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Maples Teesdale LLP Offices

Maples Teesdale LLP
30 KING STREET
LONDON
EC2V 8EE
England
Visit website 020 7600 3800 020 3465 4400

Declan Power

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Work Department

Commercial Property

Position

Declan is Head of Real Estate at Maples Teesdale and is one of the UK’s leading real estate development lawyers working on high profile projects in the offices, industrial/logistics, town centre repositioning, and living sectors, for both developers and institutional funders.

Declan’s development experience includes retail, offices, mixed use, student accommodation, PRS and industrial/distribution including forward funding, forward purchases, joint venture agreements, development agreements, rent sharing leases, construction aspects and warranties, rights of light, stopping up orders and planning.   Declan has extensive experience of commercial property investment sales and purchases, including portfolio sales and purchases and sales and leasebacks.  Declan is also experienced in commercial property asset management, including new lettings, lease renewals and lease regearings.

Career

Trained Hill Dickinson 1989
Assistant solicitor Norton Rose 1989-98
Partner Maples Teesdale LLP 1998

Languages

English

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales, REVO

Education

Baines School, Blackpool
Leicester University (1986 LLB Law with French, including one year spent at Strasbourg University)
College of Law, Guildford.

Leisure

Family, reading, sport.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment

A boutique real estate practice, Maples Teesdale LLP is well-accustomed to asset classes across the property sphere, including offices, residential, retail, and mixed-use. The firm is particularly skilled in supporting international clients in their UK endeavours. At the helm, Declan Power is well-versed in forward funding, forward purchases and joint ventures. Roger Thornton regularly advises on sales and disposals of single assets and portfolios. Neil Sagoo is an expert in transactions of office assets. In October 2023, Chris Wilkinson retired from the practice.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: development

A real estate boutique, Maples Teesdale LLP is highly experienced in advising on the development process for its clientele, which includes real estate companies, asset managers and companies in other sectors looking for advice on their site developments. The firm is well versed in office, life sciences, logistics and retail assets, especially where sustainability considerations arise. Declan Power oversees the practice. Key figures include Neil Sagoo, a specialist in office matters. Katherine Watts is experienced in leisure and hotel matters, while Charles Elgood, who was promoted to partner in 2023, advises on retail asset acquisitions and management. Chris Wilkinson retired in October 2023.

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