Chris is a Partner within our Commercial Property team with over 12 years’ post qualification experience.
He has extensive knowledge and expertise across a full range of commercial property matters, including landlord and tenant matters, sales and purchases, complicated conditional contracts, options, overage agreements, development matters, portfolio purchases, and secured lending transactions.
Chris advises individual and corporate clients, including investors, developers, retailers, institutional lenders, GP practices, dentists, local authorities, charities, entrepreneurs and landowners and occupiers across a variety of sectors. He also regularly advises rural and agricultural clients in relation to acquisitions and disposals of agricultural and rural land, working closely with his colleagues in our Private Client team.
Chris also has considerable experience advising clients in the education sector. He has previously advised in relation to the successful conversion of a number of schools to both single and multi-academy trust status and advised multi-academy trusts in relation to the addition of new and existing academies. His experience includes advising on existing and proposed land arrangements and complicated, property-specific issues, Sport England and Sure Start funding issues and potential liabilities.
Over the years, Chris has developed many long-standing and strong relationships with clients who praise him for his attention to detail and delivery of clear and sound, timely legal advice.
