Neil is a transactional real estate solicitor based in our Altrincham office who has over 15 years’ experience in commercial real estate, working throughout his career at national law firms Eversheds LLP (pre-merger) and Shoosmiths LLP. He has acted for a variety of clients in all aspects of commercial property work including landlord and tenant, residential, student and logistics development, real estate finance and insolvency related disposals. His experience has included:
- Disposals of land for landowners to national housebuilders, comprising conditional contracts, licences and overage agreements;
- Acquisitions of land for commercial development through planning conditional agreements and options, with and without corporate share purchases;
- Acquisitions of sites for student and residential tower developments with development funding and off-plan sales;
- Acting for housebuilders on the acquisitions and disposals of sites to affordable housing providers;
- Advising the owners of shopping centres in in their lettings and site management;
- Acting for a retail and gym operators on their leasehold acquisitions and portfolio management;
- Acting for an academy trust in the development and letting of new school premises and acting for another academic college in their scheduled relocation from their existing site and move to newly built premises;
Away from work, Neil has a variety of interests including Round Table (community organisation for group activities and charity fundraising), walking with his family dog and taking his children to their sports events.