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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

ADELAIDE HOUSE, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON, EC4R 9HA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 3400 1000
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Fax 020 3400 1111
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92 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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David N Levy

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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Work Department

Commercial property.

Position

Partner in commercial property department specialising in all types of commercial property work, in particular for leading companies in the hotel and leisure and retail fields; deals with sales and purchases and lettings of hotels and restaurants, leisure units (nightclubs and bars, ten pin bowls, bingo, health and fitness) and retail stores and care homes; also has very specialist knowledge of motorway service areas, having acted for one of the largest chains for more than 30 years; in addition, has dealt with numerous planning appeals for all types of development. In 2007 David acted upon the real estate aspects of the disposal of the entire Esporta Group and, in 2007 and 2008, upon the property aspects of a leveraged recapitalisation of the Welcome Break Motorway Service Area Group. He acted in 2008 for the Prada retail group on Agreements for Lease at the new Westfield White City Shopping Centre and for RoadChef Motorway Service Areas chain on the sale of Winchester Motorway Service Area to Moto Hospitality Ltd. In 2009 he acted for Welcome Break on the taking of leases of lodges/hotels at various service areas. In 2011 he acted for RoadChef on the acquisition of First Motorway Services Limited. He has also recently been advising Hippodrome Casino Limited in regard to the taking of an Agreement for Lease for development of a casino at the former Hippodrome Leicester Square London.

Career

Articled Paisner & Co 1970; qualified 1972; partner Paisner & Co (now Berwin Leighton Paisner) since 1976 (so has now been at the firm for 40 years).

Member

Business in Sport and Leisure; British Israel Law Association; Law Society.

Education

Wanstead County High School; Hertford College, Oxford (1969 BA Oxon; 1973 MA Oxon).

Leisure

Religious studies; watching football.

Practice Areas

Property - commercial property

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