
Machins Solicitors LLP
Lawyers

Andrew Devereux
- Phone01582 514390
- Email[email protected]
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- Profilewww.machins.co.uk
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Consultant Solicitor, Commercial Property Team
Career
Andrew qualified as a solicitor in Hitchin in 1986 and joined Machins Commercial Property team in 2024. Andrew has over 37 years of experience in commercial property matters.
Andrew deals with all aspects of commercial property work but, these days, primarily acts for small and medium sized developers and house builders. Andrew has built a loyal client base over 37 years of local practice and works closely with all local commercial property agents, surveyors and lenders assisting in both large and small property transactions.
Andrew specialises in strategic land acquisitions and estate set ups to include dealing with statutory requirements of s.106, s.38, s.278 and s.104 Agreements for Developers. In addition, he regularly advises on Option Agreements, Promotion Agreements, Overage Agreements and Conditional Contracts usually where the purchase is linked to the grant of a satisfactory planning consent.
Andrew also has a number of clients with property portfolios and regularly advises and guides on issues including leasehold Licences to Assign, Licences for Alterations, Rent Deposit Bonds and Guarantees, Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Lease renewals and portfolio and property refinancing.