Dawn Alderson
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+44 (0)20 3826 7550We deliver high quality bespoke legal services for overseas buyers and investors of UK real estate.
Commercial
Our clients include many from overseas or with an international dimension, being commercial businesses, lenders or high net worth offshore private clients, trusts or special purpose vehicles. Our breadth of experience rivals that of larger City firms and gives our clients an excellent yet extremely cost effective service.
Our team provide the full range of property legal advice, including dealing with:
- inward investment in commercial residential and mixed use property
- purchases and lettings of City/Central London UK head-quarter premises for multinational companies
- off-shore trust companies and liaising with our client's other professional advisors
- arranging foreign jurisdiction opinion letters
We advise UK and international clients in connection with their international real estate requirements. Working closely with our partner firms overseas we ensure that our client’s international property needs are met.
Our specialist knowledge of the real estate sector and of our client’s businesses means that we can interpret and tailor the advice given by our overseas partner firms at a time and in manner that suits our clients, working with them to minimise any risks associated with the international scope of their transaction and bringing transactions to a successful conclusion.
Read more about the breadth of our commercial property services.
Residential
With the diverse nature of our property expertise and clientele we are in a special position to offer advice in residential property matters that cannot be matched by larger multinational/corporate-centric legal providers. Our lawyers are specialists in the Central London and other sought after residential property markets and have vast experience in dealing with clients relocating to the UK from abroad.
We can also assist UK and international clients on their residential purchases overseas by finding suitable advisers from the Legus International law network.
We can help with:
- buying and selling residential property
- investment buy to let properties
- lease extensions and enfranchisement
- residential and mixed use property disputes
Read more about our residential property services.
French law
Read more about our specialist bilingual expertise on all aspects of buying or selling property in France.
In the press
29/09/2016 International relationships – cross-border asset issues for couples – Russell-Cooke in PrimeResiIn the press
15/09/2016 Airbnb pays minimal corporate tax in France despite rapid growth - Russell-Cooke in Tax Notes International- Managing clients’ portfolios to maximise value
- Acting on a large number of high value residential purchases and sales for high net worth individuals and/or overseas investors
- Acting for an overseas investor in the £41.5 million sale and leaseback, and subsequent financing, of upmarket department store Liberty in London’s Regent Street
- Acting on sale of investments portfolio of 31 properties for around £84 million
- Acting for a newly formed off-shore SPV on its acquisition of a ten-unit retail warehouse park in excess of £11m
- Representing UK divisions of commercial trading or financial services sector clients
Charges are usually based on our hourly rates plus administrative charges and disbursements. We will provide you with an initial estimate of your likely legal costs and will update this as your requirements or the circumstances of the work change.
We may also be able to offer fixed priced options for clients depending on their budget and the size, type and complexity of the work involved.
We would be pleased to discuss your requirements free of charge and tailor a costs proposal accordingly.
