Steele Raymond LLP’s Property Department is very highly regarded, its work having a heavy emphasis on commercial property matters including: - Acting for buyers, developers, lenders and end users in the acquisition, funding, development and disposal of commercial property and development land
- Acting for multiple retailers and other national corporate clients in the acquisition and disposal of substantial leasehold and freehold properties, including building agreements and new leases
- Acting for landlords of industrial, office, retail and leisure parks and marinas in the grant and surrender of leases, property management and funding issues, acquisition and disposal
- Acting for owners and occupiers of hotels, restaurants, night clubs and other licensed premises and rest home and nursing home owners in connection with acquisition, disposal and licensing matters.
- Very substantial construction and development projects, including property joint ventures, planning, taxation and funding
- Advising on specific property issues, eg matters of interpretation, entitlement to property rights and easements, dealing with contested rent reviews etc
- In addition to corporate and individual commercial property clients, acting for educational establishments, charities, housing associations, clubs, trustees and other legal bodies in connection with their property requirements
In addition Steele Raymond LLP provides a full range of services and expertise in all aspects of residential property transactions, including: - Acting for house builders and housing associations in the acquisition, funding, development and disposal of residential development sites
- Acting for utilities companies in connection with gas, electricity and telecommunications easements
- Buying and selling of houses and flats and general domestic conveyancing matters.
Other property related services offered by the firm include: - Property litigation, including substantial construction and landlord and tenant disputes (contact partner Robert Bajaj).
- Property taxation and stamp duty (contact partner Paul Causton).
There is a wide range of expertise and experience within the Property Department. This enables us to allocate the appropriate level of fee earner to each transaction and to provide our clients with an economic as well as an efficient first class service.
Property matters in particular often work to a short timescale, and the members of the Department are used to meeting client’s requirements for that. They will not just adopt a formulaic approach to a transaction but will invoke procedures such as the use of specialist search agents and of the latest environmental assessment software (which is available in house) when that assists the client’s objectives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your property requirements and our charging rates in more detail. Recommended for the 4th year as a leading practice for Commercial Property in Dorset & South Wilts.
Lindsey Watkin at Steele Raymond LLP is ‘extremely competent and practical‘, and advises the RNLI and National Aquatics Garden Centre. John Daniels specialises in representing retailers, while Sue Middleton’s focus is utility companies. Source: The Legal 500 2009 an independent guide to the legal profession. Recommended for: Construction in the South West. Steele Raymond LLP’s Alan Arnold is ‘a specialist in his field‘.
Source: The Legal 500 2009 an independent guide to the legal profession.
THE FIRM: Steele Raymond’s customer-oriented approach ensures that clients are kept happy. Its detail-oriented and approachable style also wins praise from interviewees. The team has managed to avoid the worst effects of the financial crisis by focusing on work for clients in the education, charity and waste sectors. It advises the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on a wide variety of property matters and is representing Bournemouth & Poole College on a major campus redevelopment.
Sources Say: “They never make us feel stupid when we ask them to explain issues to us.” Source: Chambers & Partners Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2010. Members of the Department include: - Sue Middleton - Partner
- John Daniels - Partner
- Lindsey Watkin - Partner
- Alan Arnold - Consultant
- Jonathan Foulds - Solicitor
- Matthew Parker - Paralegal
- Aimee Barnett - Trainee Legal Executive
- Stefan Meekers -Trainee Solicitor
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