Real Estate
Laura Oliver is a Partner in the Real Estate team. She has extensive experience in a wide variety of transactional real estate matters including investment acquisitions, disposals and lettings. She also acts on the real estate aspects of corporate disposals and acquisitions, financings and restructurings.
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Laura Oliver joined Clyde & Co in 2020 from Hogan Lovells as a partner in the real estate team.
Laura's extensive experience includes high value and complex investment acquisitions and disposals and high profile leases. Laura has particular expertise in strategic sale and leaseback projects for corporate occupiers.
Laura enjoys the tangible nature of real estate and takes pride in offering her clients an exemplary service founded on a solid understanding of their commercial objectives.
Laura Oliver listens carefully to the problems or issues being aired and has a detailed appreciation of the team’s objectives to complete a project successfully. Importantly, she is proactive in trying to get deals completed within an agreed timeline.
Legal 500 UK, 2024
Laura Oliver recently joined Clyde & Co and has proved a great asset to the firm. As a client it is important that you have absolute faith in your lawyer’s knowledge, not just technically but also commercially, and Laura has both in abundance. She is also extremely diligent, turning drafting around quickly and also contactable to discuss matters. When embarking on any transaction, having Laura as part of the home team instils confidence in the project.
Legal 500 UK, 2022
Laura Oliver in particular offers excellent levels of service and advice.
Legal 500 UK 2025
Experience
- Leading a high profile sale and leaseback project for a national retailer in relation to a number of stores across England and Wales
- Acting on the acquisition of a landmark building in the West End of London through a Jersey property unit trust for a price in excess of £400m and the subsequent in specie distribution.
- Advising on the acquisition and refinancing of a portfolio of outlet malls valued at in excess of £375m.
- Acting for a major bank in connection a new lease of its flagship branch in the City of London.
- Acting for a national retailer in relation to the disposal of their leasehold liabilities in relation to 21 surplus stores.
- Acting for a corporate occupier in relation to the sale and partial leaseback of its UK headquarters.
- Acting as sole advisors to a public limited company on the relocation of their London headquarters to a significant new office development in central London at an annual rent in excess of £2m including advising on and negotiating the exit strategy in relation to their former headquarters.
Legal 500
- Laura Oliver handles occupier transactions involving issues such as fit out risk and dilapidations exposure.
- Laura Oliver specialises in long-term asset management.