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We advise corporate occupiers on high-value, business-critical office transactions, particularly where delivery, programme and operational integration are key.
Our work frequently involves headquarters relocations, complex leasing and regears, and portfolio strategy for UK and international businesses. We specialise in transactions that go beyond standard leasing, including those with significant landlord works, technical (including M&E) interfaces and tight programme requirements.
We work closely with our clients’ operational, finance and project teams, as well as their consultants, to ensure that occupational requirements are translated into legally robust and commercially effective structures. Our approach integrates real estate, construction, tax and disputes expertise to manage risk and deliver projects on time.
We also advise on portfolio reviews, restructurings and cost-effective exit strategies, helping occupiers adapt to changing business needs and market conditions.
Key areas of expertise:
Advising BMS Group Limited on securing new 15 year leases of four floors at 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin), facilitating the relocation of its UK headquarters to one of London’s most iconic office buildings.
Advising Costain plc on the relocation of its UK headquarters to 70 St Mary Axe, including all real estate aspects of the new headquarters lease and the exit strategy in relation to its previous headquarters.
Advising Kingfisher plc on the pre-let agreement for its new UK headquarters at Paddington Square including negotiation of landlord construction obligations and delivery risk and subsequent advice in relation to all occupational matters.
Advising MNK Global Services Limited on their acquisition of nearly 18,000 sq ft of prime Grade A office space at 110 Bishopsgate (Salesforce Tower) and strategically important pre-emption rights over an additional c. 30,000 sq ft of space to support long-term expansion plans.
Advising PKF Littlejohn LLP on a bespoke alternative occupational arrangement at 30 Churchill Place enabling the client to establish its London headquarters within a complex serviced office environment.
Advising Kingfisher plc on the pre-let agreement for its new UK headquarters at Paddington Square including negotiation of landlord construction obligations and delivery risk and subsequent advice in relation to all occupational matters.
Advising Costain plc on the relocation of its UK headquarters to 70 St Mary Axe, including all real estate aspects of the new headquarters lease and the exit strategy in relation to its previous headquarters.
Advising MNK Global Services Limited on their acquisition of nearly 18,000 sq ft of prime Grade A office space at 110 Bishopsgate (Salesforce Tower) and strategically important pre-emption rights over an additional c. 30,000 sq ft of space to support long-term expansion plans.
Advising PKF Littlejohn LLP on a bespoke alternative occupational arrangement at 30 Churchill Place enabling the client to establish its London headquarters within a complex serviced office environment.
Advising BMS Group Limited on securing new 15 year leases of four floors at 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin), facilitating the relocation of its UK headquarters to one of London’s most iconic office buildings.
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