Chris has a broad range of experience in development, investment, property finance and landlord & tenant matters. His experience spans a number of sectors including industrial, office, retail, private wealth and hospitality. Chris acts for institutional investors, developers, lenders, private clients and a number of well-known occupiers.

Chris qualified in 2010 and trained and qualified as a lawyer at Pinsent Masons LLP where he worked for a number of years before he joined Russell-Cooke in 2021.

• Numerous investment acquisitions for institutional investors. Including a £20 million 25 unit industrial estate, a £7.5 million 17 unit industrial estate and a £13.5 million 8 unit retail park

• Acted on a £35 million acquisition of part of a prime central London office building for a private client to convert into a luxury residence

• Acted on a forward purchase of a £13 million+ hotel site in Bournemouth

• Acted for an internationally renowned jeweller and art and antique dealer on its London HQ relocation and refurbishment

• Acted for a Korean luxury fashion brand on the letting of its flagship London store

• Acted on numerous loans in respect of development sites for a major UK development lender

• PrimeResi: The technicalities of getting deals done in lockdown & beyond. 1 June 2020

• Property Investor News: Gaming, Gamification and the Real Estate Sector. 1 June 2020

• PrimeResi: Commercial Break: What to consider when converting excess office space to resi. 23 July 2020

• Financial Times: Property Law: Can we turn a shop into a home? 31 July 2020

• Property Investor News: The Future of the Office. 1 September 2020

• Influence: Office Space Options for PR in a post-pandemic world. 21 September 2020

• Charity Finance: Office Space for Charities – Likely Changes Post Pandemic. 2 December 2020

• TTG: How to negotiate with your commercial landlord during the pandemic. 30 March 2021