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Matt Stephens

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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

A real estate partner, Matt has a broad practice including development, investment, and secured lending work.

He has a focus on landlord and tenant matters and particularly the retail sector, in which he has been operating for the past 7 years. Matt’s clients range from well known high street and supermarket retailers, to international operators entering into the UK market, to major UK banks.

Matt’s recent deals include:

• Act for Aldi on their acquisition programme in the South East of England. This includes the acquisition of existing retail space and developer-led retail park sites and there have been a significant number of sites secured over the past 3 years.
• Act for high street bank on various property finance lending into the UK market
• Act for high street retailers on their UK acquisitions and portfolio management
• Act for a leading international pizza delivery operator on its UK acquisitions and management.
• Act for a London based mixed used developer specialising in commercial and residential schemes including site acquisition and disposals both of individual units to occupiers and complete developments to funds..
• Taken space for various restaurant operators in and around central London including Borough Market, Covent Garden and Notting Hill.
• Act on all commercial disposals of major new mixed use development in Islington.
• Act for US tech retail & services company on their initial entry into UK market.
• Acted for authority on £20M+ investment purchase in London.

Career

Qualified in 2007 at Rooks Rider, 2010 to 2014 SNR Denton and Dentons, 2014 joined Freeths, 2019 onwards Partner at Freeths

Memberships

Law Society

Education

University of Newcastle (BA hons Economics), Manchester Metropolitan University (GdL and LPC)

Leisure

Golf, squash and tennis (playing), rugby and football (watching), skiing, and sports and activities generally.