Retail & Leisure
We are a cross department team which enables us to provide expertise and advice to our clients across all disciplines.
We 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.
The Team also supports the UK wine industry through Wine GB and has wide range of experience dealing with restaurants (Angelina London, and Stein Trading) public houses, hotels, cafes and hot food delivery companies (including acting for a number of franchisees for Domino’s), ports & marinas and Hampshire Sport & Leisure Holdings Limited.
Areas of Expertise
Our work and experience in the sector include:
- acquisitions and disposals of new and trading entities to include both asset and share transactions;
- acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold properties including negotiations of new leases;
- portfolio purchases and disposals on a pure property basis as well as corporate transactions;
- development agreements and conditional contracts (commercial, mixed use and residential);
- options, promotion agreements, and overage;
- estate management and all aspects of landlord and tenant work including lease renewals pursuant to the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954;
- planning and construction;
- property dispute resolution;
- support and protection of branding and advising on intellectual property issues;
- commercial contracts and advice;
- commercial dispute resolution;
- licensing;
- health & safety and regulatory issues; and
- franchising.
Due to the Team’s experience, responsiveness and ability to adapt to each client’s requirements, it also means we benefit from referrals and recommendations from surveyors, agents other professionals within as well as existing clients in the Retail and Leisure Industry.
How we work with you
Whilst based in the South of England, Paris Smith acts for businesses and families throughout the UK. Technology has enabled us to provide a high level of service to our clients whether they are local to our offices or not. Our advice can be given in many ways:
Over the telephone
Via video conferencing
In face to face meetings
We will talk through how you would like to be contacted and the best ways for us to meet in our early conversations with you.