Alex has looked after our Commercial Property Portfolio for 6 years now and has dealt with all aspects of legal work including lettings, lease renewals, rent reviews, refinancing and general advice. She provides an excellent service dealing with all matters to a high standard and acting promptly and speedily. She is always available to discuss issues and provide sound legal advice. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending her to existing and new clients of the Practice.
Alexandra has advised in the commercial property sector for more than 15 years and has specialist expertise of working on large and complex property transactions.
Alexandra has significant experience of all types of commercial property transactions and has built a broad client base which includes developers, investors, secured lenders, charities and pension funds.
She most frequently works collaboratively with colleagues in the firm’s corporate and commercial teams on substantial company acquisitions, disposals and restructurings involving commercial property and property finance/funding.
Alexandra has substantial experience in real estate finance transactions, and through the firm’s experience in the banking sector, she has advised numerous financial institutions and other secured lenders (and those obtaining finance from them) in connection with the real estate security elements of financial loans.
She has also undertaken a client secondment to The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) (a quasi-publicly funded technology innovation centre which aims to overcome commercial challenges in process and product innovation/development for innovators) working full-time in the business’s legal team.
Her role also includes professional support, in which she uses her extensive experience to assist the team in delivering client services more effectively with a focus on knowledge sharing, training and developing, precedents and working practices.
Experience
- Advised on the successful site acquisition, development, letting and financing of a 12-unit Sandgate Park commercial development in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside.
- Undertook a client secondment at The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), leading the development of CPI’s Healthcare Futures Centre on the site adjacent to the National Biologics Manufacturing Centre at Darlington, dealing with the initial site acquisition from Darlington Borough Council and advising on the future intended development of the site.
- Advised institutional lender, HSBC Bank UK plc, in relation to the urgent refinancing of the substantial portfolio of one of the North East’s largest leisure operators Vaulkhard Group as part of a £7m investment deal. The refinancing was completed within 18 days of instructions being received.
- Advised the administrators and LPA receivers of historic engineering company Cleveland Bridge UK Limited on an urgent attempted sale as a going concern, and the ultimate realisation of the company’s complex £6m commercial property assets.
- Completed the property due diligence and provided a CLLS certificate of title in relation to Yarm School’s prestigious commercial property site to secure substantial investment for ambitious further development.
- Acted for a financial institution who provided development finance through its security nominees for the £700,000 redevelopment of the Bowles Hotel and museum on Redcar seafront, completing the initial site acquisition within three weeks. The site development uncovered a buried cache of gold treasure and historic documents, which the developer incorporated into a museum dedicated to local history within the property.
- Advised Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation on substantial regenerative joint venture developments with Middlesbrough Borough Council and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to provide community and sporting facilities in collaboration with the national Football Foundation.
- Chaired a roundtable discussion with Stockton Borough Council, local business leaders and stakeholders on changing demand in the commercial office sector and the commercial response to it which was featured in the North East Times Magazine.
Expertise: Sectors
Built Environment
Businesses
Public & Third Sector
Expertise: Services
Built Environment
Businesses