Jackie specialises in real estate and has extensive experience in acting for:
- Landlord/investor clients on both multi let buildings such as retail centres and offices and multi let retail and industrial parks, as well as more complex matters involving larger sites such as science and research parks dealing with acquisitions and disposals as well as day to day asset management
- Tenant clients, particularly in the transport sector, securing new sites to be used as bus depots and in providing corporate support
- Developer clients dealing with options, acquisitions, disposals and overage.
Historically, Jackie has acted for lenders; has advised pension providers on SIPP and SSAS investment acquisitions and disposals; and has had much experience with new build properties, acting for both large national house builders and sellers of new build commercial units, as well as purchasers.
Experience
Examples of recent experience including advising:
- The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/UK Research and Innovation – general asset management of its land holding since 2010 including the grant and surrender of leases including some complex, long term letting arrangements, disposals to developers and others, securing of overage, granting of easements
- The University of Portsmouth – the acquisition of two separate buildings in connection with the expansion of the university campus and facilities as part of an ongoing project
- RATP UK Ltd – securing a complex new site within very tight timeframes to facilitate an additional fleet of buses following on from the client securing a new bus route. This involved a simultaneous surrender of its existing lease of smaller premises
- Investment Fund Managers – ongoing general asset management of retail shopping centres owned by numerous investment fund managers, including the grant of new leases, re-gears, renewals, surrenders and relocations, in addition, a recent disposal of a shopping centre
- A family trust – a very complex and bespoke option to dispose of a large parcel of land with a focus on a collaborative approach as between the land owners and the developer to facilitate sustainable housing
