Dean is a very experienced commercial real estate specialist and has spent over 15 years advising the firm's clients in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Dean's particular strength is in building client relationships and guiding them through complex transactions and legal issues.
Dean is a very experienced commercial real estate specialist and has spent over 15 years advising the firm's clients in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Dean's particular strength is in building client relationships and guiding them through complex transactions and legal issues.
Dean joined Clyde & Co in 2005 and is currently a Legal Director within the real estate team. Working with our high quality clients, he has gained experience in a wide range of commercial property matters including acquisition and disposal of investment property, managing the investment, landlord and tenant advice, residential and commercial development projects, the financing of commercial property, and advising companies in relation to their occupational requirements.
His clients range from large corporate organisations and institutional landlords, to developers, local authorities, SMEs and individual (including overseas) investors.
Experience
Acting for a substantial industrial investment partnership in connection with its acquisition and disposal of dozens of industrial estates in England and Wales, including in relation to large scale portfolios
Acting for a large PLC on the £120million disposal of a substantial portion of its portfolio of offices in the North of England
Acting for a large institutional landlord in connection with its development of a substantial residential scheme, including negotiating affordable housing development agreements
Acting for and advising clients in connection with the acquisition of land for development, particularly in relation to residential permitted development rights
Acting for an investor client on the acquisition of 24 properties comprising multi-let industrial estates across the UK for £76m and dealing with the ongoing asset management of those properties
Advising various developer clients in relation to residential development legal structuring and end unit disposals strategy
Acting for two South East local authorities in connection with substantial acquisitions of investment properties