Chris George > Shoosmiths LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile

Shoosmiths LLP
APEX PLAZA
FORBURY ROAD
READING
RG1 1SH
England

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Chris is a commercial real estate lawyer based at our Reading office. He advises on a diverse range of clients including institutional landlords, investors and corporate occupiers on portfolio management, non-contentious landlord and tenant matters and sales and acquisitions within the office, industrial and retail sectors. Chris also advises landlords and site providers in relation to the Electronic Communications Code and the management and grant of leases to telecommunications operators.

His recent projects include:

  • acting on all aspects of property management for a large national portfolio and assisting with the eventual £500 million disposal of the portfolio;
  • acting on the re-organisation of a national portfolio which included offshoring properties into Luxco entities and a subsequent portfolio re-finance;
  • acting on the £5.5 million disposal of a leasehold interest of a central London office location to a law firm; and
  • acting for private individuals and institutional landlords on the management and letting of sites to telecommunications operators.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

(Rising stars)

Chris GeorgeShoosmiths LLP

In Milton Keynes, Shoosmiths LLP houses a team of ‘problem solvers‘ that takes a ‘proactive approach‘ when assisting a diverse client base of commercial occupiers, domestic lenders and housebuilders. Practice head Steve Wiltshire has vast expertise in commercial and residential mixed-use developments, and often advises on strategic land developments under option agreements, and the ‘outstandingLisa Williams regularly acts for park operators on the management and letting of residential and holiday mobile home parks. Promoted to partner in May 2022, Kirsty Chalkley assists retail and leisure occupiers, developers and tenants with later living development land pre-lets, and Chris George is the key name at principal associate level. Catherine Williams left the practice to join Addleshaw Goddard in December 2022.