hobbycraft, along with garden centre operators Hillier Nurseries and Haskins Garden Centres and Halo Accident Repair Centre Limited.
On the leisure side, we act for national holiday park operators, including Bourne Leisure Limited (Haven & Warner Hotels) and Butlins, and for the Gym Group.
We also advise a broad range of clients across the hospitality and leisure sector, including restaurants (such as Angelina London and Stein Trading), public houses, hotels, cafés and hot food delivery companies (including acting for a number of Domino’s franchisees), alongside ports & marinas and Hampshire Sport & Leisure Holdings Limited.
I lead the Firm’s’ Career Panel, as well as being a Mentor and a Mental Health First Aider