Roger Thornton > Maples Teesdale LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Maples Teesdale LLP
30 KING STREET
LONDON
EC2V 8EE
England

Work Department

Commercial property.

Position

Roger is Head of Commercial Real Estate at Maples Teesdale and is a key member of the Offices and Retail sector teams. Roger has extensive experience in investment, sales and purchases including portfolio acquisitions and disposals, commercial property development, acting for developers and landowners and commercial property asset management, including new lettings, lease renewals and lease regearings.

Career

Trained Norton Rose, practised Norton Rose and Ashurst until 1999
Partner, head of property RadcliffesLeBrasseur 2000-04
Partner Maples Teesdale 2004

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales, The British Property Federation (committee); The Investment Property Forum; Cambridge University Land Society (committee) and Commercial Real Estate Legal Association (committee).

Education

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Peterhouse, Cambridge University
College of Law, Guildford

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment

(Leading individuals)

Roger ThorntonMaples Teesdale LLP

Praised as ‘diligent’ and ‘always hungry for deals’, specialist commercial real estate firm Maples Teesdale LLP provides a partner-led, ‘seamless service’ to its client roster, ranging from institutional investors and property developers to UK-based construction companies, international occupiers and global law firms. Declan Power handles forward funding and purchases matters, as well as joint ventures and development agreements, arising out of the retail, mixed-use and industrial sectors, while Roger Thornton is a key contact for investment transactions, including high-value sales and purchases. Neil Sagoo acts for occupiers in headquarters and other business-critical relocations, while Katherine Watts focuses on both corporate occupier and landowner matters.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: development

Praised as ‘diligent’ and ‘always hungry for deals’, specialist commercial real estate firm Maples Teesdale LLP provides a partner-led, ‘seamless service’ to its client roster, ranging from institutional investors and property developers to UK-based construction companies, international occupiers and global law firms. Declan Power handles forward funding and purchases matters, as well as joint ventures and development agreements, arising out of the retail, mixed-use and industrial sectors, while Roger Thornton is a key contact for investment transactions, including high-value sales and purchases. Neil Sagoo acts for occupiers in headquarters and other business-critical relocations, while Katherine Watts focuses on both corporate occupier and landowner matters.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers

Praised as ‘diligent’ and ‘always hungry for deals’, specialist commercial real estate firm Maples Teesdale LLP provides a partner-led, ‘seamless service’ to its client roster, ranging from institutional investors and property developers to UK-based construction companies, international occupiers and global law firms. Declan Power handles forward funding and purchases matters, as well as joint ventures and development agreements, arising out of the retail, mixed-use and industrial sectors, while Roger Thornton is a key contact for investment transactions, including high-value sales and purchases. Neil Sagoo acts for occupiers in headquarters and other business-critical relocations, while Katherine Watts focuses on both corporate occupier and landowner matters.